Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: 1062; Raised Eastern Orthodox, but founded St Vincent Abbey in Senlis after the death of Henri

Notes:

Buried:
(Villiers Abbey)

Anna married Duke of Burgundy and King of the Franks Henri Capet, I on 19 May 1051 in Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. Henri (son of King of the Franks Robert Capet, II and Constance True d'Arles de Provence) was born on 4 May 1008 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 4 Aug 1060 in Brie, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Cathedral of Rheims

1. Count of Vermandois Hugh Capet, II was born in 1057 in France; died on 18 Oct 1102 in Mersin, Turkey.
2. King of the Franks Philippe Capet, I was born on 23 May 1053 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; died on 29 Jul 1108 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Loiret, Centre, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Wise
• Title: Prince of Rostov and Prince of Novgorod
• _MILT: Yaroslav waged a complicated and bloody war for Kiev against his half-brother Sviatopolk, who was supported by his father-in-law, Duke Bolesław I Chrobry of Poland. During the course of this struggle, several other brothers (Boris, Gleb, and Svyatoslav) w

Notes:

Buried:
(Saint Sophia Cathedral)

Prince married Princess of Sweden Ingrid Olafsdotter in Feb 1019. Ingrid was born in 1001 in Uppsala, Sweden; died on 18 Feb 1050 in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; was buried in Kyiv, Ukraine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott and Mack Ferrin Smith
• Name: the Great
• Ordained: Legend says St. Vladimir chose the Byzantine rite over the liturgies of German Christendom, Judaism, and Islam because of its transcendent beauty; it probably also reflected his determination to remain independent of external political control.
• _MILT: Vladimir continued to expand his territories beyond his father's extensive domain. In 981, he conquered Cherven towns from the Poles; in 981-982 he suppressed Vyatichi rebellion; in 983, he subdued the Yatvingians; in 984, he conquered the Radimichs, and
• Religion: 988, Ukraine; Vladimir was baptized at Cherson, taking the Christian name of Basil. Returning to Kiev in triumph, he destroyed pagan monuments and established many churches, starting with the splendid Church of the Tithes and monasteries on Mt. Athos

Saint married Rogneida 'Anastasia' de Polotsk in 980. Rogneida was born about 956 in Polotsk, Chelyabinsk, Russia; died in 1002. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
After Vladimir converted to Christianity and took Anna Porphyrogeneta as his wife, he had to divorce all his previous wives, including Rogneda. After that, she entered the convent and took the name Anastasia

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: His decade-long reign over Rus' was marked by rapid expansion into the Volga River valley, the Pontic steppe and the Balkans. By the end of his short life, Sviatoslav carved out for himself the largest state in Europe
• Religion: In contrast with his mother's conversion to Christianity, Sviatoslav remained a staunch pagan all of his life
• _MILT: Sviatoslav is famous for his incessant campaigns in the east and south, which precipitated the collapse of two great powers of Eastern Europe—Khazaria and the First Bulgarian Empire; he also conquered numerous East Slavic tribes, defeated the Alans and th

Notes:

Died:
ambushed and slain by the Pechenegs when he tried to cross the cataracts

Sviatoslav married Malusha Lubech. Malusha was born in Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine; died in 1002 in Kyiv, Ukraine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]