Grzymisława Ingvarevna of Łuck Date of birth is unknown - † June 14 or December 24, 1258, Duchess of Poland, since 1207, wife of Duke of Krakow Leszek the White.

• Ingvar of Kiev, Prince of Volyn or Yaroslav Vladimirovich, Prince of Novgorod

• unknown wife of Prince of Volyn Ingvar Yaroslavich

The state-of-the-art on Leszek the White is quite particular (for a detailed summary of bibliography see D. Dombrowski: [2, p. 344]). A majority of scholars think that Leszek the White only wife Grzymisława was daughter of Ingvar of Kiev [1, p. 64; 4, 6; 7, p. 61, table XIV; 10, table 27; 11, table 93; 15, p. 39-40; 16, p. 44, etc.]. The marriage seems to have been contracted around 1207, probably even before princess’s majority. Basing on this assumption, one can suppose that Ingvarevna was born around 1197 [2, p. 348]. The choice of the young daughter of Ingvar Yaroslavich was due to political calculations. In the fall of 1207, Leszek and Konrad took Volodimir-Volynsky at the Alexander of Belz’s request, expelled the local prince, and put Alexander himself on the throne [I, col. 720-721]. These actions were opposed by Vladimir of Pinsk. To resist Vladimir, Leszek entered into an alliance with Mstislav and Ingvar. The marriage of Leszek with Ingvar’s daughter was thus supposed to confirm this union. These events are beyond any doubt; the views vary, however, on what happened later.

Recently, a hypothesis which has been for the first time expressed by D. Dombrowski  is more and more often reproduces by scholars [8, p. 65; 9, p. 67-93; 12, p. 162, note 94; 14, p. 173-174; 18, p. 265]. According to D. Dombrovski, Ingvar Yaroslavich’s daughter was the first wife of Leszek the White, and her name is unknown. The marriage with Ingvar’s daughter did not last long. Concluded for the sake of short-lived political benefits, the marriage fell apart very quickly due to the change of political context. In order to prevent Igorevichi’s from strengthening in Western Rus’ his father-in-law strengthening on the throne of Volodimir-Volynsky, Leszek sent his wife back and decided to participate Andrew II of Hunagry’s campaign against Galich [II, p. 53; 2, p. 346-347]. D. Dombrowski suggested that the marriage of Ingvar’s daughter to Leszek was not even contracted due to minority of the bride and to the fast change of the political situation [ibid.]. He thought thus that Grzymisława mentioned in the sources was actually the daughter of Prince Yaroslav Vladimirovich and the marriage with her, already the second for Leszek, was contracted in 1210/1211. [9, p. 81]. D. Dombrowski suggested that Ingvar’s daughter must have been dead by that time [2, p. 348].

The hypothesis of Leszek’s second wife is based on the account of Jan Dlugosz who called Grzymisława Yaroslav’s daughter; until recently, this account has been considered to be erroneous [III, 17, p. 265]. According to D. Dombrowski, Grzymisława was born in 1189 and married to Polish prince when she was already of childbearing age. She was the mother of all famous children of Leszek the White: Boleslaw V the Chaste and Salomea of Poland. After Leszek’s assassination in 1227 at the meeting with Swietopelk II of Pomerania in Gonsawa, Grzymisława became the regent of the young Boleslaw and participated actively in the political life of Krakow [13, p. 56-57; 17]. It was her who organized both marriages of her children: for Boleslaw, with the daughter of the Hungarian king Bela IV, for Salome, with the Hungarian prince Kalman [3, p. 211]. These activities helped to prevent the capture of Galicia-Volynian Rus’ by the Hungarians [5]. Having lost the struggle for power over Krakow and the position of regent, Grzymisława was forced to take refuge in the Duchy of Sandomierz. Sometime around 1232, the princess tried to reclaim Boleslaw’s rights to the throne, but was captured by Konrad of Mazovia, Boleslaw's uncle, and sent to Franciscan monastery in Zawichost. Having escaped from the prison, Grzymisława turned to the Pope as mediator. She was allowed to remain at Krakow court, where she lived until her death in 1258.

• Bolesław V the Chaste, King of Poland (1243 - 1279), Duke of Sandomierz (1232–1279)
• Salome of Poland, wife of the Hungarian prince Kalman, the son of the Hungarian king Andras II from the Arpad dynast
• Elena (possibly), * the second wife of Vasilko Romanovich, Prince of Belz (1207–1211), Prince of Lutsk (1229–1238), Prince of Volynsk (1231–1269). * D. Dombrovsky doubts that Grzymisława has a second daughter, Elena.

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