Predslava () (?-990), was a Grand Princess of

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by marriage to Svyatoslav I,

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(r. 945–972).

Biography

There is little information about the wives of Grand Prince Svyatoslav. It is known that he had a harem. According to the Russian historian

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, the eldest wife was a Hungarian princess named Predstlavna. However, according to Ukrainian researcher

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, this name is the result of Tatishchev's erroneous conclusion from the text of the 944 agreement between Russia and the Byzantine Empire. Otherwise, it is quite likely that the alliance with Hungary could have been sealed by a marriage with the daughter of the Hungarian prince

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. In addition, there is an opinion that Predslava was the daughter of a Kiev boyar or a Pecheneg khan. There are reports that Predslava allegedly sent a mercenary to kill Malusha, Svyatoslav's concubine, but failed. After that, the Grand Prince sent his wife to the settlement, which received her name - Predslavino (according to another version, it is named after the daughter of the Grand Prince

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). Further fate is unknown.

Family

She is considered the mother of the Grand Prince Yaropolk, and sometimes also his brother Oleg. The researcher

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suggested that the son of Predslava and Svyatoslav could be Volodyslav, who died young. However, she did not raise children, as her mother-in-law, the princess

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took over.

Issue

* Oleg of Drelinia (died 977?) *

Yaropolk I of Kiev Yaropolk may refer to * Yaropolk I of Kiev (Yaropolk Svyatoslavich) (about 950–980) * Yaropolk Izyaslavich (about 1050–about 1100) * Yaropolk II of Kiev (Yaropolk Vladimirovich), (1082–1139) *Yaropolk, son of Vladimir of Novgorod {{disam ...

(952 - 978)

References

Sources

* Tatishchev V. N. История Российская, part 2, chapter 4, note. 148 * Vernadsky H.V. The Golden Age of Kievan Rus. — M.: Algoritm, 2012 {{in lang, ru
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Year of birth unknown Date of death unknown Princesses consort of Kiev (before 1019) 10th-century women from Kievan Rus' Rurikids