Iziaslav II of Kiev
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Iziaslav II Mstislavich[a] (c. 1096[1] – 13 November 1154)[1] was Grand Prince of Kiev (1146–1154).[2] He was also Prince of Pereyaslavl (1132; 1143–1145), Prince of Turov (1132–1134), Prince of Rostov (1134–), and Prince of Volhynia (1134–1142). He is the progenitor of the Iziaslavichi of Volhynia.[3]
Family
[edit]The second son of the Kievan prince Mstislav I and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, grandson of Vladimir II Monomakh. He was baptized as Panteleimon.[1] The progenitor of the Izyaslavych dynasty of Volhynia and Galicia (senior branch).[4] Great-grandfather of Daniel of Galicia.
The identity of his first wife, is a daughter of Conrad III of Germany and his first wife Gertrude of Comburg, her name was possibly "Agnes". She died in 1151. Their children were:
- Mstislav II of Kiev
- Yaroslav II of Kiev
- Yaropolk, Prince of Shumsk
- Vasylko (1151–1182), prince of Shumsk
- Evdokia, married Mieszko III the Old, High Duke of Poland.[4] No primary sources confirmed parentage of Eudoxia.[citation needed]
- daughter, in 1143 married Prince of Drutsk Rogvold Rogvoldovich[4] (see Principality of Drutsk)
Iziaslav's second wife was Bagrationi daughter of King Demetrius I of Georgia, but they were married for only a few months in 1154 before his death. After the death of her husband, she returned to Georgia.[1]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Monomakh branch (Mstyslavychi) at Izbornik
- ^ Morby, John E. (2002). Dynasties of the world: a chronological and genealogical handbook. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 167. ISBN 9780198604730.
- ^ Martin 2007, pp. 124, 125, 131, 145, 492.
- ^ a b c Monomakh branch (Volhynia) at Izbornik
Bibliography
[edit]- Martin, Janet (2007). Medieval Russia: 980–1584. Second Edition. E-book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-36800-4.
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- ^ Martin 2007, pp. 124, 125, 131, 145, 492.