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     Jaroslaus I 'The Wise' Grand Duke of Kiev was born circa 976 at Kiev, Ukraine. He was the son of St Vladimir I 'The Great' Duke of Kiev and Regneide (Rogneda) of Polotsk. Jaroslaus I 'The Wise' Grand Duke of Kiev married Ingegard Olafsdottir, daughter of Olaf III Eriksson King of Sweden and Astrid of Obotrites, in 1019.¹ Jaroslaus I 'The Wise' Grand Duke of Kiev died between 20 February 1053 and 1054 at Kiev, Ukraine.¹

     St Vladimir I 'The Great' Duke of Kiev was buried at Church of the Ti, Kiev, Ukraine. He married Regneide (Rogneda) of Polotsk. St Vladimir I 'The Great' Duke of Kiev was born circa 955 at Kiev, Ukraine. He married an unknown person circa 988 at Kherson, Kiev, Ukraine. He married an unknown person after 1011.¹ He died on 15 July 1015 at Berestovo, Kiev, Ukraine.¹
     He Sources: RC 143, 321, 361; Clarkson; A. Roots 241. 243; AF; Kraentzler
1162, 1170, 1171, 1172, 1233, 1603; Timetables of History; Through theAges.

Roots: St. Vladimir, Grand Prince of Kiev. Died 15 July 1015. Marriedafter 1011, a daughter (died 14 Aug 1014) of Kuno, Count of Ohinigen, byRichilde, dau. of Otto I, the Great. Married also Rogneide, dau. ofRognald of Polotzk.

RC: 'The Great' of Kiev, Ukraine, Russia. Grand prince of Novgorod andKiev. Baptized a Christian, 988.

K: Wladimir I le Grand et le Saint. Grand Duke of Novogorod, Kiew.
'Le Grand et le Saint.' Grand Prince of Kiev or Grand Duke of Kiev andNovgorod. Ruled 980-1015. '980. St.Vladimir becomes Prince of Kiev.'

Clarkson:
Vladimir succeeded his father through the process of fratricidal wars inwhich his brothers were slain. 'He installed himself at Kiev (977),whence, by savage campaigns, he collected wives and tribute from most ofthe Dnieper Basin. Vladimir's chief fame rests on his forced conversionof the Russian Slavs to Christianity...During his reign, Kiev wasrepeatedly harassed by the Pechenegs; to hold them off, Vladimir built asort of fortified line of new towns along the steppe frontier. At hisdeath (1015) he left seven sons--of four or five different mothers--eachruling as prince in a portion of the Russian land; one of them, Yaroslavof Novgorod, was in open rebvellion, having refused to pay tribute to hisfather. Sviatopolk, who seized Kiev, promptly murdered three of hisbrothers, but was defeated in a four-year struggle by Yaroslav, whosucceeded to the title of grand prince. Yaroslav, however, was forced toshare the territory with another brother, Mstislav, who took theopportunity to move his residence from outlying Tmutorakan, beyond theSea of Azov, to Chernigov, near Kiev. Not until Mstislav's death (1036)did Yaroslav 'the Wise' venture to remove his seat from Novgorod to Kiev.'

'Vladimir...who had won the throne of Kiev by the murder of his olderbrother, was the last major European ruler to abandon paganism.' Heinvited envoys from the Khazars (Jews), the Volga Bulgars (Muslims), Romeand Greece to 'sell' their religious beliefs. But 'Vladimir and hissimple warriors (were) unable to make up their minds in this war ofwords.' Therefore, they visited the temples of the Bulgars, the Romansand the Greeks, not bothering with a visit to the Khazars. They found themosques unclean and western Catholic worship tolerable, but they wereentralled with the spendor and beauty of the Greek places of worship.Hence, they embraced the Greek Orthodox religion.

