Rostislav Rurikovich (1173 – before 1214) 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 ...
of
Torchesk (1195–1205),
Grand Prince of Kiev (1204–1206), Prince of
Vyshgorod (1205–1210), and
Prince of Galicia (1207).
[Енциклопедія українознавства : Словникова частина : 11 т./ Наукове товариство імені Шевченка ; гол. ред. проф., д-р Володимир Кубійович. — Париж — Нью-Йорк : Молоде життя, 1955—1995.] He was a son of
Rurik Rostislavich and
Anna of Turov. In 1189, the 16-year-old Rostislav was married off to 8-year-old
Verkhuslava, daughter of
Vsevolod the Big Nest and
Maria Shvarnovna of
Vladimir-Suzdal
The Principality of Suzdal, from 1157 the Grand Principality of Vladimir, commonly known as Vladimir-Suzdal, or simply Suzdalia, was a medieval principality that was established during the disintegration of Kievan Rus'. In historiography, the ...
.
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1173 births
13th-century deaths
Grand princes of Kiev
Princes of Galicia
13th-century princes from Kievan Rus'
Rostislavichi family (Smolensk)
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