Individual Details
Grand Duke Mstislav of Kiev
(1 Jun 1076 - 14 Apr 1132)
Mstislav was born on 1 June 1076, the eldest son of Vladimir Monomakh, grand duke of Kiev, and Gytha of Wessex. He figures prominently in the Norse Sagas under the name Harald, taken to allude to his grandfather, Harold II of England.
As his father's future successor, Mstislav reigned in Novgorod from 1088 to 1093 and (after a brief stint at Rostov) from 1095 to 1117. Hereafter he was Monomakh's co-ruler in Belgorod Kievsky, and inherited the Kievan throne after his death. He built numerous churches in Novgorod, of which St. Nicholas Cathedral (1113) and the St. Anthony Cloister (1117) survive to the present day. Later, he would also erect important churches in Kiev, notably his family sepulchre at Berestovo and the church of Our Lady at Podil. Mstislav's life was spent in constant warfare with Cumans, Estonians, Lithuanians, and the princedom of Polotsk. In 1096 he defeated his father's cousin and enemy Oleg of Chernigov on the Koloksha River, thereby continuing the feud between his father's and Oleg's descendants which was to last for several centuries. Mstislav was the last ruler of united Rus, and upon his death, as the chronicler wrote, 'the land of Rus was torn apart'.
In 1095 Mstislav married Christine of Sweden, daughter of Inge Stenkilsson, king of Sweden, and his wife Helena. They had at least nine children of whom two sons and three daughters would have progeny.
Christine died on 18 January 1122, and later that year Mstislav married Ljubawa Dimitriewna Sawiditsch, the daughter of Dimitri Sawiditsch, a nobleman of Novgorod. They had a son Vladimir II Mstislavich and a daughter Euphrosyne who would marry King Geisa II of Hungary and have progeny.
Mstislav died on 15 April 1132. Through Euphrosyne he is an ancestor of King Edward III of England and hence of all subsequent English and British monarchs. Through his mother Gytha, he is part of a link between Harold II of England and the modern line of English kings founded by William the Conqueror, who deposed him.
Source: Leo van de Pas
As his father's future successor, Mstislav reigned in Novgorod from 1088 to 1093 and (after a brief stint at Rostov) from 1095 to 1117. Hereafter he was Monomakh's co-ruler in Belgorod Kievsky, and inherited the Kievan throne after his death. He built numerous churches in Novgorod, of which St. Nicholas Cathedral (1113) and the St. Anthony Cloister (1117) survive to the present day. Later, he would also erect important churches in Kiev, notably his family sepulchre at Berestovo and the church of Our Lady at Podil. Mstislav's life was spent in constant warfare with Cumans, Estonians, Lithuanians, and the princedom of Polotsk. In 1096 he defeated his father's cousin and enemy Oleg of Chernigov on the Koloksha River, thereby continuing the feud between his father's and Oleg's descendants which was to last for several centuries. Mstislav was the last ruler of united Rus, and upon his death, as the chronicler wrote, 'the land of Rus was torn apart'.
In 1095 Mstislav married Christine of Sweden, daughter of Inge Stenkilsson, king of Sweden, and his wife Helena. They had at least nine children of whom two sons and three daughters would have progeny.
Christine died on 18 January 1122, and later that year Mstislav married Ljubawa Dimitriewna Sawiditsch, the daughter of Dimitri Sawiditsch, a nobleman of Novgorod. They had a son Vladimir II Mstislavich and a daughter Euphrosyne who would marry King Geisa II of Hungary and have progeny.
Mstislav died on 15 April 1132. Through Euphrosyne he is an ancestor of King Edward III of England and hence of all subsequent English and British monarchs. Through his mother Gytha, he is part of a link between Harold II of England and the modern line of English kings founded by William the Conqueror, who deposed him.
Source: Leo van de Pas
Events
| Birth | 1 Jun 1076 | ||||
| Marriage | 1122 | Ljubawa Dimitrewna Sawiditsch | |||
| Death | 14 Apr 1132 |
Families
| Spouse | Ljubawa Dimitrewna Sawiditsch ( - 1167) |
| Child | Eufrozine of Kiev (1126 - 1186) |