Yaropolk II Vladimirovich Monomakh (russian: Ярополк II Владимирович, uk, Ярополк II Володимирович) (1082 – 18 February 1139), Prince of

Pereiaslav Pereiaslav ( uk, Перея́слав, translit=Pereiaslav, yi, פּרעיאַסלעוו, Periyoslov) is a historical city in the Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast (Oblast, province) of central Ukraine, located near the confluence of Alta River, Alta ...

(1114–1132), (

Grand Prince Grand prince or great prince (feminine: grand princess or great princess) ( la, magnus princeps; Greek: ''megas archon''; russian: великий князь, velikiy knyaz) is a title of nobility ranked in honour below emperor, equal of king or ...

) of

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(1132–1139), son of

Vladimir II Monomakh Vladimir II Monomakh (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Мономахъ, ''Volodiměrŭ Monomakhŭ''; uk, Володимир Мономах, translit=Volodymyr Monomakh; russian: Владимир Мономах; Christian name: ''Vasiliy'' ...

and

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. He fought in several campaigns against the

Cumans The Cumans (or Kumans), also known as Polovtsians or Polovtsy (plural only, from the Russian language, Russian Exonym and endonym, exonym ), were a Turkic people, Turkic nomadic people comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confede ...

, once in 1103 and again in 1116. After the death of his brother in 1132, Msitslav I the Great, Yaropolk received the crown of Kiev. Yaropolk had to deal with the many interests of his family, most of all his powerful half brother

Yuri Dolgoruki Yuri I Vladimirovich ( rus, Юрий Владимирович, Yuriy Vladimirovich), commonly known as Yuri Dolgorukiy or the Long Arm ( rus, Юрий Долгорукий, Yuriy Dolgorukiy, meaning "Far-Reaching", c. 109915 May 1157) was a Rur ...

. Yaropolk appointed Vsevolod Mstislavich to succeed him in Pereiaslav but Yuri Dolgoruki, with the consent of the Novgorodians, soon drove out his nephew. Yaropolk appointed another son of Mstislav I:

Iziaslav Mstislavich Iziaslav II Mstislavich ( uk, Ізяслав Мстиславич, russian: Изяслав II Мстиславич; c. 1096Viacheslav Vladimirovich. The peace didn't last long and in 1134 the merry-go-round started once more. Iziaslav had to transfer Turov to his uncle Viacheslav to let him rule the principality once again. Pereyaslav would come to Yuri Dolgoruki on the condition that Iziaslav got to rule

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although Yuri kept a large part of the principality under his influence. Iziaslav also got to rule Volyn and another half brother of Yaropolk, Andrey Vladimirovich was to rule Pereyaslav. Vsevolod Olgovich, then Prince of

Chernigov Chernihiv ( uk, Черні́гів, , russian: Черни́гов, ; pl, Czernihów, ; la, Czernihovia), is a List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in northern Ukraine, which serves as the administrative ...

, the Cumans and his allies who were asked by Iziaslav to make his point against Viacheslav, continued their war against Yaropolk and crossed the

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to loot the Kiev region. After a decisive battle at the river Supoy in 1135, Yaropolk had to cede the town of

Kursk Kursk ( rus, Курск, p=ˈkursk) is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym rivers. The area around Kursk was the site of a turning point in the Soviet–German stru ...

and Poseme only gained 17 years earlier. Due to this change of balance the people of Novgorod expelled Vsevolod Mstislavich from Novgorod and replaced him with the brother of the Chernigov prince, Sviatoslav Olgovich. Vsevolod moved to

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and died in 1138 at the siege of Novgorod. Who were convinced to replace Sviatoslav with

Rostislav Yuryevich Rostislav Yuryevich (russian: Ростислав Юрьевич) (died April 6, 1151) was the Prince of Novgorod and Pereyaslavl, oldest son of Yuri Dolgoruky, and brother of Andrei Bogolyubsky. Biography Rostislav Yuryevich's name was first men ...

, the eldest son of Yuri Dolgoruki. Sviatoslav continued the war against Yaropolk with also this time, Yaropolk's old enemies, the Cumans on his side. He found soon the combined troops of Kiev, Pereyaslav, Rostov, Polotsk, Smolensk, parts of Halych and 30-thousand Hungarians, sent by the king Bela II before the gates of Chernigov. He was forced to make peace in 1139. Just before his death Yaropolk assisted Bela II when he was faced with internal enemies. He died in 1139, and was buried in the church of St. Andrey. His brother, Viacheslav I, who succeeded him was soon driven out by Vsevolod II.

Marriage and children

Married in 1116 to Helena, an Ossetian princess. # Vasilko Yaropolkovich

Bibliography

* ''Рыжов К. В.'
Ярополк II Владимирович
// Все монархи мира. Россия. — М.: Вече, 1998. — * ''Хмыров М. Д.'

// Алфавитно-справочный перечень государей русских и замечательнейших особ их крови. — СПб.: Тип. А. Бенке, 1870. — С. 81–82.

Marriage and children

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Ancestry

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