Ingvar Yaroslavich (died 1220) was

Prince A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The ...

Dorogobuzh Dorogobuzh (; Belarusian: Дарагабуж) is a historic town and the administrative center of Dorogobuzhsky District in Smolensk Oblast, Russia, straddling the Dnieper River and located east of Smolensk, the administrative center of th ...

, Prince of

Lutsk Lutsk (, ; see #Names and etymology, below for other names) is a city on the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of Lutsk Raion within the oblast. Lutsk has a populati ...

(1180–1220),

Grand Prince of Kiev The Grand Prince of Kiev (sometimes also Grand Duke) was the title of the monarch of Kievan Rus', residing in Kiev (modern Kyiv) from the 10th to 13th centuries. In the 13th century, Kiev became an appanage principality first of the grand prin ...

(1202; 1212), and Prince of Vladimir-Volynsk (1207). He was son of Yaroslav Izyaslavich, great-grandson of

Vladimir II Monomakh Vladimir II Monomakh (; Christian name: ''Vasily''; 26 May 1053 – 19 May 1125) was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1113 to 1125. He is considered a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church and is celebrated on May 6 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics), May 6 ...

Reign

In 1180, Ingvar Yaroslavich joined

Ryurik Rostislavich Rurik Rostislavich, also spelt Riurik, ({{circa, 1140 - 19 April 1212{{efn, Other sources state the date of Rurik's death as 1211,1214 or 1215) was Prince of Novgorod (1170–1171), Belgorod (1173–1194), Grand Prince of Kiev (1173;{{sfn, Marti ...

in his struggle against Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich of

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. According to the ''

Tale of Igor's Campaign ''The Tale of Igor's Campaign'' or ''The Tale of Ihor's Campaign'' () is an anonymous epic poem written in the Old East Slavic language. The title is occasionally translated as ''The Tale of the Campaign of Igor'', ''The Song of Igor's Campaign'' ...

'', Ingvar was "six-winged" and is noted for not acquiring his lands by war. In 1183, for instance, Ingvar refused to accommodate

Vladimir II Yaroslavich Vladimir II Yaroslavich (; died 1198/1199) was Prince of Galicia (1187–1189, 1189–1198/99). He was profligate by nature. He was from the Rurikid dynasty. He lived a debauched life and was politically ineffectual. Due to the strife between ...

, who had been banished from Galicia. It appears that Ingvar was wary of

Yaroslav Osmomysl Yaroslav Osmomysl (, ''Osmomyslŭ Jaroslavŭ''; , ''Yaroslav Volodymyrovych Osmomysl'') ( – 1 October 1187) was a knyaz of Halych (now in western Ukraine). He is best-known for appearing in ''The Tale of Igor's Campaign''. His sobriquet, meani ...

, Vladimir Yaroslavich's father. Soon after this, Ingvar took the place of his older brother Vsevolod Yaroslavich as the ruler of

. In 1202, Ingvar was appointed ruler of Kiev instead of the ousted Ryurik Rostislavich in accordance with a deal between Roman Mstislavich of Galicia and

Vsevolod the Big Nest Vsevolod III Yuryevich, or Vsevolod the Big Nest (; 1154–1212), was Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1176 to 1212. During his long reign, the city reached the zenith of its glory. Family Vsevolod was the tenth or eleventh son of Yuri Dolgoruk ...

, the grand prince of

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. Ryurik, however, would regain Kiev that same year with the help of the Olgovichs and ''

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''. In 1204, Ingvar took part in capturing the city of Vladimir-Volynsk together with Alexander of Belz. He was appointed ruler of the city on the spot, but was soon replaced by Alexander due to

boyar A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Bulgaria, Kievan Rus' (and later Russia), Moldavia and Wallachia (and later Romania), Lithuania and among Baltic Germans. C ...

s' discontent. In 1208–1211, Ingvar sent his son to assist Daniil Romanovich in his struggle against the sons of

Igor Sviatoslavich Igor Svyatoslavich (3 April 1151 – ), nicknamed the Brave, was Prince of Novgorod-Seversk (1180–1198) and Prince of Chernigov (1198–1201/1202). Life The son of Sviatoslav Olgovich, prince of Chernigov, in 1169 Igor took part in the war agai ...

of Novgorod-Seversk. In 1212, Ingvar and

Mstislav Romanovich Mstislav Romanovich the Old (died 1223) was Prince of Pskov (1179–?), Smolensk (1197–?), Belgorod (1206), Galich (?–?) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1212–1223). He was the son of Roman Rostislavich. Reign Mstislav defeated an invading Hun ...

attacked

Vsevolod Sviatoslavich Vsevolod Svyatoslavich (), also known as Vsevolod the Auroch () and Vsevolod the Fierce (died 1196), was the Prince of Kursk and Prince of Trubchevsk from the Olgovichi family in the Kievan Rus. He participated in wars against Cumans and was men ...

and captured Kiev. After a battle near

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, Ingvar voluntarily ceded Kiev to Mstislav Romanovich and left for Lutsk. He died in 1220.

Family

* Izyaslav, prince of Dorogobuzh * Svyatoslav, prince of Shumsk * Yaroslav, prince of Peremyshl, Shumsk, Lutsk ** Borys * Grzymisława, wife of

Leszek the White Leszek the White (; c. 1184/85 – 24 November 1227) was Prince of Sandomierz and High Duke of Poland in the years 1194–1198, 1199, 1206–1210, and 1211–1227. During the early stages of his reign, his uncle Duke Mieszko III the Old and ...

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