Vladimir was promised the hand of Anne, sister of the Byzantine emperor,in return for military aid and, despite some foot dragging by the emperorafter the aid was provided, married the lady in 988. 'In 990 Vladimirreturned to Kieve with his imperial bride and a retinue of priests.Throughout his dominions the population was compulsorily baptizedwholesale...'

RC says he had many pagan wives and concubines of whom these are known:(1) Adlaga; (2) Olava; (3) Malfrida, a Bohemian, d. 1002; (5) a Greek,widow of his brother, Teropolk; (6) N.N.(27-36), a Bulgarian; md (7) 989,Anna, daughter of the Eastern Emperor, the Basilius Romanos, d. 10011;(8) N.N. (321-33), daughter of Kuno, Count of Ohningen. K. calls thelatter Rogneda de Oehningen. One AF record says born about 962.

According to my records, St. Vladimir had three daughters withVladimirovna as name or part of name--all via different wives. Maybe hejust liked the name. Maybe there are errors in the records.

     Regneide (Rogneda) of Polotsk married St Vladimir I 'The Great' Duke of Kiev. Regneide (Rogneda) of Polotsk was born circa 958 at Polotsk, Byelorussia. She died in 1000; (as a nun named Anastasia).⁴
     She The following post to SGM, 18 Feb 2003, by Igor Sklar, in reponse to thequestion of who Iaroslav/Jaroslaus The Wise's mother was gives herancestry:

From: Igor Sklar (sklar2002 AT yandex.ru)
Subject: Re: Iaroslav the wise
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 2003-02-18 10:31:36 PST

'jl' wrote in message news:...
> Plz someone can tell me who his mother was.
>
> Anna of Macedonia or Rogneda
>
> thanks
>
> jl

Yaroslav's mother was Rogneda of Polotsk. I don't understand how it couldbe, conditioned that Vladimir took Rogneda by force in 980, whilstYaroslav was born about 978 (he was 76 when he died). However the case,Yaroslav was the eldest biological son of Vladimir.

Rogneda is not a Slavic name. Her father was Ragnvald of West Gotland,then of Polotsk (killed 970), the brother of Truggvi Olafson of Norway(died 965) and the illegitimate son of Olaf Haraldson of Norway (died934). As you may see, Yaroslav was a great grandson of Harald I Fairhair(died 931), the first Yngling king of Norway. This explains why in Norsesagas Vladimir is called a kinsman of Norse King Olaf Traggvison (who wasbrought up in Kiev) more than once.

Some folks are in pains to establish their line of descent fromMacedonian Emperors of Byzantium. They assume that Yaroslav was born in988 and his mother was Anna of Byzantium. But it's nothing more thantheir fantasy.

Respects, Igor

Note: Even though there is some doubt about the above ancestry, I amadopting it. There is much doubt about all of the early Scandinavianancestry, depending as it does not 11th century writers (ie. Snorri &Nestor), and sagas. It is best to categorize the ancestries as legendaryor historical, where the latter have verifiable evidence backing them up,while the 'legendary' depend on the sagas, etc. This ancestry islegendary. Another variation is that it was Rogneda's mother (Ragnvald'swife) Ingelborge who was daughter of Olaf, instead of Ragnvald being son.

     Ingegard Olafsdottir was born in 1001 at Uppsala, Sweden. She was the daughter of Olaf III Eriksson King of Sweden and Astrid of Obotrites. Ingegard Olafsdottir married Jaroslaus I 'The Wise' Grand Duke of Kiev, son of St Vladimir I 'The Great' Duke of Kiev and Regneide (Rogneda) of Polotsk, in 1019.¹ Ingegard Olafsdottir died between 10 February 1049 and 1050 at Kiev, Ukraine.¹

     Olaf III Eriksson King of Sweden was born circa 969 at Sweden.¹ He married Astrid of Obotrites circa 999 at of Uppsala, Sweden. Olaf III Eriksson King of Sweden died circa 1022.^2,1

     Astrid of Obotrites was born in 979 at Sweden. She married Olaf III Eriksson King of Sweden circa 999 at of Uppsala, Sweden.

