General Notes

Alias:<ALIA> The /Wise/
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Yaroslav I the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev
Born in 978
Acceded in 1019
Died on Ferburary 20, 1054 at Kiev
Kievan Rus achieved its greatest pow er and splendor under Yaroslav
the Wise in the 11th century. Yaroslav made Ki ev a great city and built
magnificent buildings, including the notable Cathed ral of Saint Sophia or
Hagia Sophia of Kiev. Yaroslav did much to develop Kie van Rus education
and culture. He also revised the first Russian law code, th e so-called
Russkaya Pravda or Russian Justice.  After his death in 1054, Kie van Rus
declined.  Yaroslav's grandson, Vladimir II Monomachus, made the fina l
attempt to unite Kievan Rus, but after his death in 1125 the
fragmentatio n continued as other Kievan Rus principalities challenged
Kiev's supremacy.
By the 13th century, the East Slavic lands became a loose federation
of city- states, held together by common language, religion, traditions,
and customs. Although ruled by members of the house of Rurik, these
city-states were often at war with one another.  The area became an easy
target for bands of invadi ng Asiatic Mongols.
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Yaroslav had a son, but the name of the mother is unknown :
Elias, Prince of Novgorod
Yaroslav married 1019 to Ingeborg Olafsdottir, a daughter of Olaf
Skötkonung, King of Sweden.
Yaroslav and Ingeborg had the f ollowing children:
Anne of Kiev
Izyaslav I, Prince of Kiev, 1054 - 1078, depo sed 1068 - 1069 and 1073 -
1076.
Svyatoslav II, Prince of Kiev, 1073 - 1076
Vsevolod I, Prince of Kiev, 1076 - 1093, deposed 1077 - 1078.
Ellisif ( or El izabeth) of Kiev, married first in 1045 to Harald III
Hardrada, King of Norwa y, who was slain on September 25, 1066 at the
Battle of Stamford Bridge.  Ell isif married second in 1067 to Svend II,
King of Denmark.
Valdimar ( or Holt i) the Nimble, Prince of Novgorod, 1036 - 1052.
Anastasia Agmunda of Kiev, mar ried circa 1046 to Andrew I, King of
Hungary.
Viacheslav, Prince of Smolensk 1054 - 1056
Igor of Vladimir, Prince of Vladimir 1054 - 1060
Dobronega (or M aria) of Kiev, married 1038 to Casimir I, King of Poland.