Iziaslav II of Kiev

Iziaslav II Mstislavich (Ukrainian: Ізяслав Мстиславич, Russian: Изяслав II Мстиславич; c. 1096[1] – 13 November 1154),[1] was a prince (Kniaz) from the Monomakhovichi, holding the title of Grand Prince of Kiev twice (1146–1149, 1151–1154). He is the progenitor of the Iziaslavichi of Volhynia.

Family

The eldest son of the Kiev prince Mstislav the Great, (Prince of Novgorod) and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, grandson of Volodymyr Monomakh. He was baptized as Panteleimon.[1] The progenitor of the Izyaslavych dynasty of Volhynia and Galicia (senior branch).[2] Great-grandfather of the King Danylo Halytskyi. Iziaslav held following offices Prince of Pereiaslav (1132), Prince of Turov (1132–1134), Prince of Rostov (1134– ), Prince of Volhynia (1134–1142), Pereyaslavl (1143–1145), Grand Prince of Kiev (Kyiv, 1146–1149 and 1151–1154).

The identity of his first wife is a daughter of Conrad III of Germany and his first wife Gertrude of Comburg her name was possibly "Agnes". She died in 1151. Their children were:

  1. Mstislav II of Kiev
  2. Yaroslav II of Kiev
  3. Yaropolk, Prince of Shumsk
    1. Vasylko (1151–1182), prince of Shumsk
  4. Evdokia, married Mieszko III the Old, High Duke of Poland.[2] No primary sources confirmed parentage of Eudoxia.
  5. daughter, in 1143 married Prince of Drutsk Rogvold Rogvoldovich[2] (see Principality of Drutsk)

Iziaslav's second wife was Rusudan[1] (or Bagrationi) daughter of King Demetrius I of Georgia, but they were married for only a few months in 1154 before his death. After the death of her husband, she returned to Georgia.[1]

References
  1. Monomakh branch (Mstyslavychi) at Izbornik
  2. Monomakh branch (Volhynia) at Izbornik
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