Ruler · 942 – 972

Sviatoslav I of Kyiv

Lived 942 – 972; politician, diplomat. Grand Prince of Kyiv of Kyivan Rus', 945 – 972; also in the line of Rurikids and Principality of Kyiv.

Wikidata's English label: Sviatoslav I of Kiev.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 942 – 972; 30 years
In office: 27 years; one reign
Lines: 3; states
Left it: killed in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Grand Prince of Kyiv

Kyivan Rus' · the 3rd of 21 dated reigns · 882 – 1194

Oleh the Wise882 – 912

Ihor of Kyiv912 – 945

Sviatoslav I of Kyiv945 – 972

Yaropolk I of Kyiv972 – 978

Volodymyr the Great980 – 1015

Sviatopolk I of Kyiv1015 – 1016

15 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadthis entry

Reigned 945 – 972 · 27 years · came to it aged 3

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: killed in officeWikidata's manner of death: homicide

Also in the line of Rurikids (2nd of 21) and Principality of Kyiv (3rd of 26).

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