Rurik of Kiev, Vladimir II 1

Birth Name Rurik of Kiev, Vladimir II
Nick Name Monomach
Gender male
Age at Death 72 years, 4 months, 18 days

Narrative

THE BYZANTINE COMMONWEALTH
by Dimitri Obelensky
page 225
"The child of this marriage [Volodymyr II Monomakh], born in 1053, is=e in Russian history. Called Vladimir, he inherited his imperial gran=h the Russians rendered as Monomakh. Equally outstanding as a statesm=r and a man, Vladimir Monomakh has been compared Alfred of En=rince of Kiev (1113-1125) Russia regained for a while some of the pow=d lost during the preceding half-century owing to the princes' intern=acks of the steppe nomads. His family tree is striking evidence of th=, prior to the Mongol invasion of the thirteenth century, bound the R=he reigning dynasties of Europe: his mother was a Byzantine princess;=ed the daughter of the king of Poland; of his three aunts, one marrie=other married Henry I of France, a third became the wife of the king=20=wn wife was the daughter of King Harold of England; his eldest son ma=e king of Sweden, his daughter married the king of Hungary; and his g=o the imperial family of the Comneni."

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 1053 Kiev, Ukraine   2
Death 1125-05-19     2

Age: 72y

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Rurik, Vsevolod Yaroslavovicy I10301093-04-13
Mother Monamacha, Maria10321067-11-00
         Rurik of Kiev, Vladimir II 1053 1125-05-19
    Sister     Vsevolodovna, Anna Yanka 1068
    Sister     of Kiev, Eupraxia Rurik

Families

Family of Rurik of Kiev, Vladimir II and Haroldsdottir of Wessex, Gytha

Married Wife Haroldsdottir of Wessex, Gytha ( * 1053 + 1107 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1074 London, Middlesex, England   3
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
of Kiev, Mstislas I10761132-04-15
of Rostov, Isjaslav Vladimirovich1077
of Chernigov, Svyatoslav Vladimirovich1080
of Kiev, Yaropolk Vladimirovich II1082
of Kiev, Vyachesalv Vladimirovich1083
of Kiev, Marina Vladimirovnaabout 10871146
of Kiev, Yurij I10911157-05-15

Family of Rurik of Kiev, Vladimir II and

Unknown Partner ( * + ... )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
of Kiev, Euphamia