Yaroslav II of Kiev

Yaroslav II Iziaslavich[a] (died 1180) was Prince of Turov (1146), Novgorod (1148–1154), Lutsk (1154–1180) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1174–1175; 1180).

After the murder of Andrey Bogolyubsky, Yaroslav's relatives managed to maneuver him into the Kievan throne.

He contended with a senior relative, Sviatoslav Vsevolodivich, for over two years before Sviatoslav eventually won power for himself and became the uncontested ruler of Kiev.

He was married to Richeza, daughter Vladislaus II, King of Bohemia.

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Miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible