Battle of Lipitsa
Mstislav the Bold’s army from Novgorod and Smolensk, joined by Prince Konstantin of Rostov, routed Konstantin’s younger brothers Yuri and Yaroslav Vsevolodovich in a struggle for the throne of Vladimir.
- Date
- between 21 April and 22 April 1216exact date unknown: an interval is given
- Place
- Lipitsa River near Yuryev-Polskyapproximate locationtoday: Yuryev-Polsky, Vladimir Oblast, Russia · Eastern Europe
- Participants
- Grand Principality of Vladimir, Novgorod Republic, Mstislav Mstislavich the Bold, Konstantin of Rostov, Yuri II of Vladimir, Yaroslav II of Vladimir
- Threads
- Rus’ in the 13th century
After the death of Vsevolod the Big Nest (1212) the grand principality passed not to his eldest son, Konstantin, but to Yuri, and war broke out between the brothers. The battle on the Lipitsa and Gza rivers near Yuryev-Polsky was one of the bloodiest internecine battles in the history of Rus’: Konstantin gained Vladimir, and Novgorod defended its independence from the princes of Vladimir.
Sources date the battle to 21 or 22 April 1216, so the date is given as a range. The battle is named after the small Lipitsa River near Yuryev-Polsky in Vladimir Oblast (not after the city of Lipetsk); the exact site of the battlefield has not been established, so it is marked approximately.
Connections
Related events
- Battle of the Kalka River31 May 1223 · Eastern EuropeMstislav the Bold, the victor at Lipitsa, was one of the leaders of the Russian forces on the Kalka seven years later
Same participants
- Siege of Vladimir3 February – between 7 February and 8 February 1238 · Eastern Europevia Grand Principality of Vladimir
- Battle of the Sit Riverbetween 25 February and 4 March 1238 · Eastern Europevia Yuri II of Vladimir
- Battle of the Neva15 July 1240 · Eastern Europevia Novgorod Republic
- Yaroslav II receives a yarlyk from Batu1243 · Eastern Europevia Yaroslav II of Vladimir
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