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).