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Birth:          1001 
Death:          10 Feb 1050 Kiev, Ukraine

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingegerd_Olofsdotter_of_Sweden
Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, also known as Irene, Anna and St. Anna (1001 – 10 
February 1050), was a Swedish princess and a Grand Princess of Kiev. She was the 
daughter of Swedish King Olof Skötkonung and Estrid of the Obotrites and the consort 
of Yaroslav I the Wise of Kiev.

Ingegerd or St. Anna is often confused with the mother of St. Vladimir “the 
Enlightener” of the Rus. This is mainly because Ingegerd and Yaroslav also had a son 
named Vladimir. However, St. Vladimir was the father of Ingegerd’s husband Yaroslav 
I “the Wise”, thus making her St. Vladimir’s daughter-in-law. St. Vladimir was the son 
of Sviatoslav and Malusha.
Ingegerd was born in Sigtuna,[citation needed] Sweden. She was engaged to be 
married to Norwegian King Olaf II, but when Sweden and Norway got into a feud, 
Swedish King Olof Skötkonung would no longer allow for the marriage to take place.

Instead, Ingegerd's father quickly arranged for a marriage to the powerful Yaroslav I 
the Wise of Novgorod.[1] The marriage took place in 1019.[1] Once in Kiev, she 
changed her name to the Greek Irene. According to several sagas, she was given as 
a marriage gift Ladoga and adjacent lands, which later received the name Ingria, 
arguably a corruption of Ingegerd's name. She placed her friend, jarl Ragnvald 
Ulfsson, to rule in her stead.

Ingegerd initiated the building of the Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev that was 
supervised by her husband.[citation needed] She also initiated the construction of the 
Cathedral of St. Sophia in Novgorod. They had six sons and four daughters, the latter 
of whom became Queens of France, Hungary, Norway, and (arguably) England. The 
whole family is depicted in one of the frescoes of the Saint Sophia.

Death and burial[edit]

Ingegerd died on 10 February 1050. Upon her death, according to different sources, 
Ingegerd was buried in either Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kyiv or Cathedral of St. 
Sophia in Novgorod.
Sainthood[edit]

Ingegerd was later declared a saint, by the name of St. Anna, in Novgorod and Kiev. 
The reason was that she initiated the building of the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kiev as 
well as the local version, the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, along with many 
good doings.

The following was stated by the church in reference to her sainthood:


St. Anna, Grand Duchess of Novgorod, She was the daughter of Swedish King Olaf 
Sketktung, the "All-Christian King," who did much to spread Orthodoxy in 
Scandinavia, and the pious Queen Astrida.

In Sweden she was known as Princess Indegard; she married Yaroslav I “the Wise“, 
Grand Prince of Kiev, who was the founder of the Saint Sophia Cathedral in 1016, 
taking the name Irene.

She gave shelter to the outcast sons of British King Edmund, Edwin and Edward, as 
well as the Norwegian prince Magnus, who later returned to Norway.

She is perhaps best known as the mother of Vsevolod of , himself the father of 
Vladimir Monomakh and progenitor of the Princes of Moscow.

Her daughters were Anna, Queen of France, Queen Anastasia of Hungary, and Queen 
Elizabeth (Elisiv) of Norway. The whole family was profoundly devout and pious.

She reposed in 1050 in the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom (St. Sophia) in Kiev, having 
been tonsured a monastic with the name of Anna.

As saint, her hymn goes:

And 4 stichera, in Tone I: Spec. Mel.: Joy of the ranks of heaven


O joy of the Swedish people, thou didst gladden the Russian realm, filling it with grace 
and purity, adorning its throne with majesty, lustrous in piety like a priceless gem set in 
a splendid royal crown.

Named Ingegerd in the baptismal waters, O venerable one, thou wast called Irene by 
thy Russian subjects, who perceived in thee the divine and ineffable peace; but when 
thou didst submit to monastic obedience, thou didst take the new name, Anna, after 
the honoured ancestor of Christ, the King of kings.

Wed in honourable matrimony, O holy Anna, thou didst live in concord with thy royal 
spouse, the right-believing and most wise Prince Yaroslav; and having born him holy 
offspring, after his repose thou didst betroth thyself unto the Lord as thy heavenly 
Bridegroom.

Disdaining all the allurements of vanity and donning the coarse robes of a monastic, O 
wondrous and sacred Anna, thou gavest thyself over to fasting and prayer, ever 
entreating Christ thy Master, that He deliver thy people from the all want and 
misfortune.

Feast days: 10 February, 4 October.

Children[edit]

Ingegerd had the following children
Elisiv of Kiev, queen of Norway
Anastasia of Kiev, queen of Hungary
Anne of Kiev, queen of France
(possibly) Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile
Vladimir of Novgorod
Iziaslav
Sviatoslav
Vsevolod
Igor Yaroslavich

Parents
ERIKSSON Olaf III "Skotkonung" (ABT  970 - 1022)
OF THE OBOTRITES Estrid ( 979 - 1035)

Siblings
OLAFSDOTTIR Ingegerd (Ingegreda) (1001 - 10 Feb 1050)

Marriage To WLADIMIROWWITSCH Jaroslaw (Jaroslav) (Yaroslav) I "the Wise" Mudry ( 980 - 20 Feb 1054)
    m. Feb 1019 

Notes
his second

Parents
SWJATOSLAWITSCH VLADIMIR I "The Great" ( 955 - 15 Jul 1015)
OF POLOTSK Rogneda (ABT  962 - 1002)

Children by WLADIMIROWWITSCH Jaroslaw (Jaroslav) (Yaroslav) I "the Wise" Mudry  980 - 20 Feb 1054
YAROSLAVNA Anastasiya Agmunda (1022 - AFT 1074)
YAROSLAVICH Isjarlaw (Isiaslaw) Izyaslav I Dmitrij (1025 - 3 Oct 1078)
YAROLAVOVIC Vsevolod I (Wsewolod) (1030 - 13 Apr 1093)
YAROSLAVNA Anna Agnesa (1036 - 1075)

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