Rostislav Mstislavich (
c.Circa means "in approximately" , referring to a date...
1110-1167), Kniaz' (
PrincePrince, from French "Prince" , is a general term for a monarch, for a member of a monarchs' or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in some members of Europe's highest nobility...
) of
SmolenskSmolensk is a Russian city and the administrative centre of Smolensk Oblast, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler. Today, Smolensk...
(1125-1160), Novgorod (1154) and Velikiy Kniaz (
Grand PrinceThe title Grand Prince or Great Prince ranked in honour below emperor and tsar and above a sovereign prince .Grand Duke is the usual and established, though not literal, translation of these terms in...
) of
KievKiev or Kyiv , is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300...
(1154, 1159-1167). He was the son of
Mstislav I of KievMstislav I Vladimirovich the Great was the Velikiy Kniaz of Kiev , the eldest son of Vladimir II Monomakh by Gytha of Wessex...
and
Christina Ingesdotter of SwedenPrincess Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden , , was a Swedish and, by marriage, a princess of Veliky Novgorod, Rostov and Belgorod, spouse of Grand Prince Mstislav I of Kiev....
.
After
Yaroslav II of KievYaroslav II Iziaslavich , Prince of Turov , Novgorod , Lutsk and Grand Prince of Kiev . He was the son of Iziaslav II of Kiev and the brother of Mstislav II of Kiev....
was driven out of Novgorod, Rostislav was invited to become the ruler of Novgorod. He accepted, and became the prince on April 17, 1154. Then, learning that
Iziaslav IIIziaslav II Mstislavich , Prince of Pereyaslav , Princ of Turov , Prince of Rostov, Prince of Vladimir and Volyn , Pereyaslavl , Velikiy Kniaz of Kiev , oldest son of Mstislav Vladimirovich, Kniaz' of Novgorod, and Christina Ingesdotter...
had died, Rostislav left Novgorod to take the Kievan throne.
Rostislav Mstislavich (
c.Circa means "in approximately" , referring to a date...
1110-1167), Kniaz' (
PrincePrince, from French "Prince" , is a general term for a monarch, for a member of a monarchs' or former monarch's family, and is a hereditary title in some members of Europe's highest nobility...
) of
SmolenskSmolensk is a Russian city and the administrative centre of Smolensk Oblast, located on the Dnieper River. Situated west-southwest of Moscow, this walled city was destroyed several times throughout its long history since it was on the invasion routes of both Napoleon and Hitler. Today, Smolensk...
(1125-1160), Novgorod (1154) and Velikiy Kniaz (
Grand PrinceThe title Grand Prince or Great Prince ranked in honour below emperor and tsar and above a sovereign prince .Grand Duke is the usual and established, though not literal, translation of these terms in...
) of
KievKiev or Kyiv , is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300...
(1154, 1159-1167). He was the son of
Mstislav I of KievMstislav I Vladimirovich the Great was the Velikiy Kniaz of Kiev , the eldest son of Vladimir II Monomakh by Gytha of Wessex...
and
Christina Ingesdotter of SwedenPrincess Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden , , was a Swedish and, by marriage, a princess of Veliky Novgorod, Rostov and Belgorod, spouse of Grand Prince Mstislav I of Kiev....
.
After
Yaroslav II of KievYaroslav II Iziaslavich , Prince of Turov , Novgorod , Lutsk and Grand Prince of Kiev . He was the son of Iziaslav II of Kiev and the brother of Mstislav II of Kiev....
was driven out of Novgorod, Rostislav was invited to become the ruler of Novgorod. He accepted, and became the prince on April 17, 1154. Then, learning that
Iziaslav IIIziaslav II Mstislavich , Prince of Pereyaslav , Princ of Turov , Prince of Rostov, Prince of Vladimir and Volyn , Pereyaslavl , Velikiy Kniaz of Kiev , oldest son of Mstislav Vladimirovich, Kniaz' of Novgorod, and Christina Ingesdotter...
had died, Rostislav left Novgorod to take the Kievan throne. Indignant that their prince had abandoned them and angered that "
he did not make order among them, but tore them more apart", the citizens of Novgorod drove out Rostislav's son, David, who was their governor. They replaced him with Mstislav Yurievich, the son of Yury Dolgoruky.
Rostislav ruled Kiev for one week before
Iziaslav III of KievIzyaslav III Davidovich , Prince of Chernigov and Grand Prince of Kiev . He was the son of David Svyatoslavich of Chernigov....
forced him to flee to Chernigov.
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