Yaroslav "The Wise" of Kiev

[TLJ110166]

Anyone else on here descended from him? I descend from 5 of his children.

Descendants of Yaroslav I "The Wise" Grand Prince Kiev

1 Yaroslav I "The Wise" Grand Prince Kiev
.. +Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden
2 Anastasia Princess of Kiev
.. +Andrew I King Hungary
2 Iziaslav Yaroslavovich Grand Prince Kiev
.. +Gertrude of Poland
2 Agatha Princess of Kiev
.. +Edward "the Exile" Prince of England
2 Vsevolod I Grand Prince of Kiev
.. +Anastasia of Byzantium
2 Agnesa Yaroslavna (Anna) Princess Kiev
.. +Henry I King Franks

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Yaroslav "The Wise"

 

[Blog Real]

Yaroslav I Vladimirovich (c. 978–20 February 1054) was the Grand Prince of Kiev from 1019 until his death. He was also the Prince of Novgorod on three occasions, uniting the principalities for a time. Yaroslav's baptismal name was George after Saint George.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaroslav_the_Wise

11th-century fresco of Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev, representing the daughters of Yaroslav I.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Daughters_of_Yaroslav_the_Wise.jpg

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Yaroslav of Kiev had the translation of religious books from the Byzantine Empire and other countries into Old Russian.
In 1028 he established the first large school in Novgorod for some 300 children of priests and the elders.

 

[An Ard Ri]

Yaroslav of Kiev had the translation of religious books from the Byzantine Empire and other countries into Old Russian.
In 1028 he established the first large school in Novgorod for some 300 children of priests and the elders.

Yaroslav was buried at the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv,his tomb was a white marble sarcophagus . in 1936 the Soviets opened the tomb and discovered the remains of a male and female.
The males remains were taken for examination at the Leningrad Institute of Anthropology and were never returned to the tomb.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Ingegerd Olofsdotter was a Swedish princess. She was the wife of Yaroslav I.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/644085184180701962/

 

[Blog Real]

Monument to Yaroslav the Wise in Kyiv

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Monument_to_Yaroslav_the_Wise.jpg

Monument to Yaroslav the Wise in Kharkiv

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%27%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%AF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%83_%D0%9C%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D1%83_%D1%83_%D0%BC.%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%96.JPG

 

[eejm]

The lineage of Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile of England, is for me one of medieval history’s most interesting mysteries. The marriages of Yaroslav’s children linked - at the bare minimum - the kingdoms of Kiev/Novgorod, Byzantium, Norway, France, and Hungary. Marriages among his grandchildren added the domains of Sweden, Denmark, Holland, Bohemia, Poland, and Byzantium once again.

If Agatha is a daughter of Yaroslav as theorized, her marriage expands the link to England (sort of) and in the next generation to Scotland. That is the offspring of one marriage connecting courts from Edinburgh to Oslo to Kiev to Budapest to Constantinople to Paris! That’s a feat that I don’t believe is duplicated until Queen Victoria and Christian IX of Denmark.

If Edgar Ætheling is indeed the grandson of Yaroslav, it’s curious that his powerful cousins could not help him more with his claim to the English throne, but other than Philip I of France (who offered very limited assistance) it seems as though that did not happen. That said, many of these presumed cousins were far away with their struggles and likely did not know Edgar. But it’s fascinating that so much of Europe was connected by blood at a time when many royal children married into local noble families. Yaroslav was ahead of his time in this regard.