Wyszesława Svyatoslavna of Kiev was born circa 1047 to Svyatoslav II Yaroslavich of Kiev (1027-1076) and Cecilia of Dithmarschen (c1030-c1070) and died circa 1090 of unspecified causes. She married Bolesław II the Bold (c1042-1081) .
Wyszesława Sviatoslavna of Kiev (b. ca. 1047?[1] – d. aft. 1089), was a Kievan Rus' princess and member of the Rurikid dynasty and by marriage Duchess and later Queen of Poland.
She was the eldest child and only daughter of Svyatoslav, Prince of Chernigov and later Grand Prince of Kiev, by his wife Cecilia, probably member of the House of Dithmarschen.[2]
Life
The chronicler Jan Długosz and other authors reported her parentage.[3] She was certainly married to Bolesław II the Bold, Duke of Poland before 1069, because in that year their only child, Mieszko, was born. She was probably crowned Queen of Poland with her husband on Christmas Day of 1076 in the Gniezno Cathedral by the Archbishop Bogumił.
In 1079, together with her husband and son she was exiled in Hungary. Two years later (ca. 1081/82) Bolesław died under mysterious circumstances, probably by poison. In 1086, together with her son Mieszko, Wyszesława returned to Poland. According to Gallus Anonymus, she participated in the funeral of her son, who was poisoned in 1089. This is the last mention of Bolesław's wife ; her fate remains unknown.
Modern historians, led by Oswald Balzer in his Genealogia Piastów (1895), refuted the name and origins of Bolesław's wife. They stated that she likely had a German or Russian origin. Also, there is the theory that the Queen Agnes (Agnes Regina) whose obituary is recorded in Zwiefalten was the wife of Bolesław; it is also believed that she belonged to the Přemyslid dynasty.[4]
References
- ^ Genealogía, Reyes y Reinos by Nicolas Homar [retrieved 15 July 2014].
- ^ RUSSIA, Rurik - Vizeslava Sviatoslavna wife Boleslaw II Poland in MedLands Projects by Charles Crowley [retrieved 15 July 2014].
- ^ Nicholas Baumgarten (1927), p. 20, citing Sommersberg, Selisiacorum Rerum Scriptores, vol. V, cap. 1, pp. 650-651; Monumenta Poloniae Historica, vol. IV, cap. 10; Tatyszczew, vol. III, p. 119, and Linniczenko, Relations mutuelles de Russie et de Pologne, pag. 53.
- ^ T. Jurek, Agnes regina. W poszukiwaniu żony Bolesława Szczodrego, LXXII, 2006, s. 95-104.
Children
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Mieszko Bolesławowic (c1069–1089) |
Siblings
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Wyszesława Svyatoslavna of Kiev (c1047-c1090) | 1047 | 1090 | Bolesław II the Bold (c1042-1081) |
Gleb Svyatoslavich of Novgorod (c1048-1078) | 1048 | 30 May 1078 Volokolamsk, Volokolamsk Rayon, Moscow Oblast, Russia | |
Roman Svyatoslavich Krasnyi of Tmutarakan (c1050-1079) | 1050 | 2 August 1079 | |
Davyd Svyatoslavich of Chernigov (c1052-1123) | 1052 | 1123 | Theodosia (c1060-c1110) |
Oleg I Svyatoslavich of Chernigov (c1053-1115) | 1053 | 2 August 1115 | Theophano Mouzalonissa (c1075-c1105) Daughter of Osaluka-Khan |
Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
Yaroslav Svyatoslavich of Chernigov (1074-1129) | 1074 | 1129 | NN Irina |
Daughter of Kiev (c1070-c1117) | 1070 | 1117 | Kilij Arslan I of Rum (-1107) |
Residences
Footnotes (including sources)
Wyszesława Svyatoslavna of Kiev (c1047-c1090) Rurikid dynasty Born: ca. 1047? Died: aft. 1089
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Preceded by Maria Dobroniega of Kiev |
Duchess consort of Poland Queen from 1076 1068?–1079 |
Succeeded by Judith of Bohemia |
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