Already during his lifetime, Konstantin Vsevolodovich was called Wise: "Courage and intelligence live in him, truth and truth walk with him, the second Solomon was wise". He was the first to understand that seniority in inheritance law is such only when the reign is not divided.

Konstantin is the eldest son of Vsevolod Yuryevich Bolshoe Nest from his first marriage to Maria Shvarnovna, Princess of the Czech Republic, was born on May 18, 1186.

Already at the age of three, Konstantin was apparently declared heir, since on August 15, 1189, the consecration of the cathedral church in Rostov took place under Prince Vsevolod the Great and his son Konstantin.

At the age of ten, he was already married to Agafia, the daughter of Mstislav III Romanovich Smolensky (Old). With the support of the matchmaker Mstislav Romanovich, Vsevolod received five more cities in addition to his hereditary inheritance of Pereyaslavl-Russian: Torchesk, Trepol, Korsun, Boguslav and Kanev.

In 1199, Vsevolod Yurievich took his eldest son on a campaign against the Polovtsians. For 13-year-old Konstantin, this military enterprise has become the best training. But perhaps the most important thing that Konstantin took out of the campaign along the Polovtsian Vezh was, apparently, the realization that the power of the state is based on the unity of forces gathered under one arm.

In 1201, the young prince visited Pereyaslavl-Russian, when Vsevolod went there to Polyudye, taking with him three eldest sons, one of whom, Yaroslav, left here as governor.

In 1205, his father "planted" Constantine to reign in Novgorod. Releasing Konstantin, as the eldest son, to the Novgorod reign, Vsevolod made a speech: "To my son, Konstantin, God has placed on you a new eldership in all your brothers, and Novgorod the Great eldership will be a princess in all the Russian land."

In 1207 Vsevolod gave him Rostov the Great with five other cities.

In 1211, Vsevolod wanted to divide his parish between his eldest sons, intending to give Konstantin Vladimir on the Klyazma, and the second son, Yuri, Rostov. There is a point of view that Konstantin's desire to keep Rostov behind him forced Vsevolod to change the usual order of succession, which led to prolonged strife between the brothers.

After Vsevolod Yuryevich's death, only a part of the senior squad joined Konstantin's service, which is why he did not immediately dare to challenge his father's decision. The brothers mostly sided with the new Grand Duke, and only Svyatoslav joined Konstantin. The civil strife ended on April 12, 1216, with the so-called Battle of Lipica. The winner was Konstantin, who took the grand ducal throne in Vladimir. He died in 1218, dividing the inheritance of his sons according to his will: Vasilka - Rostov, and Vsevolod - Yaroslavsky.