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Mstislav I of Kiev (the Great)

Type Figure Region Kievan Rus' Time 1076–1132 Also known as Mstislav Vladimirovich

Mstislav I (1076–1132), eldest son of Vladimir Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev 1125–1132, known as 'the Great';…

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  1. 1076–1117Novgorod · NovgorodMstislav was the son of Monomakh and Gita of Wessex, called Harald in the Norse sagas. He long served as Prince of Novgorod, consolidating northern control of the Gulf of Finland and Volga trade routes, and repeatedly aided his father in campaigns against the Polovtsians.
  2. 1117–1125Belgorod (near Kiev) · KievIn 1117 Monomakh summoned him from Novgorod to Belgorod near Kiev, where as designated heir he took part in southern affairs; Novgorod was entrusted to his elder brother Vsevolod.
  3. 1125–1132Kiev · KievAfter his father's death in 1125 he succeeded to Kiev, continuing to restrain the Olgovich line of Chernigov and the Polovtsian frontier, and was called 'the Great' in the chronicles. After his death on 14 April 1132, his brothers and sons contested the throne and Rus' political fragmentation intensified.

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