Sviatopolk I of Kiev

Sviatopolk's mother was a Greek nun captured by Sviatoslav I in Bulgaria and married to his lawful heir Yaropolk I, who became the prince in 972.When Sviatopolk was eight years old, Vladimir put him in charge of Turov and later arranged his marriage with the daughter of Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.The prince was discovered still breathing when his body was being transported in a bag to Kiev, but the Varangians put him out of his misery with the thrust of a lance.Soon he returned with the Pecheneg army and attacked Yaroslav on the Alta River, but was once again defeated and fled to Poland, dying on his way there in July 1019.Sviatopolk may have been murdered by a descendant of Valuk Conqueror (Wallux dux Winedorum)[1] who in 1018 helped him and his father-in-law Bolesław I in expedition against Yaroslav.Preparing a campaign against Kiev, Bolesław abruptly stopped a successful war against the German Emperor Henry II.The I-S2077 subclade of Y-DNA haplogroup I-Z63 was sampled on an elite warrior buried in Bodzia Cemetery in a rich burial from ca.
Jan Matejko, Sviatopolk (in red) with Bolesław the Brave at the Golden Gate in Kiev
Wedding of Sviatopolk (1892) by Jan Matejko
Eastern Slavic naming customspatronymicGrand Prince of KievVladimir the GreatYaroslav the WisePrince of TurovBolesław I the BraveDynastyYaropolk IIrina, Grand Princess of KievOld East SlavicSvyatopolk-MirskyRurikidPeter the Great Sviatoslav IBulgariaVladimirhis parentage has been questionedBolesław I the Brave of PolandReinbernBishopKołobrzegBolesław the BraveBoris, GlebdruzhinaboyarsVarangiansYaroslavNovgorodLubechDnieper riverPolandwith help from his father-in-lawBolesław of Polandremained in Rus' for several monthsCherven townsposadnikKonstantin DobrynichsteppesPechenegAlta RiverValuk ConquerorMenaionNorse sagaEymund's sagaYngvars saga víðförlaThietmar of MerseburgPrimary ChronicleHenry IIBodzia CemeteryKievan Rus'RussianUkrainianBibcodeVladimir IYaroslav ITitles in pretence