He acquired the reputation of well-educated scholar and upon the death of Metropolitan Theopemptus in 1049, Hilarion was proclaimed the metropolitan of Kiev by Yaroslav the Wise, the Grand prince of Kiev, who thus challenged the old Byzantine tradition of placing Greeks on the episcopal sees.
Prince of Wales | Charles, Prince of Wales | Prince | Prince Charles | Prince (musician) | Grand Prix motorcycle racing | Grand Canyon | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge | Prince Albert | Grand Trunk Railway | Grand National | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Prince Edward Island | Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex | Port-au-Prince | Prince Caspian | Grand Prix | Grand Duchy of Lithuania | Grand Central Terminal | Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Grand Theft Auto IV | Albert, Prince Consort | Grand Tour | Grand Ole Opry | Prince Edward | Prince Philip | Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn | Grand Duchy of Hesse | crown prince | Prince of Orange |
His distant ancestor Morza Bagrim, who relocated from the Great Horde in the 15th century to Moscow, was baptized and became a vassal of the Russian Grand Prince Vasily II.
Iziaslav II Mstislavich (Изяслав II Мстиславич in Russian; c. 1097 – 13 November 1154), Prince of Pereyaslav (1132), Prince of Turov (1132–1134), Prince of Rostov (1134– ), Prince of Vladimir and Volyn (1134–1142), Pereyaslavl (1143–1145), Velikiy Kniaz (Grand Prince) of Kiev (1146–1149 and 1151–1154), was the oldest son of Mstislav Vladimirovich, Kniaz' (Prince of Novgorod), and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden.
Vladimir IV Rurikovich (Владимир Рюрикович in Russian) (1187 – March 3, 1239), Prince of Pereyaslavl (1206–1213), Smolensk (1213–1219) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1223–1235).
During the reign of Grand Prince Vukan of Raška (by the end of the 11th century), the area of Kosovska Mitrovica was the battlefield in Vukan’s campaign against Byzantine and his brother Tihomir winning at last near the village of Pantina.
The tomb of Grand Prince Hyoryeong (효령대군), the second son of King Taejong—the third monarch of the Joseon Dynasty—is located to the northeast.
The Battle of the Sit River was fought in the northern part of the present-day Sonkovsky District of Tver Oblast of Russia, close to the selo of Bozhonka, on March 4, 1238 between the Mongol Hordes of Batu Khan and the Rus' under Grand Prince Yuri II of Vladimir-Suzdal during the Mongol invasion of Rus.
Dmitry Donskoy (1350–1389), Dmitri Ivanovich Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscow between 1359 and 1389
Sergei Witte wrote that his grandfather, P.V. Dolgorukov, during his daughter’s marriage had blessed his daughter and new son-in-law with an ancient cross which, according to family legend, belonged to the Grand Prince of Kiev, St. Michael of Chernigov.
Ladislas was a son of Michael, who was the younger son of Grand Prince Taksony.
Also portrayed are the Grand Prince of Moscow, Vasily Dimitrievich and his wife Sophia Vitovtovna (labeled in Russian), as well as the future emperor John VIII Palaeologus and his wife Anna Vasilyevna (named in Greek).
Mikhail of Vladimir, first grand prince of Kiev named Michael, reigned briefly in 1171
Michael of Chernigov, 2nd grand prince of Kiev named Michael, reigned 1238–1239 & anew 1241–1246, executed by Mongols, glorified as a Saint
Interestingly, the first Grand Prince, Alexander I of Russia, was the grandson of Duke Peter of Holstein-Gottorp, who had held the imperial throne for just 6 months in 1762 as Peter III of Russia.
Oleg II Ivanovich was Prince of Ryazan and Grand Prince of Ryazan from 1350 to 1402.
In 1576, Simeon stepped down as Grand Prince of All Rus' and was appointed Grand Prince of Tver' and Torzhok.
Simeon of Moscow, Simeon Ivanovich Gordyi (the Proud), (1316–1353), Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir
In the reign of Grand Prince Uroš II, the site was known as Sečenica and was defended from the Byzantines from the newly built fortress at Galič, protecting the bridge over Ibar and the road to Ras.
Unlike his colleagues (later called Sayuksin) who had all pledged allegiance to King Danjeong, Shin Suk-ju betrayed them in favor of Danjeong's uncle, Grand Prince Suyang (later King Sejo), who usurped the throne from his nephew and had him killed.
In an effort to reunite the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church, Pope Paul II arranged during 1472 a marriage between the Catholic daughter of Thomas, Zoe Palaiologina (renamed Sophia), and Grand Prince Ivan III of Russia, with the hope of making Russia a Roman Catholic country.
At the beginning of 1212, Yaropolk’s cousin grand prince Vsevolod IV Svyatoslavich of Kiev waged war against the Rostislavichi, and kicked them out of Rus'.
Yaroslav II of Vladimir (1191–1246), Grand Prince of Vladimir (1238–1246)
Yaroslav II of Kiev (died 1180), Grand Prince of Kiev (1174–1175, 1180)
It is probably most famous as the site of the 1456 Treaty of Yazhelbitsy between Grand Prince Vasily II (r. 1425-1462) and Novgorod the Great, in which Novgorod's political independence was strictly curtailed.