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Rurik. Father. Vladimir II Monomakh. Mother. Gytha of Wessex. Yaropolk II Vladimirovich [a] (1082 – 18 February 1139) was Prince of Pereyaslavl (1114–1132) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1132–1139). [1] He was a son of Vladimir II Monomakh and Gytha of Wessex. He fought in several campaigns against the Cumans, once in 1103 and again in 1116.
Yaropolk II Vladimirovich (Russian: Ярополк II Владимирович) (1082 – 18 February 1139), Prince of Pereyaslav (1114–1132), Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kie...
Yaropolk lived in harmony with his father and his older brother, Mstyslav I Volodymyrovych the Great. As grand prince Yaropolk II Volodymyrovych minded the unity of the Kyivan Rus’ state and battled with the Olhovych house of Chernihiv princes (particularly Vsevolod Olhovych ), who desired to capture the Kyiv throne and enlisted the aid of ...
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Sviatoslav continued the war against Yaropolk with also this time, Yaropolk's old enemies, the Cumans on his side. He found soon the combined troops of Kiev, Pereyaslavl, Rostov, Polotsk, Smolensk, parts of Halych and 30,000 Hungarians, sent by the king Bela II before the gates of Chernigov. He was forced to make peace in 1139.
Yaropolk I Sviatoslavich (also translitered as Iaropolk Svyatoslavich; Old East Slavic: Ꙗрополкъ Свѧтославичъ; [a] [1] 952 – 11 June 978) was Prince of Kiev from 972 to 978. [2] He was the oldest son of Sviatoslav I. His mother was Malusha, who was a steward in the household of his grandmother, Olga of Kiev. [3] [4]
Early life and family. Yaropolk was the son of Iziaslav I of Kiev (d. 1078), and Gertruda, daughter of the Polish monarch Mieszko II Lambert (died 1034). Since the Kievan succession war of 1015–1019, the Polish ruler Bolesław had taken an interest in Kievan Rus', hoping to gain control of the land of Red Ruthenia (Czerwien Grody), seized by Vladimir the Great.
