Iaroslav I “the Wise”, king of Kiev

Also known as Яросла́в Влади́мирович Му́дрый , and Yaroslav the Wise. He was baptized as George (Yuri).

Grand Prince of Novgorod

Grand Prince of Kiev

Events

Date of Birth: about 978 or somewhat later.

Place of Birth: unknown.

This date is given by Ingham and Raffensperger.

Date of Death: 20 February 1054.

Place of Death: Vyshgorod.

This date is given by Raffensperger (2015, p. 3) and the place is given by Ingham and Raffensperger.

Place of Burial: Kiev, Saint Sophia Cathedral.

The place is given by Ingham and Raffensperger.

Relationships

Father: Vladimir the Great, king of Kiev.

This relationship is given by Franklin (pp. 417-418), by Poppe, and by Raffensperger (2016; website).

(probable) Mother: Rogneda of Polotsk.

Settipani discusses the evidence. The relationship is recorded in The Russian Primary Chronicle (pp. 94, 124), which was compiled about 1113, somewhat more than 100 years after Rogneda's death. It is accepted by Raffensperger (2006; 2016; website). Arguments have also been made that she was Anna, daughter of Byzantine Emperor Romanos II.

Spouse: unknown.

This relationship is given by Raffensperger (2006; 2016; website).

Spouse: Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden. Married 1019.

This relationship is given by Franklin (p. 184), by Poppe, and by Raffensperger (2006; 2016; website).

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Raffensperger and Cawley. Raffensperger states that Ilia was a son of Iaroslav's first wife. Ingigerd was the mother of the others.)

Ilia (died about 1019 or 1020).

Vladimir (1020 - 1052).

Anastasia (born about 1023, died between 1074 and 1096) married András I “the Catholic”, king of Hungary.

Iziaslav (1024 - 3 October 1078), later Iziaslav I, grand prince of Kiev, married Gertruda of Poland.

Ielizaveta (died after 25 September 1066) married Harald III “Hardråde”, king of Norway in 1042.

Sviatoslav (1027 - 27 December 1076), later Sviatoslav II, grand prince of Kiev, married (1) Kilikia; married (2) Oda von Stade.

Vsevolod (1030 - 13 April 1093) later Vsevolod I, grand prince of Kiev, married (1) (probably) a member of the Monomachos family; married (2) a Kuman princess, who adopted the name Anna after marriage.

Viacheslav (1036 - 1057).

Anna (1036 - 5 September, between 1075 and 1078) married (1) Henri I, king of France; married (2) Raoul III “le Grand”, count of Valois.

Igor (about 1036 - 1060).

References

Cawley, Charles. “IAROSLAV Vladimirovich” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Franklin, Simon, and Jonathan Shepard. The Emergence of Rus 750-1200. (New York: Longman, 1996).

Nazarenko, A. Rjurikiden genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Poppe, A. "Jaroslav I. der Weise" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 5 (Stuttgart: 1991).

Raffensperger, Christian. Re-examining Rus’: The Place of Kievan Rus’ in Europe, ca. 800-1146. PhD thesis, Chicago: 2006. [Volume 3: Appendix. Russian Dynastic Marriages 988-1146]

Raffensperger, Christian. "Iaroslav “Mudryi” Vladimirich Georgii" on Rusian Genealogy (website). [Consulted 3 February 2018].

Raffensperger, Christian. Ties of Kinship: Genealogy and Dynastic Marriage in Kyivan Rus’. (Harvard U.P., 2016).

Raffensperger, Christian. "Iziaslav Iaroslavish's Excellent Adventure: Constructing Kinship to Gain and Regain Power in Eleventh-Century Europe" in Medieval Prosopography Vol. 30 (2015), pp. 1-30.

The Russian Primary Chronicle: Laurentian Text (trans. and ed. Samuel Hazzard Cross and Olgerd P. Sherbowitz-Wetzor), (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Mediaeval Academy of America, 1953).

Settipani, Christian. “Unions atypiques dans les royaumes carolingiens” in Martin Aurell (ed.) Les stratégies matrimoniales (IXe–XIIIe siècle). (Histoires de Famille; La Parenté au Moyen Âge 14.) Turnhout: Brepols, 2013.