Sviatoslav III of Kiev

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{{family name hatnote|Vsevolodovich||lang=Eastern Slavic}}

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| name = Sviatoslav III

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| succession = Prince of Chernigov

| reign1 = 1164–1177

| predecessor1 = Sviatoslav Olgovich

| successor1 = Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich

| house = Olgovichi

| father = Vsevolod II Olgovich

| mother = Maria Mstislavna of Kiev

| religion = Eastern Orthodox Christianity

| spouse = Maria Vasilkovna of Polotsk

| issue = Vsevolod IV of Kiev
Oleg III Svyatoslavich{{cite book | last = Dimnik | first = Martin | title = The Dynasty of Chernigov - 1146-1246}}

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| birth_date = 1126

| birth_place = Chernigov{{Cite encyclopedia|title=Sviatoslav III Vsevolodovych |encyclopedia=Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine |publisher=Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies |url=http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CS%5CV%5CSviatoslavIIIVsevolodovych.htm }}

| death_date = 27 July 1194

| death_place = Kiev{{Cite book|last=Curtin |first=Jeremiah |year=1908 |title=The Mongols in Russia |location=Boston |publisher=Little Brown |pages=[https://archive.org/details/mongolsinrussia00curtgoog/page/n176 142]–143 |oclc=192131624 |url=https://archive.org/details/mongolsinrussia00curtgoog }}

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Sviatoslav III Vsevolodovich{{efn|Russian and Ukrainian: Святослав III Всеволодич}} (died 1194) was Prince of Turov (1142 and 1154), Volhynia (1141–1146), Pinsk (1154), Novgorod-Seversk (1157–1164), Chernigov (1164–1177), Grand Prince of Kiev (1174; 1177–1180; 1182–1194). He was the son of Vsevolod II Olgovich.

He succeeded in taking the Kievan throne from Yaroslav II, and ruled Kiev alongside Rurik Rostislavich until his death. The co-princedom did not go smoothly and there were disagreements between Sviatoslav and Rurik,{{harvnb|Curtin|1908|pages=140, 142}} until Sviatoslav was taken ill and died on 27 July 1194.{{harvnb|Curtin|1908|page=143}}