Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yaropolk III Yaroslavich (after 1174 - after 1212 / before 1223) was a Rus'' prince (a member of the Rurik dynasty). He was prince of Novgorod (1197). Yaropolk was the younger son of Yaroslav Vsevolodovich (who was the prince of Starodub or Chernigov when Yaropolk was born), by his wife Irene. In 1196, prince Vsevolod Yurevich of Suzdalia refused to grant the citizens of Novgorod their request to replace his appointee Yaroslav Vladimirovich with his son or some other prince. Failing to have their way, they used their recently confirmed right to invite a prince of their own choice. On November 26, they evicted Yaroslav Vladimirovich and sent a delegation to Yaroslav Vsevolodovich in Chernigov, who promised to give them his son Yaropolk.