Grand Princes of Kiev
Monarch | Portrait | Born-Died | Relationship with Predecessor(s) | Ruled from | Ruled until |
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Askold and Dir (non-Rurikids) | ?-882 | none | 842 or 862 | 882 | |
Oleg of Novgorod (regent) | ?-912 | Relative of Rurik and regent of Rurik's son, Prince Igor of Kiev | 882 | Autumn 912 | |
Igor I | ?-945 | Son of Rurik | 879 (in Novgorod, as an heir of Rurik); 913 | Autumn 945 | |
Saint Olga of Kiev (regent) | ?-969 | Igor I's wife and regent of Sviatoslav I of Kiev | 945 | 962 | |
Sviatoslav I the Great | 942–972 | Son of Igor I and Olga of Kiev | 962 | Spring 972 | |
Yaropolk I | 958 (960?)–980 | Son of Sviatoslav I | 972 | 980 | |
Saint Vladimir I the Great | 958–1015 | Younger son of Sviatoslav I, brother of Yaropolk I | 11 June 978 | 15 July 1015 | |
Sviatopolk I the Accursed | 980–1019 | Son of Vladimir I | 1015 | Autumn 1016 | |
Yaroslav I the Wise | 978–1054 | Younger son of Vladimir I, brother of Sviatopolk I | Autumn 1016 | Summer 1018 | |
Sviatopolk I the Accursed | 980–1019 | Son of Vladimir I | 14 August 1018 | 1019 | |
Yaroslav I the Wise | 978–1054 | Younger son of Vladimir I, Younger brother of Sviatopolk I | 1019 | 19 February 1054 | |
Iziaslav I | 1024–1078 | First son of Yaroslav I | February 1054 | 15 September 1068 | |
Vseslav of Polotsk | 1039–1101 | Great-Grandson of Vladimir I. Usurped the Kievan Throne | 15 September 1068 | April 1069 | |
Iziaslav I | 1024–1078 | First son of Yaroslav I | 2 May 1069 | March 1073 | |
Sviatoslav II | 1027–1076 | Third son of Yaroslav I | 22 March 1073 | 27 December 1076 | |
Vsevolod I | 1030–1093 | Fourth son of Yaroslav I | 1 January 1077 | July 1077 | |
Iziaslav I | 1024–1078 | First son of Yaroslav I | 15 July 1077 | 3 October 1078 | |
Vsevolod I | 1030–1093 | Fourth son of Yaroslav I | October 1078 | 13 April 1093 | |
Sviatopolk II | 1050–1113 | Son of Iziaslav I | 24 April 1093 | 16 April 1113 | |
Vladimir II Monomakh | 1053–1125 | Son of Vsevolod I | 20 April 1113 | 19 May 1125 | |
Mstislav the Great | 1076–1132 | Son of Vladimir II | 20 May 1125 | 15 April 1132 | |
Yaropolk II | 1082–1139 | Son of Vladimir II, Younger brother of Mstislav | 17 April 1132 | 18 February 1139 | |
Viacheslav I | 1083-2 February 1154 | Son of Vladimir II | 22 February 1139 | 4 March 1139 | |
Vsevolod II | ?-1146 | Grandson of Sviatoslav II | 5 March 1139 | 30 July 1146 | |
Igor II | ?- 19 September 1146 | Grandson of Sviatoslav II | August 1146 | 13 August 1146 | |
Iziaslav II Panteleimon | 1097–1154 | Older son of Mstislav | 13 August 1146 | 23 August 1149 | |
Yuri I the Long Arms | 1099–1157 | Younger brother of Mstislav | 28 August 1149 | Summer 1150 | |
Viacheslav I | 1083-2 February 1154 | Son of Vladimir II | Summer 1150 | Summer 1150 | |
Iziaslav II Panteleimon | 1097–1154 | Older son of Mstislav | Summer 1150 | Summer 1150 | |
Yuri I the Long Arms | 1099–1157 | Younger brother of Mstislav | August 1150 | Winter 1151 | |
Iziaslav II Panteleimon | 1097–1154 | Older son of Mstislav | Winter 1151 | 13 November 1154 | |
Viacheslav I | 1083-2 February 1154 | Son of Vladimir II | Spring 1151 | 6 February 1154 | |
Rostislav I | 1110–1167 | Second son of Mstislav | 1154 | January 1155 | |
Iziaslav III | ?-1162 | Grandson of Sviatoslav II | January 1155 | 1155 | |
Yuri I the Long Arms | 1099–1157 | Younger brother of Mstislav | 20 March 1155 | 15 May 1157 | |
Iziaslav III | ?-1162 | Grandson of Sviatoslav II | 19 May 1157 | December 1158 | |
Mstislav II | 1125–1170 | Son of Iziaslav III | 22 December 1158 | Spring 1159 | |
Rostislav I | 1110–1167 | Second son of Mstislav | 12 April 1159 | 8 February 1161 | |
Iziaslav III | ?-1162 | Grandson of Sviatoslav II | 12 February 1161 | 6 March 1161 | |
Rostislav I | 1110–1167 | Second son of Mstislav | March 1161 | 14 March 1167 | |
Vladimir III | 1132–1173 | Younger son of Mstislav | Spring 1167 | Spring 1167 | |
Mstislav II | 1125–1170 | Son of Iziaslav III | 19 May 1167 | 12 March 1169 |
In 1169 Vladimir-Suzdal troops took Kiev. This act underlined the declining importance of that city.
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