     Otho Count of Vermandois was born circa 1000 at Vermandois, Aisne, Picardy, France.¹ He was the son of Herbert III Count of Vermandois and Ermengarde de Macon. Otho Count of Vermandois married Parvie (?) circa 1027 at France. Otho Count of Vermandois died on 25 May 1045.¹

     Herbert III Count of Vermandois was born circa 955 at Vermandois, Aisne, Picardy, France.¹ He married Ermengarde de Macon, daughter of Alberic II Count of Macon , & Salins and Ermentrude (Irmgard) de Roucy, after 998.^1,2 Herbert III Count of Vermandois died circa 1000.¹

     Ermengarde de Macon married Milo IV Comte de Tonnerre. Ermengarde de Macon was born circa 972 at Macon, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France.² She was the daughter of Alberic II Count of Macon , & Salins and Ermentrude (Irmgard) de Roucy. Ermengarde de Macon married Herbert III Count of Vermandois after 998.^3,1 Ermengarde de Macon died after 1018.¹
     She Note: AR has Herbert III de Vermandois as her 2nd husband, but the notedFrench genealogist Settipani has Herbert as her 1st husband and Milo IVas her 2nd. The sourced dates seem to work better following AR (whichis why I am leaving them alone); however, if Settipani is correct (and heis an expert), then Herbert III would have died before 992 (Settipani hasErmengarde's son by Milo, Renaud b. abt 993), and Herbert & Ermengarde'sson Otto would have been born before 992/3 instead of about 1000.

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This is an excerpt from a post to SGM (full post is in notes underErmengarde de Tonnerre), 5 Dec 1998, by Settipani, the noted Frenchgenealogist:

The Ascendancy of Ermengarde of Tonnerre : Part II

The family of Ermengardis (no 5), widow of Herbert, not the reverse, isnot « Bar-sur-Seine » (one misunderstanding hypothesis of E. Petit: sucha dynasty does not exist at this time). She was, I think, the daughter ofAlberic II of Macon and his second wife.

     Parvie (?) was born circa 1005. She married Otho Count of Vermandois, son of Herbert III Count of Vermandois and Ermengarde de Macon, circa 1027 at France.

     Raoul III 'The Great' Count of Valois & Vexin was buried at Crepy, Artois/Pas-de-Calais, France. He was born circa 1015 at Vexin, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France.² He was the son of Raoul II Comte d' Valois , & Crepy and Adele de Breteuil. Raoul III 'The Great' Count of Valois & Vexin married Aelis (Adele) Comtesse de Bar-sur-Aube, daughter of Nocher III Comte de Bar-sur-Aube, before 1041.³ Raoul III 'The Great' Count of Valois & Vexin married an unknown person after 1053.³ He married Anna (Agnesa) Yaroslavna of Kiev, daughter of Jaroslaus I 'The Wise' Grand Duke of Kiev and Ingegard Olafsdottir, in 1061.³ Raoul III 'The Great' Count of Valois & Vexin died between 23 February 1073 and 1074 at Peronne, Somme, Picardy, France.²
     He Raoul, a descendent of Charlemagne, was Count of Valois, Vexin, andCrepy. To this he added Bar-sur-Aube by marrying the heiress, Aelis,Comtesse de Bar-sur-Aube, a widow. However, after sigining themarriage-contract but before the nuptials had taken place, the knights ofthe Chateau de Joigny passed her on to another nobleman. Raoul hurriedback and captured the Chateau and his bride, locking her up in LaFerte-sur-Aube, long enough to assure himself she was not pregnant.Again in his absence, she was captured by a local squire but, after beingrescued, the nuptials with Raoul took place and they became the parentsof two sons and two, perhaps three, daughters.

