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{{infobox royalty
| name         = Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich the Red
| image        = Всеволод III Чермный.png
| caption      = Vsevolod IV imprisons his son Mikhail in Pereyaslavl
| succession   = [[Prince of Chernigov]]
| reign1       = 1204–1206/8
| predecessor1 = [[Oleg III Svyatoslavich]]
| successor1   = [[Gleb Svyatoslavich (Prince of Chernigov)|Gleb Svyatoslavich of Chernigov]]
| house        = [[Rurikids|Rurik]]
| father       = [[Sviatoslav III of Kiev]]
| mother       = Princess Maria Vasilkovna of Polotsk
| religion     = [[Eastern Orthodox Christianity]]
| spouse       = Maria [[Piast dynasty|Piast]] of Poland, daughter of [[Kazimierz II the Just]]
| issue        = [[Michael of Chernigov]]
| birth_date   = 
| birth_place  = 
| death_date   = 1212 or September 1215<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vsevolod Sviatoslavych Chermny|date=1993|url=https://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CV%5CS%5CVsevolodSviatoslavychChermny.htm|website=[[Encyclopedia of Ukraine]]|access-date=2025-06-09}}</ref>
| death_place  = [[Chernigov]]
}}

'''Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich the Red''' or '''Vsevolod Chermnyi'''{{sfn|Martin|2007|p=132}}{{efn|{{langx|uk|Всеволод Святославич Чермний|Vsevolod Svyatoslavych Chermnyi}}. {{langx|ru|Вcеволод Святославич Чермный|Vsevolod Sviatoslavich Chermnyi}}. His baptismal name was '''Daniel'''; {{langx|uk|Дани́ло|Danylo}}; {{langx|ru|Даниил|Daniil}}.}} (died August 1212) was [[Grand Prince of Kiev]] (1203; 1206; 1207; 1208–1212).<ref name="Dimnik">{{cite book|last=Dimnik|first=Martin|title=The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246}}</ref> He was also [[Prince of Chernigov]] (1204–1206/1208) and [[Belgorod Kievsky|Belgorod]] (1205).<ref name="Dimnik"/>

==Reign==
In 1183 and 1191 Vsevolod took part in campaigns against [[Cumans]]. Around 1204, likely after the death of his brother [[Oleg III Svyatoslavich|Oleg Sviatoslavich]], he became the ruler of Chernigov. In 1206 Vsevolod usuccessfully fought against [[Rurik Rostislavich]] and [[Mstislav III of Kiev|Mstislav Romanovich]] for the Kyivan throne.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vsevolod Sviatoslavych Chermny|date=1993|url=https://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CV%5CS%5CVsevolodSviatoslavychChermny.htm|website=[[Encyclopedia of Ukraine]]|access-date=2025-06-09}}</ref>

==Family==
Married: 14 October/24 December 1178/14 November 1179: Maria (renamed Anastasia after her marriage), a daughter of Duke [[Casimir II the Just|Casimir II of Poland]] by his wife [[Helen of Znojmo]], a [[Přemyslid]] princess.<ref name="Dimnik"/><ref>{{cite web | title=Rurikids 6 | url=http://w.genealogy.euweb.cz/russia/rurik6.html }}</ref>

===Children===
*Grand prince [[Michael of Chernigov|Mikhail Vsevolodovich of Kiev]] (c. 1185 – 20 September 1246);<ref name="Dimnik"/>
*Agafia Vsevolodovna{{efn|The chronicles do not give her name, but historians generally agree that she was called Agafia. It has also been suggested that Agafia was her monastic name, but this is unlikely as she died with members of her family in the Cathedral of the Assumption to which the Tatars set fire while storming Vladimir (''Dimnik, Martin op. cit. 268.'').}} (died 7 February 1238), wife of Prince [[Yuri II of Vladimir|Yuri Vsevolodovich of Vladimir]];<ref name="Dimnik"/>
*Vera Vsevolodovna. On the other hand, Martin Dimnik does not refer to Aleksandr Glebovich as Vsevolod Svyatoslavich's son-in-law and he states that Vsevolod Svyatoslavich had two daughters;<ref>''Dimnik, Martin op. cit. pp. 268, 296.''</ref> wife of prince Mikhail Vsevolodovich of Pronsk.<ref name="Dimnik"/>

==Ancestors==
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|1= 1. '''Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich'''
|2= 2. [[Sviatoslav III of Kiev|Sviatoslav III Vsevolodovich, grand prince of Kiev]]
|3= 3. Maria Vasilkovna of Polotsk
|4= 4. [[Vsevolod II of Kiev|Vsevolod II Olgovich, grand prince of Kiev]]
|5= 5. Maria Mstislavna of Kiev
|6= 6. Vasilko Svyatoslavich of Polotsk
|7=
|8= 8. [[Oleg I of Chernigov|Oleg Svyatoslavich, prince of Chernigov]]
|9= 9. Theophano Musalonissa
|10= 10. [[Mstislav I of Kiev|Mstislav Vladimirovich, grand prince of Kiev]]
|11= 11. Christine of Sweden
|12= 12. Sviatoslav Vseslavich, prince of Polotsk
|13=
|14=
|15=
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== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
*Dimnik, Martin: ''The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246''; Cambridge University Press, 2003, Cambridge; {{ISBN|978-0-521-03981-9}}.
* {{cite book |title=Medieval Russia: 980–1584. Second Edition. E-book |last=Martin |first=Janet |url=https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/802816/medieval-russia-980-1584/janet-martin/ |year=2007 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=978-0-511-36800-4}}

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