Sack of Kiev (1169)

Sack of Kiev
Part of the 1167–1169 Kievan succession crisis[2]
Pillaging of Kiev in 1169, miniature from the 15th-century Radziwiłł Chronicle
Date 8–12 March 1169 Location Kiev, Kievan Rus' Result Coalition victory
Belligerents
Iziaslavichi of Volhynia:[1] Principality of Kiev[1] Principality of Volhynia[1] Novgorod Republic[1] Principality of Halych	Coalition: Yurievichi of Suzdalia[1] Olgovichi of Chernigov[1] Rostislavichi of Smolensk[1]
Commanders and leaders
Mstislav II of Kiev[1]	Andrey Bogolyubsky[1] Sviatoslav of Chernigov Roman of Smolensk

The sack of Kiev took place on 8–12 March 1169 when a coalition of 11 princes,^[1] assembled by prince Andrey Bogolyubsky of Vladimir-Suzdal, attacked the Kievan Rus' capital city of Kiev (modern Kyiv) during the 1167–1169 Kievan succession crisis.^[2][3] The conflict, caused by the death of grand prince Rostislav I of Kiev,^[4] was between rival branches of the Monomakhovichi clan: the Iziaslavichi of Volhynia (senior Mstislavichi; in control of Kiev, Novgorod, Volynia and Halych) on the one hand, and the Rostislavichi of Smolensk (junior Mstislavichi), the Yurievichi (controlling Suzdalia and Pereyaslavl), and the Olgovichi of Chernigov on the other.^[1] Prince Mstislav II of Kiev sought to defend Kiev against the Rostislavichi–Yurievichi–Olgovichi coalition.^[1][5]