Background
Yaropolk was the younger son of Yaroslav Vsevolodovich (who was the prince of Starodub or Chernigov when Yaropolk was born), by his wife Irene.
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Yaropolk III Yaroslavich
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Career
He was prince of Novgorod (1197). Failing to have their way, they used their recently confirmed right to invite a prince of their own choice. Nevertheless, early in 1197 they were pacified to judge from the news that Yaropolk finally arrived in Novgorod at the end of March.
However, after six months the Novgorodians expelled Yaropolk and recalled Yaroslav Vladimirovich.
Although his sojourn in Novgorod was brief, a number of lead seals that were found there have been attributed to him. In June 1212, the Rostislavichi (Mstislav Romanovich and prince Mstislav Mstislavich of Novgorod) launched a major offensive against Vsevolod Svyatoslavich to reclaim their lands.
When all the princes assembled in Kiev in the spring of 1223, Mikhail Vsevolodovich was the second in seniority among the Olgovichi which suggests that Yaropolk and Rostislav had died by that time.
