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Names
	Iziaslav Yaroslavovich

Iziaslav I
Iziaslav I
Grand Prince of Kiev
Reign	1054–1068, 1069–1073, and 1076–1078
Predecessor	Yaroslav the Wise
Successor	Sviatoslav II
Born	~1024
Died	October 3, 1078 [aged ~54]; Nezhatyna Nyva
Burial	Church of the Tithes, Kiev
Wife	Gertrude of Poland, Casimir's sister;
Issue	Yaropolk Izyaslavich, Mstislav, Sviatopolk II
Names
Names
	Iziaslav Yaroslavovich
Dynasty	Rurik Dynasty
Father	Yaroslav the Wise
Mother	Ingegerd Olofsdotter (a daughter of Olof Skötkonung)

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Iziaslav Yaroslavich (1024 – 3 October 1078), Kniaz' (Prince) of Turov, Veliki Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kiev (from 1054), King of Rus' (1075). Izyaslav's children Yaropolk and Sviatopolk would rule the Turov Principality authority of which was mainly challenged by Rostilavichi of Rostislav Vsevolodovich.

Biography

Iziaslav was the oldest son of Yaroslav I the Wise by his second wife Ingigerd Olafsdottir. Iziaslav succeeded his father, after Yaroslav's oldest child, Vladimir (the only child by Yaroslav's first wife), had predeceased his father. Iziaslav was one of the authors of "Pravda Yaroslavichiv" - a part of the first legal code of Rus, called Ruska Pravda.

He is also credited with the foundation of the Kiev Pechersk Monastery. Prince Iziaslav I of Kiev ceded the whole mountain to Antonite monks who founded a monastery built by architects from Constantinople. According to the Primary Chronicle, in the early 11th century, Antony, a Greek Orthodox monk from Esphigmenon monastery on Mount Athos, originally from Liubech of the Principality of Chernigov, returned to Rus' and settled in Kiev as a missionary of the monastic tradition to Kievan Rus'. He chose a cave at the Berestov Mount that overlooked the Dnieper River and a community of disciples soon grew.

In 1043 his father Veliki Kniaz (Grand Prince) Yaroslav made an agreement with King Casimir I of Poland that recognized Cherven as part of Kiev. The agreement was sealed with a double marriage—Casimir to Dobronega, Yaroslav's sister; and Iziaslav to Gertrude, Casimir's sister. From this marriage were born three children: Iziaslav's son Yaropolk, Mstislav and Sviatopolk.

As a result of the popular uprising in 1068, Iziaslav was deposed and fled to Poland. In 1069 he retook Kiev with the help of the Polish army; however, he was ousted again by his brothers in 1073. Iziaslav turned to the German king Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Polish king Bolesław II the Bold, and Pope Gregory VII, for help on several occasions. Iziaslav became the first King of Rus' in 1075 when the Pope sent him a crown. He succeeded in retaking Kiev once again in 1076, but soon died in an internecine war against Princes Oleg Sviatoslavich and Boris Vyacheslavich.

Children

Iziaslav had the following children

with Gertrude:

Yaropolk
Mstislav (?–1069), was a Prince of Novgorod (1054–1067) which he lost to Vseslav of Polotsk. He had a son Rostislav Mstislavich that died in 1093.
Eupraxia, may have been married to Mieszko Bolesławowic, son of Bolesław II the Bold in 1088.
Sviatopolk

Ancestry

Family of Iziaslav I of Kiev

16. Igor of Kiev

8. Sviatoslav I of Kiev

17. Olga of Kiev

4. Vladimir the Great

9. Malusha

2. Yaroslav I the Wise

10. Rogvolod

5. Rogneda of Polotsk

1. Iziaslav I of Kiev

12. Eric the Victorious

6. Olof Skötkonung

3. Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden

7. Estrid of the Obotrites

Sources

Martin, Janet. Medieval Russia, 980-1584 (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks)

External links

Holy Dormition Kiev-Pechersk Lavra - Official site Template:Ru icon

Regnal titles
Iziaslav I Yaroslavich Rurikovich Born: 1024 Died: 1078
Preceded by reestablished	Prince of Turov 1042–1078	Succeeded by Yaropolk Izyaslavich
Preceded by Yaroslav I	Grand Prince of Kiev 1054–1073	Succeeded by Sviatoslav II
Titles in pretence
Preceded by Vladimir Yaroslavich	Grand Prince of Kiev 1052–1054	Succeeded by Mstislav Izyaslavovich
Preceded by Sudislav Vladimirovich	2nd in line Grand Prince of Kiev 1042–1052	Succeeded by Sviatoslav Yaroslavich

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 ==Biography==
-Iziaslav was the oldest son of [[Yaroslav I the Wise]] by his second wife [[Ingegerd Olofsdotter|Ingigerd Olafsdottir]]. Iziaslav succeeded his father, after Yaroslav's oldest child, Valdimir (the only child by Yaroslav's first wife), had predeceased his father. Iziaslav was one of the authors of ''"Pravda Yaroslavichiv"'' - a part of the first legal code of [[Kievan Rus|Rus]], called [[Ruska Pravda]].
+Iziaslav was the oldest son of [[Yaroslav I the Wise]] by his second wife [[Ingegerd Olofsdotter|Ingigerd Olafsdottir]]. Iziaslav succeeded his father, after Yaroslav's oldest child, Vladimir (the only child by Yaroslav's first wife), had predeceased his father. Iziaslav was one of the authors of ''"Pravda Yaroslavichiv"'' - a part of the first legal code of [[Kievan Rus|Rus]], called [[Ruska Pravda]].
 He is also credited with the foundation of the [[Kiev Pechersk Monastery]]. [[Knyaz|Prince]] Iziaslav I of Kiev ceded the whole mountain to Antonite monks who founded a monastery built by architects from [[Constantinople]]. According to the [[Primary Chronicle]], in the early 11th century, [[Saint Anthony of Kiev|Antony]], a [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]] [[monk]] from [[Esphigmenou Monastery|Esphigmenon monastery]] on [[Mount Athos]], originally from [[Liubech]] of the [[Principality of Chernigov]], returned to [[Kievan Rus'|Rus']] and settled in Kiev as a [[missionary]] of the monastic tradition to Kievan Rus'. He chose a [[cave]] at the Berestov Mount that overlooked the [[Dnieper River]] and a community of disciples soon grew.