Iziaslav II of Kiev

Iziaslav II Mstislavich[a] (c. 1096[1] – 13 November 1154)[1] was Grand Prince of Kiev (1146–1154).

[3] The second son of the Kievan prince Mstislav I and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, grandson of Vladimir II Monomakh.

[1] The progenitor of the Izyaslavych dynasty of Volhynia and Galicia (senior branch).

Their children were: Iziaslav's second wife was Bagrationi daughter of King Demetrius I of Georgia, but they were married for only a few months in 1154 before his death.

[1] On August 24, 2022, the 8th Separate Special Purpose Regiment (Ukraine) was given his honourary name.

Fresco of the Novospassky Monastery , 1680s