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 Abt 881 - 969 (88 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Kiev, Olga Grand Duchess of was born about 881 in , Pskov, Pskov, Russia; died on 11 Jul 969 in , Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine. Notes:
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St. Olga 879-969 Married in 903 to Prince Igor I of Kieve, Russia, she was a cruel and barbarous woman (she scalded her husband's murderers to death in 945 and murdered hundreds of their followers) until she was baptized at Constantinople in 957. She then requested Emperor Otto I to send missionaries to Kiev. Although St. Adalbert of Magdeburg was sent and the queen exerted great efforts the mission proved a failure as did her attempts to convert her son, Svyatoslav. Christianity was introduced however by her grandson St. Vladimir.. Feastday July 11.
Olga married Kiev, Igor Grand Duke of in 903 in Of Pskov, Pskov, Russia. Igor was born in 877 in , Novgorod, Novgorod, Russia; died in 945 in , Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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- Kiev, Svyatoslav I Grand Duke of was born in 942 in Of, Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine; died in in , Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine.
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