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Mstislav I Vladimirovich the Great (June 1,1076, Turiv – April 14,1132, Kiev) was the Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kiev (1125-1132), the eldest son of Vladimir II Monomakh by Gytha of Wessex. He figures prominently in the Norse Sagas under the name Harald, taken to allude to his grandfather, Harold II of England.
   As his father's future successor, Mstislav reigned in Novgorod the Great from 1088-93 and (after a brief stint at Rostov) from 1095-1117. Thereafter he was Monomakh's co-ruler in Belgorod-on-the-Dnieper, and inherited the Kievan throne after his death. He built numerous churches in Novgorod, of which St. Nicholas Cathedral (1113) and the cathedral of St Anthony Cloister (1117) survive to the present day. Later, he'd also erect important churches in Kiev, notably his family sepulchre at Berestovo and the church of Our Lady at Podil.
   Mstislav's life was spent in constant warfare with Cumans (1093, 1107, 1111, 1129), Estonians (1111, 1113, 1116, 1130), Lithuanians (1131), and the princedom of Polotsk (1127, 1129). In 1096, he defeated his uncle Oleg of Chernigov on the Koloksha River, thereby laying foundation for the centuries of enmity between his and Oleg's descendants. Mstislav was the last ruler of united Rus, and upon his death, as the chronicler put it, "the land of Rus was torn apart".
   In 1095, Mstislav wed Princess Christine of Sweden, daughter of King Inge I of Sweden. They had many children:

Ingebora of Kiev, married Canute Lavard of Jutland, and was mother to Valdemar I of Denmark
Malmfrid, married (1) Sigurd I of Norway; (2) Eric II of Denmark
Eupraxia, married Alexius Comnenus, son of John II Comnenus
Vsevolod of Novgorod and Pskov
Maria, married Vsevolod II of Kiev
Iziaslav II of Kiev
Rostislav of Kiev
Sviatopolk of Pskov
Rogneda, married Yaroslav of Volinya
Xenia, married Briachislav of Izyaslawl

Christine died on January 18, 1122; later that year Mstislav married again, to the daughter of Dmitry Zavidich, a nobleman of Novgorod. Their children were:

Vladimir II Mstislavich (1132-1171)

Euphrosyne of Kiev, married King Géza II of Hungary

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