Prince Volodymyr Monomakh Volodymyr Monomakh II was born in 1053. He was the son of Grand Prince Vsevolod Yaroslavych I, also known as Volodymyr The Great, and Irina (8). Irina was the daughter of the Byzantine emperor, Constantine Monomachos, whom Volodymyr Monomakh was named after. Monomakh married the daughter of the English king Harold II, named Gytha, and had one child with her named Mstislav (9). Vsevolod Yaroslavych ruled Kiev from 1078 to 1093. Monomakh became active in the politics