Greatest ruler of Russian in Vievan period. Fought and won against brother Sviatopolk but lost principality east of the Dnieper River to other brother Mstislav until his death in 1036 when Yaroslav became supreme ruler of Russia. Rebuilt the cathedral at St Sophia's, revision of the first Russian laws, married daughter Anna off to Henry I of France for alliances in the west. Russia fell to decline and disintergration after his death.
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His son's line, Vsevelod I, can be found at http://gw.geneanet.org/index.php3?b=kellypetit&lang=en;p=vsevolod;n=av+peretjslav
Yaroslav I the Wise (c. 978-1054) (Christian name: Yuri, or George, Old Norse: Jarizleifr) was thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev, uniting the two principalities for a time under his rule. During his lengthy reign, Kievan Rus' reached a zenith of its cultural flowering and military power.
Early years of Yaroslav's life are enshrouded in mystery. He was one of the numerous sons of Vladimir the Great, presumably his second by Rogneda of Polotsk, although his actual age (as stated in the Primary Chronicle and corroborated by the examination of his skeleton in the 1930s) would place him among the youngest children of Vladimir. It was speculated that he was a child begotten out of wedlock after Vladimir's divorce with Rogneda and his marriage to Anna Porphyrogeneta. Yaroslav figures prominently in the Norse Sagas under the name of Jarisleif the Lame; his legendary lameness (probably resulting from an arrow wound) was corroborated by the scientists who examined his relics.
In his youth, Yaroslav was sent by his father to rule the northern lands around Rostov the Great but was transferred to Novgorod the Great, as befitted a senior heir to the throne, in 1010. While living there, he founded the town of Yaroslavl (literally, Yaroslav's) on the Volga. His relations with father were apparently strained, and grew only worse on the news that Vladimir bequeathed the Kievan throne to his younger son, Boris. In 1014 Yaroslav refused to pay tribute to Kiev and only Vladimir's death prevented a war.
During the next four years Yaroslav waged a complicated and bloody war for Kiev against his half-brother Sviatopolk, who was supported by his father-in-law, Duke Boleslaus I of Poland. During the course of this struggle, several other brothers (Boris and Gleb, Svyatoslav) were brutally murdered. The Primary Chronicle accused Svyatopolk of planning those murders, while the Saga of Eymund is often interpretated as recounting the story of Boris's assassination by the Varangians in the service of Yaroslav.
Yaroslav defeated Svyatopolk in their first battle, in 1016, and Svyatopolk fled to Poland. But Svyatopolk returned with Polish troops furnished by his father-in-law Duke Boleslaus of Poland, seized Kiev and pushed Yaroslav back into Novgorod. In 1019, Yaroslav eventually prevailed over Svyatopolk and established his rule over Kiev. One of his first actions as a grand prince was to confer on the loyal Novgorodians (who had helped him to regain the throne), numerous freedoms and privileges. Thus, the foundation for the Novgorod Republic was laid. The Novgorodians respected Yaroslav more than other Kievan princes and named a veche square after him. It is thought that it was at that period that Yaroslav promulgated the first Russian code of laws, called Yaroslav's Justice.
In 1019, Yaroslav married Ingegerd Olofsdotter, daughter of king of Sweden, and gave Ladoga to her as a marriage gift. There are good reasons to believe that before that time he had been married to a woman named Anna, of disputed extraction.
In the Saint Sophia Cathedral, one may see a fresco representing the whole family: Yaroslav, Irene (as Ingigerd was known in Rus), their 5 daughters and 5 sons. Yaroslav married three of his daughters to foreign princes who lived in exile at his court: Elizabeth to Harald III of Norway (who had attained her hand by his military exploits in the Byzantine Empire); Anastasia to the future Andrew I of Hungary, and the youngest daughter Anne of Kiev married Henry I of France and was the regent of France during their son's minority. Another daughter may have been the Agatha who married Edward the Exile, heir to the throne of England and was the mother of Edgar Atheling and St. Margaret of Scotland.
