Yaroslav II Iziaslavich (died 1180?), Prince

Prince

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 of Turov

Principality of Turov and Pinsk

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 (1146), Novgorod (1148–1154), Lutsk

Lutsk

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 (1157–1180) and Grand Prince

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 of Kiev

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 (1174–1175, 1180). He was the son of Iziaslav II of Kiev

Iziaslav II of Kiev

Iziaslav II Mstislavich , Prince of Pereyaslav , Prince of Turov , Prince of Rostov , Prince of Vladimir and Volyn , Pereyaslavl , Velikiy Kniaz of Kiev , was the oldest son of Mstislav Vladimirovich, Kniaz' , and...

 and the brother of Mstislav II of Kiev

Mstislav II of Kiev

Mstislav II Izyaslavich , Kniaz' of Pereyaslav, Volodymyr-Volynsky and Velikiy Kniaz of Kiev . Son of Izyaslav Mstislavich, Velikiy Kniaz' of Kiev....

.

After the murder of Andrei Bogolyubsky

Andrei Bogolyubsky

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, Yaroslav's relatives managed to maneuver him into the Kievan throne. He contended with a senior relative, Sviatoslav Vsevolodivich

Sviatoslav III of Kiev

Sviatoslav III Vsevolodovich , Prince of Turov , Vladimir and Volyn , Pinsk , Novgorod-Seversky , Chernigov , Grand Prince of Kiev...

, for over two years before Sviatoslav

Sviatoslav

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 eventually won power for himself and became the uncontested ruler of Kiev.

Sources

• Martin, Janet L.B. Medieval Russia, 980-1584, 1995 (Cambridge Medieval Textbooks)