Mstislav III of Kiev

Mstislav III of Kiev

Mstislav Romanovich the Old (Мстислав Романович Старый in Russian) (? – 1223), Prince of Pskov (1179 – ?), Smolensk (1197 – ?), Belgorod (1206), Halych (? – ?) and Grand Prince of Kiev (1212–1223). Son of Roman Rostislavich.

Mstislav went to war against the Mongols of Genghis Khan in 1223 and was defeated at the Battle of the Kalka River by the Mongol generals, Jebe and Subutai, after which he was executed by suffocation (put under a giant wooden plate onto which Subutai, Jebe and other Mongol warlords danced and feasted).

Preceded by
Vsevolod IV		 Grand Prince of Kiev
1212–1223		 Succeeded by
Vladimir III
Mstislav III of Kiev
Born:  ???? Died: 1223
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Roman the Great		 Grand Prince of Kiev
1205–1212		 Succeeded by
Konstantin of Rostov
Preceded by
Mstislav Vladimirovich		 2nd in line to Grand Prince of Kiev
1202–1205		 Succeeded by
Konstantin of Rostov

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