Iziaslav I | |||||
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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 |
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Burial | Church of the Tithes, Kiev | ||||
Spouse | Gertrude of Poland, Casimir's sister | ||||
Issue | Yaropolk Izyaslavich, Mstislav, Sviatopolk II | ||||
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Dynasty | Rurikid | ||||
Father | Yaroslav the Wise | ||||
Mother | Ingegerd Olofsdotter (a daughter of Olof Skötkonung) | ||||
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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.