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Yaropolk II Vladimirovich (Russian: Ярополк II Владимирович) (1082 – 18 February 1139), Prince of Pereyaslav (1114–1132), Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kie...
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 Volodymyrovych, b 1082, d 18 February 1139 in Kyiv. Prince of Pereiaslav (1113–32) and grand prince of Kyiv (1132–9); son of Volodymyr Monomakh. He participated in his father's campaigns against the Cumans in 1103, 1109, 1111, and 1113 and defeated them roundly in 1116 and 1120.
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.
- 1078–1087
- Sviatoslav II
Nov 22, 2021 · The body of Yaropolk was transferred to Kiev and on December 5 was buried at the monastery of Saint Demetrius in the church of Saint Peter, which he himself had begun to build. Many Church memorials, beginning with the Chronicle of Saint Nestor, testify that the murdered Prince Yaropolk be venerated in the rank of saints well-pleasing to God.
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]
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