Rostislav II Rurikovich

Rostislav Rurikovich (1173 – before 1214), baptized Mikhail, was a son of Rurik Rostislavich of Kiev and Anna of Turov. In 1189 he was married, at sixteen, to the eight-year-old Verkhuslava, daughter of Vsevolod the Big Nest of Vladimir.

When Roman Mstislavich of Galicia tonsured Rurik as a monk in 1204 and jailed his sons, Vsevolod forced their release, and Roman installed Rostislav as grand prince of Kiev (1204–1206). He later briefly seized Halych in 1210, only to be expelled that autumn.