Viacheslav I of Kiev

Ukrainian ruler
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroUkrainian ruler
PlacesUkraine
wasRuler
Work fieldMilitary
Gender
Male
Birth1 January 1083
Death1 January 1154Kiev, Ukraine (aged 71 years)
Family
Mother:Gytha of Wessex
Father:Vladimir II Monomakh
Siblings:Yuri Dolgorukiy Mstislav I of Kiev Yaropolk II of Kiev
The details

Biography

Viacheslav Vladimirovich (Russian: Вячеслав Владимирович) (1083 – 2 February 1154) was a Prince of Smolensk (1113–1125), Turov (1125–1132, 1134–1146), Pereyaslavl (1132–1134, 1142), Peresopnytsia (1146–1149), Vyshgorod (1149–1151) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1139, 1151–1154).

He was a son of Vladimir Monomakh and Gytha of Wessex. On 18 February 1139 he succeeded his brother Yaropolk II of Kiev as Grand Prince, but was driven out in March by Vsevolod II of Kiev. He later ruled Kiev jointly with his nephew Iziaslav II of Kiev and died not long after Iziaslav in late 1154 or early 1155 and is buried in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev. His only son, Michael Viacheslavovich, had predeceased him in 1129.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Viacheslav I of Kiev
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Vladimir I of Kiev
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Yaroslav I the Wise
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Rogneda of Polotsk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Vsevolod I of Kiev
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Olof Skötkonung
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Estrid of the Obotrites
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Vladimir II Monomakh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Theodosios Monomachos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Constantine IX Monomachos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Anastasia of Byzantium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Viacheslav I of Kiev
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Wulfnoth Cild
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Godwin, Earl of Wessex
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Harold Godwinson
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Thorgil Sprakling
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Gytha of Wessex
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Edith Swanneck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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