Mstislav I of Kiev

Mstislav I Monomakh
Portrait in the Tsarsky titulyarnik (1672)
Grand Prince of Kiev
Reign1125–1132
PredecessorVladimir II
SuccessorYaropolk II
BornFebruary 1076
Turov
Died14 April 1132(1132-04-14) (aged 55)
Kiev
SpouseChristina Ingesdotter of Sweden
Liubava Dmitrievna Zavidich
IssueIngeborg of Kiev
Malmfred of Kiev
Dobrodeia of Kiev
Vsevolod of Pskov
Maria Mstislavna of Kiev
Iziaslav II of Kiev
Rostislav of Kiev
Sviatopolk of Pskov
Rogneda
Xenia
Vladimir III of Kiev
Euphrosyne of Kiev
DynastyRurik
FatherVladimir II Monomakh
MotherGytha of Wessex

Mstislav I Vladimirovich Monomakh (Old East Slavic: Мьстиславъ Володимѣровичъ Мономахъ, romanized: Mĭstislavŭ Volodiměrovičŭ Monomakhŭ;[a] Christian name: Fedor;[1][2] February 1076 – 14 April 1132), also known as Mstislav the Great, was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1125 until his death in 1132. After his death, the state began to quickly disintegrate into rival principalities.

He was the eldest son of Vladimir II Monomakh by Gytha of Wessex.[3] He is figured prominently in the Norse Sagas under the name Harald, to allude to his grandfather, Harold II of England.


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  1. ^ Biographischer Index Rußlands und der Sowjetunion (in Russian). Walter de Gruyter. 31 October 2011. p. 1417. ISBN 978-3-11-093336-9.
  2. ^ Litvina, A. F.; Uspensky, F. B. (2006). Выбор имени у русских князей в X—XVI вв. Династическая история сквозь призму антропонимики. Indrik. p. 581. ISBN 5-85759-339-5.
  3. ^ Philip Line, Kingship and State Formation in Sweden 1130-1290, (Brill, 2007), 597.