Iaroslav Sviatopolkovich, also known as Iaroslav or Yaroslav Sviatopolchich (1070s – 1124), was
Prince of Vladimir-in-Volhynia from 1100 to 1118.
Early life
Iaroslav was the second son of
Sviatopolk Iziaslavich (who was the youngest son of
Iziaslav I Iaroslavich,
Grand Prince of Kiev
The Grand Prince of Kiev (sometimes grand duke) was the title of the ruler of Kiev and the ruler of Kievan Rus' from the 10th to 13th centuries. In the 13th century, Kiev became an appanage principality first of the grand prince of Vladimir and ...
). Iziaslav fled to Poland after his brothers,
Sviatoslav Iaroslavich and
Vsevolod Iaroslavich, dethroned him in 1073. Sviatopolk accompanied his exiled father. Historian Márta Font proposes that Sviatopolk had most probably fathered children by the time he left Kievan Rus'.
One "''Gerasclauus'', the son of the king of the
Ruthenians
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" was listed among the witnesses of the deed of foundation of the
Somogyvár Abbey
The Somogyvár Abbey (Szent Egyed Abbey) was a Benedictine monastery established at Somogyvár in the Kingdom of Hungary
The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into th ...
in 1091. The document also recorded that ''Gerasclauus'' was the son-in-law of
Ladislaus I of Hungary
Ladislaus I ( hu, László, hr, Ladislav, sk, Ladislav, pl, Władysław; 1040 – 29 July 1095), also known as Saint Ladislas, was King of Hungary from 1077 and King of Croatia from 1091. He was the second son of King Béla I of Hungary and ...
. Font associates ''Gerasclauus'' with Iaroslav,
[Historian ]György Györffy
György Györffy (26 September 1917 – 19 December 2000) was a Hungarian historian, and member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( hu, MTA).
Biography
Györffy was born in Szucság (Suceagu, today part of Baciu, Romania), Hungary the son o ...
proposes, that ''Gerasclauus'' was Iaroslav Sviatopolkovich's cousin, Iaroslav Sviatoslavich, but Font emphasizes that Sviatoslavich's connections to Hungary cannot be proven. because Iaroslav's good relationship with the Hungarian kings is well-documented. She says that Iaroslav most probably married Ladislaus I's daughter in the early 1090s. In 1097, his father sent Iaroslav to Hungary to persuade
Coloman, King of Hungary
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to support him.
Prince
Iaroslav's father,
Vladimir Monomakh
Vladimir II Monomakh (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Мономахъ, ''Volodiměrŭ Monomakhŭ''; uk, Володимир Мономах, translit=Volodymyr Monomakh; russian: Владимир Мономах; Christian name: ''Vasiliy'' ...
,
Oleg
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and
Davyd Sviatoslavich
Davyd Sviatoslavich was the ruler of Murom and Chernigov.
The date of his birth is uncertain. Before his father's death was appointed to the Pereyaslav Principality, however in 1076 he ran to Murom which was located as far away as possible from ...
assembled at Uvetichi on 30 August 1100. They summoned
David Igorevich, the
Prince of Vladimir-in-Volhynia to their conference. They dispossessed David Igorevich and gave Vladimir-in-Volhynia to Iaroslav
Along with other Rus' princes, Iaroslav and his father accompanied Vladimir Monomakh to a campaign against the
Cumans
The Cumans (or Kumans), also known as Polovtsians or Polovtsy (plural only, from the Russian exonym ), were a Turkic nomadic people comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation. After the Mongol invasion (1237), many so ...
as far as the river
Don
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in early 1111. Their united troops defeated the Cumans at Sugrov on 27 March.
Sviatopolk Iziaslavich died in Kiev on 16 April 1116. Iaroslav was staying in the town when his father died, but the townspeople offered the throne to Vladimir Monomakh. Monomakh accepted the offer and came to Kiev on 20 April.
In exile
Iaroslav first fled to Hungary to seek assistance from
Stephen II of Hungary. He allegedly soon left Hungary for Poland, because he launched several campaigns against his former principality at the head of Polish troops from 1118, according to the
Kiev Chronicle (in the
Hypatian Codex The Hypatian Codex (also known as Hypatian Letopis or Ipatiev Letopis; be, Іпацьеўскі летапіс; russian: Ипатьевская летопись; uk, Іпатіївський літопис) is a ''svod'' (compendium) of three ''l ...
). Vladimir Monomach always repelled his attacks.
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