ANNA († October 7, 1111 г., buried in Kiev in the Andreevsky (Yanchin) monastery) was the second wife of the Kiev prince Vsevolod Yaroslavich

Biography

Anna was a polovtsian princess, she became the wife of Vsevolod Yaroslavich no later than in 1069. She was baptized when she became a Russian princess and recieved the name Anna.  After the death of her husband Anna remained to live in Kiev.  "Vsevolozh princess" (the widow of Vsevolod Yaroslavich, the second wife of the prince) and Metropolitan Nikolai were sent by the people of Kiev to Vladimir Monomakh to negotiate his reconciliation with Svyatopolk.  Vladimir «преклонися на молбу» and «кнѧгини же бывши оу Володимера . и прииде Кыеву . и повѣда всю рѣчь Ст҃ополку . и Киӕномъ ӕко миръ будеть» [I, стб. 264].  Recent studies suggest that Anna was mentioned in the graffito of St. Sophia of Kiev on the purchase of the land of Boyan [Drobyshev] [II, p.  60-64].  Perhaps the seals with the name Maria [Hamayko] belonged to princess Anna.

Children

  • Rostislav, prince of Pereyaslavl
  • Eupraxia (Adelheid, Praxedis), second wife of the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV
  • Catherine, nun

Sources

I. Polnoe sobranie russkikh letopisei (PSRL). T. 1. Lavrent'evskaia letopis'. L., 1926.

II. Vysotskiĭ S.A. Drevnerusskie nadpisi Sofii Kievskoĭ XI–XIV vv. Kiev, 1966.

Bibliography

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2. Koniavskaia E.L. Drevnerusskie kniagini XI–XIII vv.: ikh vladeniia i rol' v politicheskoi i tserkovnoi zhizni // Drevniaia Rus'. Voprosy medievistiki. 2021. № 3 (85).

3. Sverdlov M.B. Domongol'skaia Rus'. Kniaz' i kniazheskaia vlast' na Rusi VI – pervoi treti XIII vv. SPb., 2003.