Gytha of Wessex: Difference between revisions
Bisclavret34 (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Bisclavret34 (talk | contribs) mNo edit summary |
||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
==Life== |
==Life== |
||
According to the thirteenth-century [[chronicler]] [[Saxo Grammaticus]], after the death of their father Harold Godwinson (d.1066), Gytha and two of her brothers (probably [[Godwin, |
According to the thirteenth-century [[chronicler]] [[Saxo Grammaticus]], after the death of their father Harold Godwinson (d.1066), Gytha and two of her brothers (probably [[Godwin, son of Harold Godwinson|Godwin]] and [[Edmund, son of Harold Godwinson|Edmund]]) escaped to the court of their first cousin once-removed, King [[Sweyn II of Denmark|Sweyn Estridsson]] of [[Denmark]].<ref>Mason, ''House of Godwine'', p. 199.</ref> The two brothers were treated by Sweyn with hospitality, while their sister was married to Waldemar, King of [[Ruthenia]], i.e. [[Vladimir II Monomakh]], one of the most famous rulers of [[Kievan Rus]].<ref>Saxo Grammaticus, ''Gesta Danorum'', vol. 2, 798– 801; Mason, ''House of Godwine'', p. 200.</ref> |
||
Gytha was the mother of [[Mstislav I of Kiev|Mstislav the Great]], the last ruler of united Kievan Rus. In the [[Norse saga]]s, Mstislav is called Harald, after his grandfather. The [[patericon]] of [[St. Pantaleon's Church, Cologne|St. Pantaleon Cloister]] in [[Cologne]] says that "Gytha the Queen" died as a nun on 10 March. A year later Vladimir Monomakh married another woman. |
Gytha was the mother of [[Mstislav I of Kiev|Mstislav the Great]], the last ruler of united Kievan Rus. In the [[Norse saga]]s, Mstislav is called Harald, after his grandfather. The [[patericon]] of [[St. Pantaleon's Church, Cologne|St. Pantaleon Cloister]] in [[Cologne]] says that "Gytha the Queen" died as a nun on 10 March. A year later Vladimir Monomakh married another woman. |
||
Revision as of 21:19, 7 February 2019
| Gytha of Wessex | |
|---|---|
| Born | c.1053 |
| Died | 1098 or 1107 |
| Spouse | Vladimir II Monomakh |
| Issue | Mstislav the Great Izyaslav Vladimirovich Svyatoslav Vladimirovich Yaropolk II of Kiev Viacheslav I of Kiev |
| House | House of Godwin (by birth) Rurik Dynasty (by marriage) |
| Father | Harold Godwinson |
| Mother | Edith Swannesha |
Gytha of Wessex (born c.1053 - died 1098 or 1107;[1] Old English: Gȳð) was one of several daughters of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, by his consort, Edyth Swannesha. Through marriage to Vladimir II Monomakh Gytha became a Grand Princess consort of Kievan Rus'.[2]
Life
According to the thirteenth-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, after the death of their father Harold Godwinson (d.1066), Gytha and two of her brothers (probably Godwin and Edmund) escaped to the court of their first cousin once-removed, King Sweyn Estridsson of Denmark.[3] The two brothers were treated by Sweyn with hospitality, while their sister was married to Waldemar, King of Ruthenia, i.e. Vladimir II Monomakh, one of the most famous rulers of Kievan Rus.[4]
Gytha was the mother of Mstislav the Great, the last ruler of united Kievan Rus. In the Norse sagas, Mstislav is called Harald, after his grandfather. The patericon of St. Pantaleon Cloister in Cologne says that "Gytha the Queen" died as a nun on 10 March. A year later Vladimir Monomakh married another woman.
Children
With Vladimir, Gytha had several children, including:[5]
- Mstislav the Great (1076–1132)
- Izyaslav Vladimirovich, Prince of Kursk († 6 September 1096)
- Svyatoslav Vladimirovich, Prince of Smolensk and Pereyaslav († 16 March 1114)
- Yaropolk II of Kiev († 18 February 1139)
- Viacheslav I of Kiev († 2 February 1154)
Family trees
References
Sources
- Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum: The History of the Danes, 2 vols. (Oxford, 2015).
- E. Mason, The House of Godwine: The History of a Dynasty (London, 2004).
- T. Zajac, 'Marriage Impediments in Canon Law and Practice: Consanguinity Regulations and the Case of Orthodox-Catholic Intermarriage in Kyivan Rus, ca. 1000 – 1250,' in Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Congress of Medieval Canon Law, Toronto, 5-11 August 2012, ed. Joseph Goering, Stephan Dusil, and Andreas Thier (Vatican City, 2016), pp. 711-29.
External link
- S. Lewis, 'Gytha of Wessex, an Anglo-Saxon Russian Princess', blogpost
Further reading
- Alexander Nazarenko. Древняя Русь на международных путях. Moscow, 2001. ISBN 5-7859-0085-8. (Russian)