Irina, Grand Princess of Kiev

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich.
Irina
Irina, Grand Princess of Kiev
Reign969–1015
PredecessorOlga the Great prihcess of Kiev
SuccessorIngigerd
Princess of Kiev
Reign969–1015
Born~951
Died1015 [aged ~63]
SpousePetr 1 rex Bolgaria, Yaropolk I of Kyiv
Names
Irina
DynastyLaptin
FatherChristopher Laptin
MotherSofia

Irina (Ukrainian: Ірина) (?-990), was a Grand Princess of the Kiev by marriage to Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev (r. 980–1015).[1] a Greek nun captured by the Grand Duke of Kyiv Svyatoslav Igorevich during a campaign in Bulgaria and presented by him, his son Yaropolk Svyatoslavich, as a concubine. After Vladimir killed Yaropolk, she forcibly became Vladimir’s wife.[2]

Issue

References

  1. ^ Войтович Л. В. Князівські династії Східної Європи (кінець IX — початок XVI ст.): склад, суспільна і політична роль. — Львів: Інститут українознавства ім. І. Крип'якевича, 2000
  2. ^ Karamzin, N.M.Karamzin. (11 September 1826). "История Государства российского".
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