Iziaslav II of Kiev
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Iziaslav II MstislavichTemplate:Efn (c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[1] – 13 November 1154)[1] was Grand Prince of Kiev (1146–1154).[2] He was also Prince of Pereyaslavl (1132; 1143–1145), Prince of Turov (1132–1134), Prince of Rostov (1134–), and Prince of Volhynia (1134–1142). He is the founder of the Iziaslavichi branch of Rurikid princes in Volhynia.Template:Sfn
Family
The second son of the Kievan prince Mstislav I and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, grandson of Vladimir II Monomakh. He was baptized as Panteleimon.[1] The progenitor of the Izyaslavych dynasty of Volhynia and Galicia (senior branch).[3] Great-grandfather of Daniel of Galicia.
The identity of his first wife, is a daughter of Conrad III of Germany and his first wife Gertrude of Comburg, her name was possibly "Agnes". She died in 1151. Their children were:
- Mstislav II of Kiev
- Yaroslav II of Kiev
- Yaropolk, Prince of Shumsk
- Vasylko (1151–1182), prince of Shumsk
- Evdokia, married Mieszko III the Old, High Duke of Poland.[3]
- daughter, in 1143 married Rogvold Rogvoldovich of Drutsk.[3]
Iziaslav's second wife was Bagrationi daughter of King Demetrius I of Georgia, but they were married for only a few months in 1154 before his death. After the death of her husband, she returned to Georgia.[1]
Legacy
On August 24, 2022, the 8th Separate Special Purpose Regiment (Ukraine) was given his honorary name.[4]
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