Mstislav Rostislavich Bezokii (or Mstislav "The Eyeless") (died 1178) was Prince of Rostov (1175–1176) and Prince of Novgorod

Prince of Novgorod

The Prince of Novgorod was the chief executive of Novgorod the Great. The office was originally an appointed one until the late eleventh or early twelfth century, then became something of an elective one until the fourteenth century, after which the Prince of Vladimir was almost invariably the...

 the Great (1160–1161, 1177–1178). He should not be confused with Mstislav Rostislavich

Mstislav Rostislavich

Mstislav Rostislavich , known as "The Brave" , was Prince of Smolensk and Prince of Novgorod. He should not be confused with another prince of the same name, Mstislav Rostislavich Bezokii , who was Prince of Rostov and also Prince of Novgorod and who died in...

 Khrabryi, who was Prince of Smolensk and also Prince of Novogorod near the same time as Mstislav the Eyeless.

Mstislav the Eyeless received his sobriquet

Sobriquet

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 (nickname) after being defeated by Vsevolod III "The Big Nest" in 1176 and being blinded along with his brother, Iaropolk and brother-in-law, Gleb. According to several chronicles, he and his brother traveled to Smolensk after their blinding and were miraculously cured there in the Church of Boris and Gleb, after which he traveled to Novgorod where he was made prince

Prince

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again. He died there a year later and is buried in the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom.