Iziaslav IV Vladimirovich; uk, Ізяслав Володимирович (1186 – 1236) was Prince of Terebovl' (1210),

Novgorod-Seversk Novhorod-Siverskyi ( uk, Новгород-Сіверський ) is a historic city in Chernihiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Novhorod-Siverskyi Raion, although until 18 July 2020 it was incorporated as a city ...

(until 1235) and

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 a ...

(1235–1236). He was the son of

Vladimir Igorevich Vladimir III Igorevich (October 8, 1170Putyvl, 1211) was a Rus' prince (a member of the Rurik dynasty). He was the son of Igor Svyatoslavich and was with him during his campaign against the Cumans on 13 April 1185, immortalized in the epic '' Th ...

. Iziaslav Vladimirovich was an Igorevich (descendant of

Igor Sviatoslavich Prince Igor Sviatoslavich the Brave or Ihor Sviatoslavych ( Old East Slavic: Игорь Святъславичь, ''Igorĭ Svjatŭslavičĭ''; uk, Ігор Святославич, ''Ihor Svyatoslavych''; russian: Игорь Святослав� ...

) and a member of a cadet branch of the Ol'govichi (descendants of

Oleg Sviatoslavich Oleg Svyatoslavich (russian: Олег Святославич; 1052 – August 1115) was a Rurikid prince whose equivocal adventures ignited political unrest in Kievan Rus' at the turn of the 11th and 12th centuries. Oleg was a younger son ...

). According to the Hypatian Chronicle, in 1234, Vladimirovich, with the help of the nomadic Polovtsy, campaigned against Vladimir Riurikovich and Daniil Romanovich of Volyn' and Galich. He defeated them near

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, taking Vladimir prisoner. In the year 1235, Iziaslav IV marched from Kamenets with Mikhail Vsevelodovich, the

Poles Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Ce ...

, the Russians, and the Polovtsy marched against Daniil again but were unsuccessful. According to the Novgorod First Chronicle, Prince Iziaslav and the Polovtsy joined Mikhail and troops from Chernigov to successfully attack and capture

Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

. After the victory, Iziaslav took the title of Grand Prince. The Hypatian Chronicle and the Novgorod Chronicle disagree on which princes replaced each other in Kiev between 1235 and 1236. The Hypatian Chronicle states that Iaroslav Vsebelodovich took Kiev from Vladimir who was replaced by Mikail. The Novgorod Chronicle and, to a certain extent, the

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, on the other hand, states that Iziaslav occupied Kiev after Vladimir was captured in 1235 implying that he replaced Iziaslav Mstislavich and not Vladimir.

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1186 births 13th-century deaths Grand princes of Kiev 13th-century princes from Kievan Rus' People of Cuman descent Year of death unknown Olgovichi family {{Europe-royal-stub