Viacheslav Vladimirovich (russian: Вячеслав Владимирович) (1083 – 2 February 1154) was a
Prince of Smolensk The Prince of Smolensk was the ''kniaz'', the ruler or sub-ruler, of the Rus' Principality of Smolensk, a lordship based on the city of Smolensk. It passed between different groups of descendants of Grand Prince Iaroslav I of Kiev until 1125, when ...
(1113–1125),
Turov (1125–1132, 1134–1146),
Pereyaslavl (1132–1134, 1142),
Peresopnytsia
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In 11th - 13th centuries it was one of two main cities of Horyn River ...
(1146–1149),
Vyshgorod
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(1149–1151) 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 and ...
(1139, 1151–1154).
He was a son of
Vladimir Monomakh
Vladimir II Monomakh (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Мономахъ, ''Volodiměrŭ Monomakhŭ''; uk, Володимир Мономах, translit=Volodymyr Monomakh; russian: Владимир Мономах; Christian name: ''Vasiliy'' ...
and
Gytha of Wessex
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. On 18 February 1139 he succeeded his brother
Yaropolk II of Kiev
Yaropolk II Vladimirovich Monomakh (russian: Ярополк II Владимирович, uk, Ярополк II Володимирович) (1082 – 18 February 1139), Prince of Pereiaslav (1114–1132), (Grand Prince) of Kiev (1132–1139), so ...
as grand prince, but was driven out in March by
Vsevolod II of Kiev
Vsevolod II Olgovich (Cyrillic: Всеволод II Ольгович) (died August 1, 1146) was the Prince (Knyaz) of Chernigov (1127–1139) and Grand Prince of Kiev (Velikiy Knyaz), 1139–1146), son of Oleg Svyatoslavich, Prince of Chernigov.
...
. He later ruled Kiev jointly with his nephew
Iziaslav II of Kiev
Iziaslav II Mstislavich ( uk, Ізяслав Мстиславич, russian: Изяслав II Мстиславич; c. 1096[St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev
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. His only son, Michael Viacheslavovich, had predeceased him in 1129.
See also
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Primary Chronicle
The ''Tale of Bygone Years'' ( orv, Повѣсть времѧньныхъ лѣтъ, translit=Pověstĭ vremęnĭnyxŭ lětŭ; ; ; ; ), often known in English as the ''Rus' Primary Chronicle'', the ''Russian Primary Chronicle'', or simply the ...
1083 births
1154 deaths
Rurikids
Monomakhovichi family
Princes of Smolensk
Princes of Turov
Princes of Pereyaslavl
Princes of Peresopnitsa
Princes of Vyshgorod
Grand Princes of Kiev
Burials at Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv
12th-century princes in Kievan Rus'
Eastern Orthodox monarchs
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