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Notes. References. Sviatoslav III of Kiev. Sviatoslav III Vsevolodovich [a] (died 1194) was Prince of Turov (1142 and 1154), Volhynia (1141–1146), Pinsk (1154), Novgorod-Seversk (1157–1164), Chernigov (1164–1177), Grand Prince of Kiev (1174; 1177–1180; 1182–1194). He was the son of Vsevolod II Olgovich. [1]
When Sviatoslav III of Kiev was born about 1120, in Chernihiv, Chernihiv, Ukraine, his father, Vsevolod II of Kiev, was 43 and his mother, Рюрикович, was 21. He married Maria Vasilkovna of Polotsk in 1143. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He died on 25 July 1194, in Kyiv, Ukraine, at the age of 75.
Sviatoslav II Iaroslavich or Sviatoslav II Yaroslavich ( Old East Slavic: Ст҃ославь Ӕрославичь; [a] 1027 – 27 December 1076) [1] was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1073 until his death in 1076. [3] He was a younger son of Yaroslav the Wise, the grand prince of Kiev. He is the progenitor of the Sviatoslavichi branch of Rurikids.
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Sviatoslav III Vsevolodovych (Ukrainian and Russian: Святослав III Всеволодич) (died 1194), Prince of Turov (1142 and 1154), Volyn (1141–1146), Pinsk (1154), Novhorod-Siverskyi (1157–1164), Chernihiv (1164–1177), Grand Prince of Kiev (1174, 1177–1180, 1182–1194). He was the son of Vsevolod II Olgovich.
He was the son of Vsevolod II Olgovich. He succeeded in taking the Kievan throne from Yaroslav II, and ruled Kiev alongside Rurik Rostislavich until his death. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sviatoslav III of Kiev has received more than 55,031 page views.
Sviatoslav's father, Igor, was killed by the Drevlians around 945, and his mother, Olga, ruled as regent in Kiev until Sviatoslav reached maturity (ca. 963). Sviatoslav was tutored by a Varangian named Asmud. The tradition of employing Varangian tutors for the sons of ruling princes survived well into the 11th century.
Sviatoslav or Svyatoslav (both: svyä´təsləv), d. 972, duke of Kiev (945–72), son of Igor and of St. Olga. His mother acted as regent for him until c.962, when he came of age. During his reign, which was spent in conquests, he created an empire that stretched from the Volga to the Danube.
