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Birth:           980 of Kiev, Ukraine
Death:          20 Feb 1054 Kiev, Ukraine

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaroslav_the_Wise
Yaroslav I, Grand Prince of Rus', known as Yaroslav the Wise or Iaroslav the Wise 
(Old East Slavic: ???????? ?????????????? ??????, Jaroslavu Volodimirovicu 
Modryi; Old Norse: Jarizleifr;[1] Russian: ??????´? ??´????, Yaroslav Mudry; 
Ukrainian: ??????? ??????, Yaroslav Mudriy; c. 978 – 20 February 1054) was thrice 
grand prince of Veliky Novgorod and Kiev, uniting the two principalities for a time 
under his rule. Yaroslav's Christian name was George (Yuri) after Saint George (Old 
East Slavic: ?????i, Gjurigě).

A son of the Varangian[2][3] Grand Prince Vladimir the Great, he was vice-regent of 
Novgorod at the time of his father's death in 1015. Subsequently, his eldest surviving 
brother, Sviatopolk I of Kiev, killed three of his other brothers and seized power in 
Kiev. Yaroslav, with the active support of the Novgorodians and the help of Varangian 
mercenaries,[4] defeated Svyatopolk and became the Grand Prince of Kiev in 1019. 
Under Yaroslav the codification of legal customs and princely enactments was begun, 
and this work served as the basis for a law code called the Russkaya Pravda ("Rus 
Truth [Law]"). During his lengthy reign, Kievan Rus' reached the zenith of its cultural 
flowering and military power.[4]
In 1019, Yaroslav married Ingegerd Olofsdotter, daughter of the king of Sweden,[11] 
and gave Staraya Ladoga to her as a marriage gift.

Saint Sophia's Cathedral in Kiev houses a fresco representing the whole family: 
Yaroslav, Irene (as Ingegerd was known in Rus), their four daughters and six sons.[12] 
Yaroslav had three of his daughters married to foreign princes who lived in exile at his 
court:
Elisiv of Kiev to Harald Harđráđi[11] (who attained her hand by his military exploits in 
the Byzantine Empire);
Anastasia of Kiev to the future Andrew I of Hungary;[11]
Anne of Kiev married Henry I of France[11] and was the regent of France during their 
son's minority; (she was Yaroslav the Wise's most beloved daughter).
(possibly) Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile, of the royal family of England, the mother 
of Edgar the Ćtheling and Saint Margaret of Scotland.

Yaroslav had one son from the first marriage (his Christian name being Ilya (?-1020)), 
and 6 sons from the second marriage. Apprehending the danger that could ensue from 
divisions between brothers, he exhorted them to live in peace with each other. The 
eldest of these, Vladimir of Novgorod, best remembered for building the Cathedral of 
St. Sophia, Novgorod, predeceased his father. Three other sons—Iziaslav I, Sviatoslav 
II, and Vsevolod I—reigned in Kiev one after another. The youngest children of 
Yaroslav were Igor Yaroslavich (1036–1060) of Volhynia and Vyacheslav Yaroslavich 
(1036–1057) of the Principality of Smolensk. About Vyacheslav, there is almost no 
information. Some documents point out the fact of him having a son, Boris 
Vyacheslavich, who challenged Vsevolod I sometime in 1077-1078.

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

Siblings
____ Vladimirovna (EST  978 - 1044)
WLADIMIROWWITSCH Jaroslaw (Jaroslav) (Yaroslav) I "the Wise" Mudry ( 980 - 20 Feb 1054)

Marriage To OLAFSDOTTIR Ingegerd (Ingegreda) (1001 - 10 Feb 1050)
    m. Feb 1019 

Notes
his second

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

Children by OLAFSDOTTIR Ingegerd (Ingegreda) 1001 - 10 Feb 1050
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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