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http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/RUSSIA,%20Rurik.htm VLADIMIR Vsevolod ich, son of VSEVOLOD I Iaroslavich Grand Prince of Kiev & his first wi fe [Maria or Irina] of Byzantium (1053-19 May 1125). The ''Primary Chr onicle'' records the birth of Vladimir son of Vsevolod "by the Greek p rincess" in 1053 [1]. Morkinskinna records that “Valdimarr”, fathe r of “Haraldr Valdimarsson”, was “the son of King Yaroslav and I ngigerdr, the daughter of Óláfr the Swede”, although this skip s a generation in the generally accepted genealogy of the Rurikids [2] . Prince of Smolensk 1077 and 1095. Prince of Chernigov 1078. He was i nstalled as Prince of Pereyaslavl in 1097 at the Liubech conference. H e paid considerable attention to the northern borderlands, building se veral castles and towns for strategic reasons. He founded the town o f Vladimir on the bank of the Kliazma river in 1108 [3]. According t o Martin, the town of Vladimir was founded by his son Iurii "Dolgoruki i" [4] but this is chronologically impossible if the town was indeed f ounded in 1108. The people of Kiev invited him to rule them in 1113 af ter the death of Prince Sviatopolk, but Vladimir refused. After a seco nd invitation, he accepted and succeeded in 1113 as VLADIMIR "Monomach " Grand Prince of Kiev. He captured Turov, Volynia where he installe d his son Andrei in 1118, and Minsk in 1119 [5]. Vladimir left an auto biographical document, which is referred to as his "testament" althoug h it contains no bequests or detailed description of the members of hi s family, rather recounting his warrior exploits and giving general ad vice to his children (unnamed) [6]. [1] ''Russian Primary Chronicle' ' (1973), 1053, p. 142. [2] Morkinskinna, 66, p. 328. [3] Chirovsk y (1973), p. 78. [4] Martin (1995), p. 38. [5] Franklin & Shepard (1 998), p. 340. [6] Reproduced in ''Russian Primary Chronicle'', Append ix I, p. 206.