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Name source: S190Page: Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ
Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, Russian: Влади́мир, Vladimir, Ukrainian: Володимир, Volodymyr, Belarusian: Уладзiмiр, Uladzimir; c. 958 – 15 July 1015, Berestovo) was a prince of Novgorod and grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in (980–1015).[2][3] 2013-02-03
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St. Vladimir the Great
Grand Prince of Kiev
Reign11 June 980 – 15 July 1015
Coronation11 June 980
PredecessorYaropolk I of Kiev
SuccessorSviatopolk I of Kiev
Prince of Novgorod
Reign969 – c. 977
PredecessorSviatoslav I of Kiev
SuccessorYaropolk I of Kiev
SpouseAllogia
Rogneda of Polotsk
Adela
Malfrida
Anna Porphyrogenita
a granddaughter of Otto the Great
among others Issue
Izyaslav of Polotsk
Yaroslav the Wise
Mstislav of Chernigov
Saint Boris
Saint Gleb
Maria Dobroniega of Kiev
Agatha (possibly)
Full name
Vladimir Sviatoslavich
DynastyRurik
FatherSviatoslav I of Kiev
MotherMalusha (probably of Northern origin)[1]
Bornc. 958
unknown
Died15 July 1015 (aged c. 57)
Berestova (today a part of Kiev)
BurialChurch of the Tithes, Kiev
ReligionChristian
Vladimir Sviatoslavich the Great (Old East Slavic: Володимѣръ Свѧтославичь Old Norse as Valdamarr Sveinaldsson, Russian: Влади́мир, Vladimir, Ukrainian: Володимир, Volodymyr, Belarusian: Уладзiмiр, Uladzimir; c. 958 – 15 July 1015, Berestovo) was a prince of Novgorod and grand prince of Kiev, ruler of Kievan Rus' in (980–1015).[2][3]
Vladimir's father was the prince Sviatoslav of the Rurik dynasty.[4] After the death of his father in 972, Vladimir, who was then prince of Novgorod, was forced to flee to Scandinavia in 976 after his brother Yaropolk had murdered his other brother Oleg and conquered Rus. In Sweden with the help from his relative Ladejarl Håkon Sigurdsson, ruler of Norway, assembled a Varangian army and reconquered Novgorod from Yaropolk.[5] By 980 Vladimir had consolidated the Kievan realm from modern day Ukraine to the Baltic Sea and had solidified the frontiers against incursions of Bulgarian, Baltic, and Eastern nomads. Originally a Slavic pagan, Vladimir converted to Christianity in 988,[6][7][8] and Christianized the Kievan Rus'.[9]
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Name source: S190Page: Rogneda of Polotsk (962–1002) is the Slavic name for Ragnhild, whose
father Ragnvald (Slavic: Rogvolod) came from overseas (i.e., from Scandinavia) and established himself at Polatsk in the mid-10th century.
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Rogneda of Polotsk (962–1002) is the Slavic name for Ragnhild, whose father Ragnvald (Slavic: Rogvolod) came from overseas (i.e., from Scandinavia) and established himself at Polatsk in the mid-10th century.
It has been speculated that Rogneda belonged to the Ynglings royal family of Norway. In or about 980, Vladimir, on learning that she was betrothed to his half-brother Yaropolk I of Kiev, took Polotsk and forced Rogneda to marry him. Having raped Rogneda in the presence of her parents, he ordered them to be killed, along with two of Rogneda's brothers.
Rogneda gave him several children. The four sons were Yaroslav the Wise, Vsevolod, Mstislav of Chernigov, and Izyaslav of Polotsk. She also bore two daughters, one of whom is named by Nestor the Chronicler as Predslava (taken as a concubine of Boleslaus I of Poland, according to Gallus). A later chronicle tells a story, most likely taken from a Norse saga, of Rogneda plotting against Vladimir and asking her elder son, Izyaslav, to kill him. As was the Norse royal custom, she was sent with her elder son to govern the land of her parents, i.e. Polotsk. Izyaslav's line continued to rule Polotsk and the newly-found town of Izyaslavl until the Mongol invasion.
After Vladimir converted to Christianity and took Anna Porphyrogeneta as his wife, he had to divorce all his previous wives, including Rogneda. After that, she entered the convent and took the name Anastasia.
Around 1825 Kondraty Ryleev wrote a narrative poem entitled Rogneda. This poem became a literary source for her portrayal in the nationalist Russian opera Rogneda by Alexander Serov, which premiered in 1865.
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Family life and children of Vladimir I
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