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Yaroslav I the Wise ( 978- 1054) was thrice prince of Novgorod and Kiev, uniting the two principalities for a time under his rule. In 1010 he has founded the city of Yaroslavl (named after him).
The son of Vladimir the Great of Kiev and Rogneda of Polotsk, Yaroslav married Anna, Ingigerd Olofsdotter, daughter of king Olaf Skötkonung of Sweden and later to widowed Astrid Olofsdotter of Sweden, another daughter of Olof Skötkonung.
He had three daughters and seven sons, only Anastasia being Astrid's daughter.
Sons:
- Vsevolod I, Prince of Kiev (1030-1093)
- Vladimir II, Prince of Novgorod (1020-1052)
- Iziaslav of Kiev (1024-1078)
- Sviatoslav II of KievSvyatoslav Yaroslavich in Russian) (1027—1076), Prince of Chernigov (1054—73), Grand Prince of Kiev (1073-76), son of Yaroslav I the Wise. Together with his brothers Prince Vsevolod and Grand Prince Iziaslav he formed a kind of a princely triumvirate that (1027-1076)
- Ilya, Prince of Novgorod (?-1020)
- Igor, Prince of Vladimir, Volin' and Smolensk (1036-1060)
- Vyacheslav, Prince of Smolensk (1036-1057)
Yaroslav's granddaughter, his son Vsevolod's daughter named Eupraxia, was married to Henry III, Holy Roman EmperorHenry III ( 1017- 1056) was a member of the Salian (sometimes Franconian) dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors. Born in 1017, he became king of Germany upon the death of his father, the emperor Conrad II on June 4, 1039. He was crowned emperor by the Pope in 10.
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Preceded by:
Sviatopolk IPrince Sviatopolk of Kiev ( 1015- 1019) was the elder son of Vladimir I of Kiev; he inherited Kiev after his father's death. Soon civil war broke out between him and his brothers, while at first Sviatopolk was victorious he was eventually defeated by his
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Rulers of Kievan Rus
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Succeeded by:
Iziaslav
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