Yaroslav had one son from the first marriage (his Christian name being Ilya), and 6 sons from the second marriage. Apprehending the danger that could ensue from divisions between brothers, he exhorted them to live in peace with each other. The eldest of these, Vladimir of Novgorod, best remembered for building the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Novgorod, predeceased his father. Three other sons - Iziaslav, Sviatoslav, and Vsevolod - reigned in Kiev one after another. The youngest children of Yaroslav were Igor of Volynia and Vyacheslav of Smolensk
The first ruler to establish himself in the memory of the bards by possibly creating a visible kingdom with a capital at Pengwern, a Celtic fortress that became Shrewsbury. He was on good terms with Rhun of Gwynedd and Morgan of Morgannwg, having little bloodshed during his reign.
His son, Tysilio established the church venter of Powys at Meiford and spread his beliefs through out Wales, was the abbott of Meiford and the feast of Saint Tysilio is held on Nov 8th.
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Brochwel ap Cyngen (died c. 560), better known as Brochwel Ysgrithrog, was a king of Powys in Eastern Wales. The unusual nickname Ysgithrog has been translated as ‘of the canine teeth’, ‘the fanged’ or ‘of the tusk’ (perhaps because of big teeth, horns on a helmet or, most likely, his aggressive manner). Brochwel was the son of King Cyngen Glodrydd and his wife St. Tudlwystl, a daughter of Brychan ap Gwyngwen ap Tewdr. As far as is known Brochwel married Arddyn Benasgel, sometimes written Arddun Penasgell (Wing Headed), daughter of King Pabo Post Prydain. They were the parents of King Cynan Garwyn and Saint Tysilio, the founder of the old church at Meifod.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brochwel_Ysgithrog
Daughter and father in law: Pabo Post Prydain was a king somewhere in Y Gogledd Hen or the Old North of sub-Roman Britain.
According to Old Welsh genealogies, which were largely produced to prove a monarch's royal pedigree, Pabo Post Prydain (Pabo Pillar of the Britons) inherited his kingdom from his father Arthwys Ap Mor, a great grandson of Coel Hen. Historians conjecture that he may have ruled in the Pennines or around Papcastle in Cumberland (now Cumbria) in the 6th century. Pedigrees of descent for two of his sons - Sawyl Penuchel and Dynod Fawr - are known, perhaps suggesting a later division of his kingdom. Pabo is sometimes identified with St. Pabo who died and is buried at Llanbabo on Anglesey. If so, he presumably abdicated in order to retire in the west.
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Other sources say he was born 32 BC, died in 14 by drowning in a 'mjødkar' during a celebration."In the evening Fjolne, with his attendants, was taken into the adjoining loft to sleep. In the night he went out to the gallery to seek a certain place, and he was very sleepy and exceedingly drunk. As he came back to his room he went along the gallery to the door of another left, went into it, and his foot slipping, he fell into the vessel of mead and was drowned. "
Ruled the Swedes after his father's death.
Heimskringla, Ynglinga Saga, Section 14
Grottasöngr relates that he was the contemporary of Caesar Augustus. Fjölnir was a mighty king and the crops were bountiful and peace was maintained. At his time, king Fróði ruled in Lejre in Zealand. The two kings were great friends and they often visited each other, but their friendship was to cause them to inadvertently kill each other. Grottisong relates that when Frodi once visited Uppsala he bought two giantesses, Fenja and Menja, but they were to be his undoing (see Grottasöngr).
Heimskringla relates that he was the son of Freyr himself and the giantess Gerd, but he was the first of his house who was not to be deified. Once Fjölnir went to see Frodi in Zealand and a great feast had been prepared to which many people were invited. Frodi had a large house where he stored a huge vessel full of very strong mead. Above the vessel there was an opening in the ceiling from which mead was poured into it, by men standing in the loft above. After the banquet, Fjölnir was taken to stay the night in an adjoining loft. However, at night he felt that all the mead he had drunk forced him to leave his bed and to seek his way out into the bushes to relieve himself. Since he was very drunk and very tired he stumbled through the wrong door and staggered across the floor above the vessel. He slipped and fell through the opening into the vessel of mead where he drowned.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fj%C3%B6lner
Odin (or Woden) was a great chief in Asgaard, Asaland, or Asia, with two brothers, Ve, the other Vilje. Odin waged war against Vanalanders (in Asia) unsuccessfully. After years of mutual ravaging, both countries sent their best men to settle a truce and come to peace in Vanaheim, . Aagaard sent Hone, a chief and Mime, a man of great understanding. Vanaland sent Njord the Rich, and his son Frey and Kvase, a wise man. The Vanalanders thought Hone had deceived them, beheaded Mime and snet his head to Odin, who preserved it with herbs and it became powerful. Njord and Frey became priests and Diar of the Asian people. Njord's daighter, Freya, became the first priestess of sacrifice who taught magic to the Asians. Odin appropriated to himself the whole of that district, and called it Sigtun. To the temple priests he gave also domains. Njord dwelt in Noatun, Frey in Upsal, Heimdal in the Himinbergs, Thor in Thrudvang, Balder in Breidablik; to all of them he gave good estates.
