Olga _____, of Pskov

Notater:

Probably of Slavic descent, St. Olga was considered a peasant when shemarried Igor, the Grand Duke of Kiev, Russia. During a campaign againstthe Drevlianians in the year 945, Igor was assassinated. Since thecouple's son, Svyatoslav, was too young to rule, Olga served as regentand eventually effected revenge against the Drevlianians for herhusband's death. The details of this effort are described in theChronicle of Nestor.

Olga is given high praise for her courage and ability as a ruler, and forinstituting administrative and fiscal reforms throughout the realm. Sheadditionally hastened her country's recovery from the destructive warsthat had devastated the land during her husband's reign. She was thefirst of Russian ruler to be baptized a Christian, in 957.

Upon Olga's death in 969, her pagan son honored her request and gave hera Christian burial. She was soon regarded as a saint and is honored inthe Russian and Ukranian Churches, her saint-day is the 11th of July.Because her conversion took place before the schism, she is also regardedas a saint of the universal Catholic Church.

Olga did not live to see the conversion of Russia, but has thedistinction of being the grandmother of St. Vladimir, who effected theChristianization of his people.

Olga blev gift med Igor I _____ i 903. Igor (søn af ??? _____) blev født cirka 875 i Novgorod, Kievan Russia (Russia); døde i 945 i Drevlyane region, Kievan (Belorussia). [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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Svjatoslav I av Kiev, Storfyrste. Født ca. 945. Død 972. Storfyrste av
Kiev 962 - 972. Svjatoslav ble drept i 972 av Petschengerne. Med sin
tjenerinne, Matuscha/Malfrid av Lübeck, hadde han sønnen Vladimir.
Matuscha levde 959, var husholderske hos Olga, mor til Svjatoslavs, og
hans konkubine.

Familie/Ægtefælle/Partner: Malfrid _____. Malfrid (datter af Malok _____, of Liubeck) blev født cirka 935 i Liubeck, Chernigov, Kievan (Ukraine); døde i 1000 i Kiev, Kievan Russia (Ukraine). [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Familie/Ægtefælle/Partner: Ukendt. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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Shortly before his death in 972, Vladimir's father divided his propertyamong his three sons. The Grand Duchy of Kiev was given to Yaropolk; theland of the Drevlani (now Galicia) was given to Oleg. When neither wouldjourney to the ancient Russian capital of Novgorod, which threatenedrebellion, this land was given to the Vladimir, who was an illegitimateson.

Shortly after the father's death, war broke out between the two olderbrothers, Yaropolk and Oleg. Oleg was not only dethroned but also diedduring the struggle. On learning this, Vladimir was afraid that Yaropolkwould threaten him, as well, and so fled for help to the Varangians ofScandinavia.

A few years later, Vladimir returned with a large force of mercenariesand reclaimed Novgorod. Growing bolder, he waged war against Yaropolk,defeated him and was instrumental in having him assassinated. WithYaropolk out of the way, Vladimir made himself ruler of the entire Kievanrealm in the year 980.

In spite of his grandmother's conversion to Christianity, Vladimir wasraised a heathen and indulged in the excesses which were available to aRussian prince at that time. Historians record that he engaged in"unbridled dissipation," and they name him a "flagrant polygamist." Inaddition to his wife, Ragnilda, he had five other wives and many femaleslaves. By these women he had ten sons and two daughters.

As a reward for helping to defend against the advance of Bulgarian armiesand an uprising in Asia Minor, Vladimir asked for Emperor Basil II'ssister Anna in marriage. A threat to march on Constantinople was made ifhis proposal was refused. The Emperor replied that his sister was aChristian and could not marry a heathen, but if Vladimir were a Christianprince, he would sanction the marriage.

Vladimir agreed to be baptized and received the Sacrament in the year988. The Chrisianization of Russia is reckonded from that year. Uponarriving back at Kiev, Vladimir saw to the conversion of his subjects andordered the destruciton of the statues of the gods. The wooden statue ofthe god Perum (the god of thunder and lightning) was torn from itspedestal and was dragged through the mud to the River Knieper, where itwas thrown into the water. The destruction of the idols was so impressivethat the people readily followed the example of their monarch andaccepted Christianity.

In the Russian Orthodox and Ruthenian Greek Catholic calendars, St.Vladimir's feast is celebrated on July 15. Because he was canonizedbefore the Great Schism, he is also recognized by Rome as a saint of theUniversal Church.


Vladimir den Hellige av Novgorod.
Storfyrste. Levde 980. Død 15.07.1015.
Fyrste av Kiev i 970 og storfyrste av Novgorod 980 - 1015.
Vladimir kalles også "den Store". Han ble døpt i 989 med navnet Basilius.

