Rostislava Mstislavna


Rostislava Mstislavna, Christian name: Feodosia was the second wife of Yaroslav [II of Vladimir|Yaroslav II], Grand Duke of Novgorod and Grand [Principality of Vladimir|Vladimir]. Her parents were Mstislav Mstislavich the Bold and a daughter of the Kipchak Khan Kotyan. The information about her is scarce and controversial.
She married Yaroslav in 1214 and is said to have two daughters and 7, 8, or 9 sons, including Alexander Nevsky, although some claim that Yaroslav's issue is from his third wife. She died in Novgorod in 1241 or 1244, assuming the monastic name Euphrosyne.
She is known to oversee the construction of the first building of the Church of the [Nativity of the Theotokos on Mikhalitsa] in Veliky Novgorod.