Olga _____, of Pskov

ca. 892 - 969  (77 år)

• Navn	Olga _____, of Pskov
  Fødsel	ca. 892	Pskov, Kievan Russia (Russia)   [1]
  Dåb	955	Kiev, Kievan Russia (Ukraine)
  Køn	Kvinde
  Død	969	Kiev, Kievan Russia (Ukraine)
  Person-ID	I5415	anebasen
  Sidst ændret	2 jun. 2001

  
  

  Familie	Igor I _____,   f. ca. 875, Novgorod, Kievan Russia (Russia) d. 945, Drevlyane region, Kievan (Belorussia) (Alder 70 år)
  Ægteskab	903
  Børn	1. Dobrynia _____,   f. før 940, Kiev, Kievan Russia (Ukraine) d. eft. 985 (Alder > 45 år)   2. Sviatoslav I _____, of Kiev,   f. 942, Kiev, Kievan Russia (Ukraine) d. 972, Killed in an ambush by the forces (Alder 30 år)
  Familie-ID	F2119	Gruppeskema  |  Familietavle
  Sidst ændret	2 okt. 2023

  
  

• Notater

  Probably of Slavic descent, St. Olga was considered a peasant when shemarried Igor, the Grand Duke of Kiev, Russia. During a campaign againstthe Drevlianians in the year 945, Igor was assassinated. Since thecouple's son, Svyatoslav, was too young to rule, Olga served as regentand eventually effected revenge against the Drevlianians for herhusband's death. The details of this effort are described in theChronicle of Nestor. Olga is given high praise for her courage and ability as a ruler, and forinstituting administrative and fiscal reforms throughout the realm. Sheadditionally hastened her country's recovery from the destructive warsthat had devastated the land during her husband's reign. She was thefirst of Russian ruler to be baptized a Christian, in 957. Upon Olga's death in 969, her pagan son honored her request and gave hera Christian burial. She was soon regarded as a saint and is honored inthe Russian and Ukranian Churches, her saint-day is the 11th of July.Because her conversion took place before the schism, she is also regardedas a saint of the universal Catholic Church. Olga did not live to see the conversion of Russia, but has thedistinction of being the grandmother of St. Vladimir, who effected theChristianization of his people. [2]

  
  

• Kilder

  [S112] "Kievan Russia", George Vernadsky, 1948. [S4] Norman Lee Madsen, Norman Lee Madsens database, (http://www3.sympatico.ca/colin.swift/).