His lameness was featured in the Norse Sagas, which may have been caused by an arrow wound in his youth.
His lameness was featured in the Norse Sagas, which may have been caused by an arrow wound in his youth. In his testament, he asks his sons to have "brother listen to brother" and to follow the eldest, Izyaslav, especially in the "ladder" system of succession that he devised. Despite uncertain maternal ancestry which could have made him half-Byzantine, his father was certainly the man who defeated Yaropolk I and proceeded to baptise his entire kingdom. This man annexed Chernigov after the death of his half-brother Mstislav.As ruler, this man reconquered Red Rus' and allied with Casimir I; founded the town of Yuryev in honour of his patron saint, now the city of Tartu, Estonia; and after conquering Chersonese he secured the marriage of his son Vsevolod to a Byzantine princess. He took Kiev from his half-brother Sviatoslav the Accursed. This man was the son of Vladimir the Great and promulgated an early Russian law code, the Russkaya Pravda. For 10 points, name this ruler who was both Grand Prince of Kiev and Novgorod and was known for his intelligence.
His lameness was featured in the Norse Sagas, which may have been caused by an arrow wound in his youth.
{Yaroslav the Wise} [or Jarizleifr {Yaroslav }Mudrui]