Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NameSaint Olga Of Kiev Regent Of Kiev, 32G Grandmother
Spouses
1Igor Prince Of Kiev, 32G Grandfather
FatherRurik Prince Of Kiev (~800-879)
ChildrenSvyatoslav I Suitislaus (~942-~973)
Web Notes notes for Saint Olga Of Kiev Regent Of Kiev
The sudden death of Prince Igor, her husband, left the widow Olga in charge of the Kievan state, for their son Sviatoslav was still a boy. Olga rose to the occasion, ruling the land from 945-962 and becoming the first famous woman in Russian history as well as a saint of the Orthodox church. Olga punished the Drevliane harshly, and persistently strengthened Kievan authority among other East Slavic tribes. She converted to Christianity, possibly in 954 or 955, and journeyed to Constantinople in 957. There she was received by the emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus, who left an account of her visit. But the conversion of Olga did not mean a conversion of her people, nor indeed of her son Sviatoslav.170
Notes Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (241:2).
"John Bailey" posted to soc.genealogy.medieval on 6 Nov 1997
Subject: Rurik Dynasty of Kiev; From Rurik to Yaroslav the Wise
"Probably of Slavic descent, St. Olga was considered a peasant when she married Igor, the Grand Duke of Kiev, Russia. During a campaign against the Drevlianians in the year 945, Igor was assassinated. Since the couple's son, Svyatoslav, was too young to rule, Olga served as regent and eventually effected revenge against the Drevlianians for her husband's death. The details of this effort are described in the Chronicle of Nestor. Olga is given high praise for her courage and ability as a ruler, and for instituting administrative and fiscal reforms throughout the realm. She additionally hastened her country's recovery from the destructive wars that had devastated the land during her husband's reign. She was the first of Russian rulers to be baptized a Christian.
Upon Olga's death in 969, her pagan son honored her request and gave her a Christian burial. She was soon regarded as a saint and is honored in the Russian and Ukrainian Churches. Because her conversion took place before the schism, she is also regarded as a saint of the universal Catholic Church. Olga did not live to see the conversion of Russia, but has the distinction of being the grandmother of St. Vladimir, who effected the Christianization of his people."
Notes Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (241:2).
"John Bailey" posted to soc.genealogy.medieval on 6 Nov 1997
Subject: Rurik Dynasty of Kiev; From Rurik to Yaroslav the Wise
"Probably of Slavic descent, St. Olga was considered a peasant when she married Igor, the Grand Duke of Kiev, Russia. During a campaign against the Drevlianians in the year 945, Igor was assassinated. Since the couple's son, Svyatoslav, was too young to rule, Olga served as regent and eventually effected revenge against the Drevlianians for her husband's death. The details of this effort are described in the Chronicle of Nestor. Olga is given high praise for her courage and ability as a ruler, and for instituting administrative and fiscal reforms throughout the realm. She additionally hastened her country's recovery from the destructive wars that had devastated the land during her husband's reign. She was the first of Russian rulers to be baptized a Christian.
Upon Olga's death in 969, her pagan son honored her request and gave her a Christian burial. She was soon regarded as a saint and is honored in the Russian and Ukrainian Churches. Because her conversion took place before the schism, she is also regarded as a saint of the universal Catholic Church. Olga did not live to see the conversion of Russia, but has the distinction of being the grandmother of St. Vladimir, who effected the Christianization of his people."