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Izyaslav I of Kiev

Iziaslav I
Grand Prince of Kiev
Reign 1054–1068, 1069–1073, and 1076–1078
Predecessor Yaroslav the Wise
Successor Sviatoslav II
Prince of Turov
Reign 1045–1052
Prince of Novgorod
Reign 1052–1054
Born ~1024
Died 3 October 1078 [aged ~54]
Nezhatyna Nyva
Burial Church of the Tithes, Kiev
Spouse Gertrude of Poland, Casimir's sister
Issue Yaropolk Izyaslavich, Mstislav, Sviatopolk II
Full name
Iziaslav Yaroslavovich
Dynasty Rurikid
Father Yaroslav the Wise
Mother Ingegerd Olofsdotter (a daughter of Olof Skötkonung)
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Full name
Iziaslav Yaroslavovich

Iziaslav Yaroslavich (1024 – 3 October 1078, baptized as Demetrius) Kniaz' (Prince) of Turov, Veliki Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kiev (from 1054).

Izyaslav's children Yaropolk and Sviatopolk would rule the Turov Principality. Their authority was mainly challenged by the Rostilavichi of Rostislav Vsevolodovich.

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 Russkaya 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 in 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.


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