Rostislav II of Kiev

Rostislav Rurikovich^[a] (1173 – before 1214) was Prince of Torchesk (1195–1205), Grand Prince of Kiev (1204–1206), Prince of Vyshgorod (1205–1210), and Prince of Galicia (1207).^[1] 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.^[2]

Enthronement of Rostislav, miniature from the Illustrated Chronicle of Ivan the Terrible (16th century)

Notes

1. Russian: Ростислав Рюрикович; Ukrainian: Ростислав Рюрикович, romanized: Rostyslav Riurykovych.