Grand Duchess Rostislava Mstislavna, Christian name: Feodosia (Theodosia) was the second wife of Yaroslav II, Grand Duke of Novgorod and Vladimir. Her parents were Mstislav Mstislavich the Bold and a daughter (christened Maria) of the Kipchak Khan Kotyan. The information about her is scarce and controversial. [1] [2]
She married Yaroslav in 1214 [1] and is said to have two daughters and 7, 8, or 9 sons, including Alexander Nevsky, [2] [1] although some claim that Yaroslav's issue is from his third wife. [3] She died in Novgorod in 1241 or 1244, assuming the monastic name Euphrosyne. [2]
She is known to oversee the construction of the first (wooden) building of the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos on Mikhalitsa in Veliky Novgorod. [4] [5]
