Viacheslav I of Kiev

Viacheslav Vladimirovich (Russian: Вячеслав Владимирович) (1083 – 2 February 1154), Prince of Smolensk (1113–1125), Turov (1125–1132, 1134–1146), Pereyaslavl (1132–1134, 1142), Peresopnitsa (1146–1149), Vyshgorod (1149–1151) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1139, 1151–1154).

He was a son of Vladimir Monomakh and Gytha of Wessex. On 18 February 1139 he succeeded his brother Yaropolk II of Kiev as Grand Prince, but was driven out in March by Vsevolod II of Kiev. He later ruled Kiev jointly with his nephew Iziaslav II of Kiev and died not long after Iziaslav in late 1154 or early 1155 and is buried in the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev. His only son, Michael Viacheslavovich, had predeceased him in 1129.

Ancestors

Family of Viacheslav I of Kiev

16. Vladimir I of Kiev               8. Yaroslav I the Wise                       17. Rogneda of Polotsk               4. Vsevolod I of Kiev                             18. Olof Skötkonung               9. Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden                       19. Estrid of the Obotrites               2. Vladimir II Monomakh                                   20. Theodosios Monomachos               10. Constantine IX Monomachos                       5. Anastasia of Byzantium                             1. Viacheslav I of Kiev                                         24. Wulfnoth Cild               12. Godwin, Earl of Wessex                       6. Harold Godwinson                             26. Thorgil Sprakling               13. Gytha Thorkelsdóttir                       3. Gytha of Wessex                                   7. Edith Swanneck

See also

• Russian Primary Chronicle

Viacheslav I Vladimirovich Rurikovich Born: 1083 Died: 2 February 1154
Regnal titles
Preceded by Sviatoslav Vladimirovich	Prince of Smolensk 1113–1127	Succeeded by Rostislav Mstislavich
Vacant control of Grand Prince Title last held by Viacheslav Iaropolkovich	Prince of Turov 1127–1132	Succeeded by Vsevolod Mstislavich
Preceded by Izyaslav Mstislavich	Prince of Pereyaslavl 1132–1134	Succeeded by Andrey Vladimirovich
Preceded by Iziaslav Vladimirovich	Prince of Turov 1134–1146	Succeeded by Andrey Bogolyubsky
Preceded by Andrey Vladimirovich	Prince of Pereyaslavl 1142	Succeeded by Iziaslav Vladimirovich
Preceded by Yaropolk II	Grand Prince of Kiev 1139	Succeeded by Vsevolod II
Preceded by Yuri I	Grand Prince of Kiev 1151–1154 with Iziaslav II	Succeeded by Rostislav I