Mstislav I of Kiev

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich.
Mstislav I Monomakh
Kiev
SpouseChristina Ingesdotter of Sweden
Liubava Dmitrievna Zavidich
IssueIngeborg of Kiev
Malmfred of Kiev
Dobrodeia of Kiev
Vsevolod of Pskov
Maria Mstislavna of Kiev
Iziaslav II of Kiev
Rostislav of Kiev
Sviatopolk of Pskov
Rogneda
Xenia
Vladimir III of Kiev
Euphrosyne of Kiev
DynastyRurik
FatherVladimir II Monomakh
MotherGytha of Wessex

Mstislav I Vladimirovich Monomakh (

Old East Slavic: Мьстиславъ Володимѣровичъ Мономахъ, romanized: Mĭstislavŭ Volodiměrovičŭ Monomakhŭ;[a] Christian name: Fedor;[1][2] February 1076 – 14 April 1132), also known as Mstislav the Great, was Grand Prince of Kiev
from 1125 until his death in 1132. After his death, the state began to quickly disintegrate into rival principalities.

He was the eldest son of

Norse Sagas under the name Harald, to allude to his grandfather, Harold II of England
.

Biography

Mstislav was born in

Berestovo and the church of the Assumption of the Mother of God in Podol.[5]

St Nicholas Cathedral, built by Mstislav I near his palace at Yaroslav's Court, Novgorod, contains 12th-century frescoes depicting his illustrious family

Mstislav's life was spent in constant warfare with the

Oleg of Chernigov on the Koloksha River, thereby laying foundation for the centuries of enmity between his and Oleg's descendants. Mstislav was the last ruler of the united state of Rus'
, and upon his death, as the chronicler put it, "the land of Rus was torn apart". He died in Kiev, aged 55.

After his death, the state began to quickly disintegrate.

Olgovichi, but as the family proliferated, it broke up into a number of local branches and sub-branches.[7]

Family

In 1095, Mstislav married Princess

Inge I of Sweden.[8]
They had many children:

  1. Jutland, and was mother to Valdemar I of Denmark
  2. Sigurd I of Norway; (2) Eric II of Denmark
  3. John II Comnenus
  4. Vsevolod of Novgorod and Pskov
  5. Maria Mstislavna of Kiev, married Vsevolod II of Kiev
  6. Iziaslav II of Kiev
  7. Rostislav of Kiev
  8. Sviatopolk of Pskov
  9. Rogneda, married Yaroslav of Volhynia
  10. Xenia, married Briachislav of Izyaslavl

Christine died on January 18, 1122; later that year Mstislav married again, to Liubava Dmitrievna Zavidich, the daughter of Dmitry Saviditsch, a nobleman of Novgorod. Their children were:

  1. Vladimir III Mstislavich
    (1132–1171)
  2. Euphrosyne of Kiev, (c. 1130 – c. 1193) married King Géza II of Hungary in 1146.

Through Euphrosyne, Mstislav is an ancestor of both

William the Conqueror
, who deposed him.

Ancestry

Notes

  1. ^ Russian: Мстислав Владимирович Великий; Ukrainian: Мстислав Володимирович Великий

References

  1. ISBN 978-3-11-093336-9
    .
  2. ISBN 5-85759-339-5
    .
  3. ^ Philip Line, Kingship and State Formation in Sweden 1130-1290, (Brill, 2007), 597.
  4. ^ George Heard Hamilton, The Art and Architecture of Russia, (Yale University Press, 1983), 43.
  5. ISBN 0888441169
    .
  6. ISBN 978-1-317-87314-3
    .
  7. ISBN 978-0-521-28038-9
    .
  8. ^ The Kiev State and Its Relations with Western Europe, F. Dvornik, Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, Vol. 29 (1947), 41.

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Mstislav I Vladimirovich the Great
Born: 1 June 1076 Died: 14 April 1132
Regnal titles
Preceded by Prince of Novgorod
1088–1093; 1095-1117 		Succeeded by
Prince of Rostov

1093–1095
Preceded by
Grand Prince of Kiev

1125–1132 		Succeeded by
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