Irina, Grand Princess of Kiev
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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]
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vladimirovich.
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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 |
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