Mogens Bugge anser i " Våre forfedre" at Anna av Bysants var mor tilJaroslav. Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen anser derimot i"Rosensverdslektens forfedre" at Rogneda av Polotsk var hans mor.

Vladimir blev gift med Rogneda _____, of Polotsk i 977 i Polotsk, Kievan Russia. Rogneda (datter af Rogvolod _____, of the Varangians) blev født cirka 960 i Polotsk, Kievan Russia (Belorussia); døde i 1002 i Kiev, Kievan Russia (Ukraine). [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Vladimir blev gift med ??? _____, the Greek i 977. ??? blev født før 955; døde efter 978. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Vladimir blev gift med ??? _____, the Bulgarian cirka 985. ??? blev født før 965 i Bulgaria; døde efter 985. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Vladimir blev gift med Anna Porphyrogenita _____, of Byzantium i 989 i Korsun, Byzantine Empire. Anna blev født den 13 mar. 963 i Constantinople, Byzantine (Turkey); døde i 1011 i Kiev, Kievan Russia (Ukraine). [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Vladimir blev gift med _____ ??? før 995. _____ blev født før 975; døde i UNKNOWN. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

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Yaroslav/Jaroslav the Wise was absolute monarch in the Grand Duchy ofKiev. He made the city of Kiev a metropolis, subject only to thePatriarchy in Constantinople, organized the church, and codified thelaw. The duke was supreme judge and commander in chief, but had toconsider the wishes of the Bojars (noblemen) and merchants.

He went to war with the Poles, dealing the Patzinaks a decisive defeat.The kingdom had its greatest period of expansion from 1034-1054. At thedeath of Yaroslav, the kingdom was divided among his sons. Constantwarring between princes gradually reduced the kingdom to a looseconfederation of principalities.

Burke calls him Great Duke of Russia. Snorri Sturlasson call him Princeof Holmgarth and shows his children as Holti-Nimble, Vissivald, Ellisif.

Novgorod, Jaroslav I den Vise av
Storfyrste. Født ca. 988. Død 20.02.1054 i Vyshorod.
Jaroslav var storfyrste av Novgorod og Kiev fra 1019 og enehersker overhele Russland fra 1036.
Sønnene til Jaroslav og hans hustru Ingegjerd ble stamfedre til ulikegrener av den russiske storfyrsteslekten. En av disse ble det førstetsarhuset, dette døde ut i 1598. Deres døtre ble gift med kongene HaraldHardråde av Norge, Andreas I av Ungarn og Henrik I av Frankrike. Densistnevnte ble stamfar for alle senere franske konger.

Iaroslav blev gift med Ingigerda Olofsdotter i 1019. Ingigerda (datter af Olof Eriksson Skötkonung og Astrid _____, of the Obotrites) blev født cirka 1002 i Sverige; døde den 10 feb. 1050 i Vyšhorod, Kievan Russia (Russia). [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Notater:

Some sources show her as the daughter of Yaraslav the Wise, others as the
daughter of St. Vladimir and Anna Porphyrogenita. Stammtafeln has her as
the daughter of Yaroslav I the Wise of Kiev.

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Vsevolod I av Novgorod, Storfyrste av Kiev. Født 1030. Død 13.04.1093.
Fyrste av Pereiaslav i 1054. Storfyrste av Kiev 1078 - 1093. Gift
omtrent 1046 Theodora (Maria), var prinsesse av Bysants. Vsevolod var 2.
gang gift med Oda av Tyskland.

Notater:

Heimskringla says daughter of Jarisleif, King of Holmgarth, and Ingigerd,
daughter of King Olaf of Sweden, scorns Harald Sigurdson's love,
iii.75.33 - 76.1 - Given in marriage to him on his return from Greece,
76.22=29 77.20=22 - Her children, 96.23=25 - Accompanies Harald on his
expeditions to England, 165.21 - Is left in the Orkneys, 166.4 - returns
from the west to Norway with her son Olaf and Ingigerd, her daughter,
186.6=8.

Elissif blev gift med Harald III Haardraade _____ i 1045. Harald (søn af Sigurd Halvdansen Syr og Aasta Gudbrandsdatter) blev født i 1015 i Norge; døde i 1066 i Stamford Bridge, York, England. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Elissif blev gift med Svend II Estridsen cirka 1066. Svend (søn af Ulf Sprakling og Estrid Svendsdatter) blev født cirka 1019 i England; døde den 28 apr. 1074 i Søderup, Jylland, Danmark; blev begravet i 1074 i Roskilde Cathedral, Sjælland. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]