After Aelis died, Raoul married a lady named Haquenez, but when the kingdied and his widow became available, Raoul dismissed Haquenez and marriedthe queen-widow. At this, however, Haquenez complained to the pope ofbeing 'despoiled of everything by her husband; she had been dismissed ona false charge of fornication.'

Raoul was excommunicated, not for adultery but for incest. 'Contrary tothe law, he had lain with the wife of the dead king, who was his cousin.' [Leo van de Pas]

     Raoul II Comte d' Valois , & Crepy was born circa 985 at Amiens, Somme, Picardy, France. He was the son of Walter II Count of Vexin & Amiens & Valois and Adele de Senlis. Raoul II Comte d' Valois , & Crepy died in 1060 at Castle at Crespy, Valois now Oise, Picardy, France.²

     Adele de Breteuil was born in 992 at Breteuil, Eure, Normandy, France. She died on 11 September 1051.²

     Elizabeth (Isabel) de Montlhery married Walter (Gauthier) de St. Valery , of Tetbury, son of Bernard II de St. Valery. Elizabeth (Isabel) de Montlhery was born in 1040 at Montlhery, Essonne, Ile-de-France, France.⁵ She was the daughter of Guy I Seigneur de Montlhery , & Chevreuse and Hodierne de Gometz , Dame de la Ferte. Elizabeth (Isabel) de Montlhery married an unknown person in 1065.¹
     She Originally Elizabeth/Isabel (apparently the names are the same inMedieval English/Latin) was married to Walter de St. Valery, d. 1061, andthen she married Joscelin Courtenay. However Walter apparently liveduntil after 1086, and possibly after 1097; so I don't know if they got adivorce, or if two sisters married the two gentlemen - and Isabel andElizabeth are not the same person. There are sources for both marriages.

     Otto Guillaume Count of Burgundy was born circa 955 at Dijon, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France.³ He married Ermentrude (Irmgard) de Roucy in 982.⁴ Otto Guillaume Count of Burgundy died on 21 September 1026 at Macon, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France.³

     Ermentrude (Irmgard) de Roucy was born circa 953 at Reims, Marne, Champagne, France. She married Alberic II Count of Macon , & Salins in 970.^1,4,5 Ermentrude (Irmgard) de Roucy married Otto Guillaume Count of Burgundy in 982.³ Ermentrude (Irmgard) de Roucy died between 5 March 1003 and 1004.³

     Ragnvald II Brusisson , Jarl of Orkney was born in 1011 at Orkney, Orkney Islands, Scotland.¹ He was the son of Brusi Sigurdsson , Jarl of Orkney and Ostrida Regenwaldsdottir. Ragnvald II Brusisson , Jarl of Orkney died in December 1046 at Papa Stronsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland.¹
     He NORSE PREDECESSORS of the EARLS of ORKNEY - subject to King of Norwayuntil after 1379

Ragnvald II Brusisson, Jarl of two-thirds at Orkney Autumn 1038, b. 1011.He was taken by his father to Norway in the spring of 1021 and left as ahostage with St. Olaf (1021-1028), attended him into exile at Novgorod,returned with him to Norway, and was defeated with him at the battle ofStikklestad (29 July 1030); but he escaped to Sweden with St. Olaf’shalf-brother Harald Hardradi, then aged about fifteen and wounded in thebattle. Thence in the spring of 1031 they went to Novgorod, where theGrand Duke Yaroslav made Harold, Ragnvald and his son Eilif, officers inhis guard (Landvarnar-madr). Ragnvald, who 'had the wardership of theland in the summers but was in Holmgard (Novgorod) in the winters,'returned to Norway with Magnus the Good (then aged 11), son of St. Olaf,in 1036. As a result of the quarrel which ended this alliance, JarlRagnvald was killed by Thorfinn’s chief minister, Thorkel Fosterer, inDec. 1046. His wife’s name is not recorded. He had a son Eilifabovenamed, who does not appear ever to have claimed a share of Orkney.[Complete Peerage, X:Appendix A:14]

