Rurik Rostislavich

[2] Succession conflicts intermittently placed Rurik on the throne of the Kievan Rus' no fewer than six times between 1173 and 1210.

[citation needed] Rurik had been confined to a monastery in 1204, but he abandoned his holy vows and returned to the throne.

[citation needed] His cousin, Vsevolod, felt that Rurik's previous monastic vows rendered his authority invalid, and so attacked and briefly seized Kiev in 1206, 1207, and 1211.

[citation needed] He succeeded in capturing Rurik, who died in captivity in Chernigov.

[citation needed] Rurik was married to Anna of Turov; among their children was Rostislav II of Kiev.

St. Basil's Church was built by Rurik Rostislavich at his votchina in Ovruch .