This is a list of princesses and grand princesses consort of Kiev, the wives of the (grand) princes of Kiev (modern Kyiv).
Oleg the Wise was the first undisputed "prince of Kiev",[1] although nothing is known of his wife (or wives). Yaroslav the Wise was the first undisputed "grand prince of Kiev".[2] Therefore, Kievan princely wives before 1019 are known as princesses consort, and after 1019 as grand princesses consort of Kiev.
Princesses and grand princesses consort of Kiev
| Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became consort | Ceased to be consort | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | - | Oleg the Wise |
| Olga[3] | - | c.890 | c.903 | 914 | 945 | 969 | Igor I |
| Malusha | - | - | - | - | - | - | Sviatoslav I |
| a Greek nun | - | - | - | - | - | - | Yaropolk I |
| Allogia | - | - | - | - | - | - | Volodimer I |
| a Greek nun, widow of Yaropolk I | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Rogneda of Polotsk | Ragnvald | 962 | - | - | 988 | 1002 | |
| Adela | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Malfrida | - | - | - | - | 1000 | - | |
| Anna Porphyrogenita[4] | Romanos II Byzantine Emperor (Macedonian dynasty) |
13 March 963 | 989 | 1011 | |||
| a granddaughter of Otto the Great | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Unknown | Bolesław I Chrobry Duke of Poland (Piast) |
- | 1013 | 1018 | Sviatopolk I | ||
| Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden | Olof Skötkonung King of Sweden (Munsö) |
1001 | 1019 | 1050 | Yaroslav I | ||
| Gertrude of Poland | Mieszko II of Poland King of Poland (Piast) |
1025 | 1054 | 1073 | 1104 | Iziaslav I | |
| Killikiya or Kelikia (Cecilia) | - | - | 1043–1047 | - | - | Sviatoslav II | |
| Oda of Stade | Lothair Udo I Margrave of Nordmark (Udonids) |
- | 1065 | - | - | ||
| Maria(?) | possibly Constantine IX Monomachos Byzantine Emperor (Macedonian dynasty) |
- | - | - | - | 1067 | Vsevolod I |
| Anna Polovetskaya | Cuman khan | - | 1068 | 1093 | 1111 | ||
| - | possibly Spytihněv II Duke of Bohemia (Přemyslid dynasty) |
- | - | - | - | - | Sviatopolk II |
| Olena | Tugorkhan of the Kypchaks | - | 1094 | - | - | - | |
| Gytha of Wessex | Harold Godwinson King of England (House of Godwin) |
c. 1053/1061 | - | - | - | 1098 or 1107 | Volodimer II |
| Eufimia | Byzantine noblewoman | - | - | - | - | 1107 | |
| Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden | Inge the Elder King of Sweden (Stenkil) |
- | 1090–1096 | She was his consort before he became Grand Prince of Kiev | 18 January 1122 | Mstislav I | |
| Ljubava Saviditsch | Dmitry Saviditsch, a nobleman of Novgorod | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Helena, an Ossetian Princess |
- | - | - | - | - | - | Yaropolk II |
| Maria Mstislavna of Kiev | Mstislav I of Kiev Grand Prince of Kiev (Rurikids) |
- | 1116 | 1139 | - | 1179 | Vsevolod II |
| Unknown | - | - | - | - | - | 1151 | Iziaslav II |
| Rusudan | Demetrius I of Georgia King of Georgia (Bagrationi) |
- | 1154 | 1210 | |||
| Unknown | Aepa Ocenevich Khan of the Cumans |
- | 1108 | - | - | - | Yuri I |
| Helena | possibly Isaac Komnenos Sebastokrator of the Byzantine Empire (Komnenos) |
- | - | - | - | - | |
| Agnes of Poland | Boleslaus III Duke of Poland (Piast) |
1137 | 1151 | 1167 | 1170 | 1182 | Mstislav II |
| Unknown | Beloš Vukanović Prince of Serbia (Vukanović) |
- | 1150 | - | - | - | Volodimer III |
See also
- Conversion of Volodimer
- Family life and children of Vladimir I
- Grand Prince of Kiev
- Grand Prince of Vladimir
- Kievan Rus'
- Primary Chronicle
- Rurikids
- List of Russian royal consorts
References
- ^ Dimnik 2004, p. 259.
- ^ Dimnik 2004, p. 264–265, 306.
- ^ Martin 2007, p. 14.
- ^ Martin 2007, p. 25.
Bibliography
- Dimnik, Martin (January 2004). "The Title "Grand Prince" in Kievan Rus'". Mediaeval Studies. 66: 253–312. doi:10.1484/J.MS.2.306512. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- Martin, Janet (2007). Medieval Russia: 980–1584. Second Edition. E-book. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-36800-4.
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