| Irina | |||||
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| Irina, Grand Princess of Kiev | |||||
| Reign | 969–1015 | ||||
| Predecessor | Olga the Great prihcess of Kiev | ||||
| Successor | Ingigerd | ||||
| Princess of Kiev | |||||
| Reign | 969–1015 | ||||
| Born | ~951 | ||||
| Died | 1015 [aged ~63] | ||||
| Spouse | Petr 1 rex Bolgaria, Yaropolk I of Kyiv | ||||
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| Dynasty | Laptin | ||||
| Father | Christopher Laptin | ||||
| Mother | Sofia | ||||
Irina (Ukrainian: Ірина) (?-990), was a Grand Princess of the Kiev by marriage to Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev (r. 980–1015).[1]a Greek nun captured by the Grand Duke of Kyiv Svyatoslav Igorevich during a campaign in Bulgaria and presented by him, his son Yaropolk Svyatoslavich, as a concubine. After Vladimir killed Yaropolk, she forcibly became Vladimir’s wife.[2]
Issue
- Sviatopolk the Accursed (born c. 979), possibly the surviving son of Yaropolk
References
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