Rostislav Rurikovich (1173 – before 1214) was
Prince
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of
Torchesk
Torchesk (; ) was a medieval town, located between today's villages of Olshanytsia and Sharky in Kyiv Oblast (oblast, province) of central Ukraine near Kaharlyk.
Torchesk was first mentioned in a chronicle under the year of 1093 as the center of ...
(1195–1205),
Grand Prince of Kiev
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(1204–1206), Prince of
Vyshgorod
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(1205–1210), and
Prince of Galicia
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(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
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, Mar ...
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
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 ...
and
Maria Shvarnovna
Maria Shvarnovna (c. 1158 - 19 March/19 May 1205/1206) was the first wife of the Yurievichi grand prince of Vladimir Vsevolod III Big Nest, and gave birth to at least 14 children (hence Vsevolod's sobriquet of "Big Nest"). Four of her sons, Kons ...
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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