Yaropolk II of Kiev

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Yaropolk II Vladimirovich (Ярополк II Владимирович in Russian) (1082February 18, 1139), Prince of Pereyaslav (1114-1132), Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kiev (1132-1138), son of Vladimir Monomakh and Gytha of Wessex. He fought in several campaigns against the Polovtsy (Cumans), once in 1103 and again in 1116. In 1116 he married an Ossetian princess, Helena, with whom he had one son, Vasilko Yaropolkovich. He died in 1139, and was buried in the church of St. Andrey.

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