Viacheslav Vladimirovich (1083 – 2 February 1154), Prince

Prince

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 of Smolensk

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 (1113–1125), Turov (1125–1132, 1134–1146), Pereyaslavl

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 (1132–1134, 1142), Peresopnitsa (1146–1149), Vyshgorod

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 (1149–1151) and Grand Prince

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 of Kiev

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 (1139, 1151–1154).

He was a son of Vladimir Monomakh

Vladimir II Monomakh

Vladimir II Monomakh |Basileios]]) was a Velikiy Kniaz of Kievan Rus'.- Family :He was the son of Vsevolod I and Anastasia of Byzantium Vladimir II Monomakh |Basileios]]) (1053 – May 19, 1125) was a Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kievan Rus'.- Family :He was the son of Vsevolod I (married in...

 and Gytha of Wessex

Gytha of Wessex

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. On 18 February 1139 he succeeded his brother Yaropolk II of Kiev

Yaropolk II of Kiev

Yaropolk II Vladimirovich , Prince of Pereyaslav , Velikiy Kniaz of Kiev , son of Vladimir II Monomakh and Gytha of Wessex. He fought in several campaigns against the Polovtsy , once in 1103 and again in 1116.After the death of his brother in 1132, Msitslav I the Great, Yaropolk received the...

 as Grand Prince, but was driven out in March by Vsevolod II of Kiev

Vsevolod II of Kiev

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. He later ruled Kiev jointly with his nephew Iziaslav II of Kiev

Iziaslav II of Kiev

Iziaslav II Mstislavich , Prince of Pereyaslav , Prince of Turov , Prince of Rostov , Prince of Vladimir and Volyn , Pereyaslavl , Velikiy Kniaz of Kiev , was the oldest son of Mstislav Vladimirovich, Kniaz' , and...

 and died not long after Iziaslav in late 1154 or early 1155 and is buried in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev. His only son, Michael Viacheslavovich, had predeceased him in 1129.

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