     Hildouin IV Comte de Ramerupt & Montdidier was born circa 1010 at Montdidier, Somme, Picardy, France. He was the son of Hildouin III Comte de Ramerupt & Montdidier and Lesseline (?). Hildouin IV Comte de Ramerupt & Montdidier married Alice (AlixAdela) Countess de Roucy, daughter of Ebles I Comte de Rheims & Roucy and Beatrix of Hainault, in 1031.^2,6 Hildouin IV Comte de Ramerupt & Montdidier died in 1063 at Ramerupt, Aube, Champagne, France.^2,7,6

     Alice (AlixAdela) Countess de Roucy was born circa 1014 at Roucy, Aisne, Picardy, France.⁴ She was the daughter of Ebles I Comte de Rheims & Roucy and Beatrix of Hainault. Alice (AlixAdela) Countess de Roucy married Hildouin IV Comte de Ramerupt & Montdidier, son of Hildouin III Comte de Ramerupt & Montdidier and Lesseline (?), in 1031.^1,5 Alice (AlixAdela) Countess de Roucy died in 1062.¹

     Ebles I Comte de Rheims & Roucy was born in 988 at Roucy, Aisne, Picardy, France. He was the son of Giselbert Comte de Roucy , & Rheims and Miss de Macon. Ebles I Comte de Rheims & Roucy died on 11 May 1033 at Reims, Marne, Champagne, France.¹

     Beatrix of Hainault was born in 992 at Hainault, France. She was the daughter of Regnier IV Count of Hainault and Hedwig (Edith) Princess of France. Beatrix of Hainault died after 1035.

     Giselbert Comte de Roucy , & Rheims was born circa 951 at Roucy, Aisne, Picardy, France.² He died after 19 April 991 at Reims, Marne, Champagne, France.^3,2

     Hildouin III Comte de Ramerupt & Montdidier died Deceased at Ramerupt, Aube, Champagne, France. He was born circa 990 at Montdidier, Somme, Picardy, France. He was the son of Hildouin II Comte de Montdidier.

     Lesseline (?) was born circa 995 at France.

     Hildouin II Comte de Montdidier was born in 960 at Montdidier, Somme, Picardy, France. He died in 992.

     William III Count of Poitou , V Duke d'Aquitaine married Agnes of Burgundy, daughter of Otto Guillaume Count of Burgundy and Ermentrude (Irmgard) de Roucy, BEF MAR 1017/18.³ William III Count of Poitou , V Duke d'Aquitaine married an unknown person.³ He was born circa 969 at Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou, France.⁴ He was the son of William II Count of Poitou , IV Duke d'Aquitaine and Emma de Blois. William III Count of Poitou , V Duke d'Aquitaine married an unknown person after 1005.³ He died between 31 January 1029 and 1030 at France.⁵

     Agnes of Burgundy married William III Count of Poitou , V Duke d'Aquitaine, son of William II Count of Poitou , IV Duke d'Aquitaine and Emma de Blois, BEF MAR 1017/18.¹ Agnes of Burgundy was born circa 995 at Bourgogne, France.² She was the daughter of Otto Guillaume Count of Burgundy and Ermentrude (Irmgard) de Roucy. Agnes of Burgundy died on 10 November 1068.²

     William II Count of Poitou , IV Duke d'Aquitaine was born in 937 at Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou, France.³ He married Emma de Blois before 969. William II Count of Poitou , IV Duke d'Aquitaine died between 3 February 994 and 995.^4,2

     Emma de Blois was born in 950 at Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Orleanais/Centre, France.³ She married William II Count of Poitou , IV Duke d'Aquitaine before 969. Emma de Blois died after 1003.³

     Blanaid nic Brian , of Munster married Malcolm II MacKenneth King of Scotland after 948. Blanaid nic Brian , of Munster was born circa 968 at Munster, Ireland.