Sviatoslav I, king of Kiev

Also known as Святосла́в И́горевич.

Events

Date of Birth: born about 942.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Nazarenko.

Date of Death: 972.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Raffensperger. Sviatoslav was killed in an ambush by the Pechenegs.

Relationships

Father: Igor of Kiev.

This relationship is given by Franklin (pp. 417-418), by Nazarenko, and by Raffensperger.

Mother: Olga (or Helga).

This relationship is given by Franklin (pp. 417-418), by Nazarenko, and by Raffensperger.

Partner: Malusha (died 1002), daughter of Malk of Lyubech.

This relationship is given by Nazarenko, and by Raffensperger.

Children (probably by a partner other than Malusha):

(Complete source citations for the children on this page are beyond the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Ingham and Raffensperger.)

Iaropolk (about 960 - about 980), later Iaropolk I, king of Kiev, married a “Greek” nun.

Oleg (died about 976 or 977).

Children (by Malusha):

Vladimir (about 960 -15 July 1015), later Vladimir I “the Great”, king of Kiev, married (1) Rogneda of Polotsk; married (2) Anna Porphyrogenita; married (3) a daughter of Konrad I, duke of Swabia.

References

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

Ingham, Norman W, and Christian Raffensperger. "Ryurik and the First Ryurikids" in The American Genealogist Vol. 82, no. 1 and no. 2.

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

Raffensperger, Christian. "Sviatoslav Igorich" on Rusian Genealogy (website). [Consulted 3 February 2018].

Raffensperger, Christian. "Rus' in Medieval Europe: A Consideration of Historiography" in New Past (2020).