Name Yaroslav of Parents Iziaslav II of Kiev | Died 1180 | |
Children Ingvar of Kiev, Mstislaw de Halicz Grandparents Mstislav I of Kiev, Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden Great grandchildren Boleslaw V the Chaste, Salomea of Poland Great-grandparents Vladimir II Monomakh, Gytha of Wessex, Inge the Elder | ||
Grandchildren Grzymislawa of Luck | ||
Yaroslav II Iziaslavich (Russian: Ярослав Изяславич; Ukrainian: Ярослав Ізяславич) (died 1180?), Prince of Turov (1146), Novgorod (1148–1154), Lutsk (1157–1180) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1174–1175, 1180). He was the son of Iziaslav II of Kiev and the brother of Mstislav II of Kiev.
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Biography
After the murder of Andrey Bogolyubsky, Yaroslav's relatives managed to maneuver him into the Kievan throne. He contended with a senior relative, Sviatoslav Vsevolodivich, for over two years before Sviatoslav eventually won power for himself and became the uncontested ruler of Kiev.
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