Rostislav Rurikovich was Prince of Torchesk (1195–1205), Grand Prince of Kiev (1204–1206), Prince of Vyshgorod (1205–1210), and Prince of Galicia (1207). He was a son of Rurik Rostislavich and Anna II of Kiev. In 1189, the 16-year-old Rostislav was married off to 8-year-old Verkhuslava, daughter of Vsevolod the Big Nest and Maria Shvarnovna of Vladimir-Suzdal.