Rurik Rostislavich

Rurik Rostislavich (c. 1140–1212), son of Rostislav Mstislavich of Kiev, led the Smolensk branch of the Rurikids for nearly forty years. Between 1173 and 1210 he seized the Kievan throne at least six times, and from 1181 to 1194 ruled Kiev jointly with Sviatoslav of Chernigov.

In 1203 he and his Cuman allies sacked Kiev; forced into a monastery in 1204 by Roman Mstislavich, he broke his vows and returned. Vsevolod the Red displaced him in 1210, and he died in Chernigov.