Yaropolk Izyaslavich

Yaropolk Izyaslavich

Yaropolk Iziaslavich (died 22 November 1086/1087) was Prince of Turov and Prince of Volhynia from 1078 until his death. The son of Grand Prince Iziaslav I of Kiev by a Polish princess named Gertruda, he is visible in papal sources by the early 1070s, but largely absent in contemporary domestic sources until his father's death in 1078. During his father's exile in the 1070s, Yaropolk can be found acting on his father's behalf in an attempt to gain the favor of the German emperors and the papal court of Pope Gregory VII. His father returned to Kiev in 1077 and Yaropolk followed. After his father's death, Yaropolk was appointed as prince of Volhynia and prince of Turov in 1078 by the new grand prince, his uncle Vsevolod. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Yaropolk Izyaslavich is the 11,300th most popular politician (down from 9,142nd in 2024). (down from 1,822nd in 2019)