Boris Vyacheslavich

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vyacheslavich.
Boris Vyacheslavich
Death of Boris as depicted in the Radziwiłł Chronicle, 15th century
Prince of Chernigov
Reign1077
PredecessorVsevolod Yaroslavich
SuccessorVsevolod Yaroslavich
Died(1078-10-03)3 October 1078
Nezhatina Field
DynastyRurik
FatherVyacheslav Yaroslavich

Boris Vyacheslavich (died 1078) was Prince of Chernigov for eight days in 1077. He was the son of Vyacheslav Yaroslavich, Prince of Smolensk. Following his father's death in 1057, the child Boris was debarred from his inheritance. He died fighting against his uncles—Vsevolod Yaroslavich, Prince of Chernigov and Izyaslav Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev—on 3 October 1078.

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