Odin moved north and the Swedes honoured hmim. Upon Odin's death, Njord becamse the high king, and at Njord's death, Frey would rule.
When Frey died, the people hid his death for three years, at which point
his son ruled.
Heimskringla, Ynglinga Saga, Section 1-12
Freyr (sometimes anglicized Frey)[1] is one of the most important deities in Norse paganism and Norse mythology. Worshipped as a phallic fertility god, Freyr "bestows peace and pleasure on mortals". He rules over the rain, the shining of the sun and the produce of the fields.
He is one of the Vanir, the son of the sea god Njörðr and brother of the love goddess Freyja. The gods gave him Álfheimr, the realm of the Elves, as a teething present. He rides the shining dwarf-made boar Gullinbursti and possesses the ship Skíðblaðnir which always has a favorable breeze and can be folded together and carried in a pouch when it is not being used. He has the servants Skírnir, Byggvir and Beyla.
The most extensive Freyr myth relates Freyr's falling in love with the giantess Gerðr. Eventually she becomes his wife but first Freyr has to give away his magic sword which fights on its own "if wise be he who wields it". Deprived of this weapon Freyr defeats the giant Beli with an antler. But at Ragnarök, the end of the world, Freyr will be killed by the fire giant Surtr.
Freyr was especially associated with Sweden and seen as an ancestor of the Swedish royal house.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyr
Jorund and his brother, Eric were very young when their father was killed, so their uncle Alf's son Hugleik ruled, reputed as not being a warrior and being quite greedy. Two sea king brothers, Hake and Hagbard, invaded Sweden and killed Hugleik, Hake ruled the Swedes.
Meanwhile, Yngvi's sons, Jorund and Eric, invaded Denmark, taking and hanging the king, Gudlog.at Stromones. They went after Hake next, who killed Eric and cut the brother's banner in two at a great battle on the Fyrisvoid near Uppsala, Hake was wounded enough to have set his boat free with all his men and burned it, falling upon the flames to die. Jorund becmae the king at Uppsala.
Jorund would leave on expeditions to Denmark and Jutland. One year he was
marauding at Lymfjord in the autumn when Gudlog's son, King Gylog of Halogaland,
attacked, imprisoned and hanged Jorund.
Heimskringla, Ynglinga Saga, Section 25-28
Jorund or Eorund was a Swedish king of the House of Yngling. He was the son of Yngvi, and he had reclaimed the throne of Sweden for his dynasty from Haki (the brother of Hagbard, the hero of the legend of Hagbard and Signy, and it should be noted that Snorri cites two kennings from this legend Sigar's steed and Hagard's fell noose, when telling of Jorund).
Snorri Sturluson relates that when Jorund was young he used to travel the seas and plunder with his brother Erik, and they were great warriors. One summer they plundered in Denmark where they met another pillager, King Gudlög of Hålogaland (a province in Norway) with whom they fought. They took him prisoner and carried him ashore at Stromones where they hanged him. Gudlaug's surviving companions raised a mound over him there.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorund
Iziaslav Yaroslavich (1024-1078), Kniaz' (Prince) of Turaw, Veliki Kniaz (the Grand Prince) of Kiev (since 1054), the oldest son of Yaroslav I the Wise. Iziaslav was one of the authors of "Pravda Yaroslavichey" - a part of the first Russian legal code called Russkaya Pravda.
In 1043 his father Veliki Kniaz (Grand Prince) Yaroslav made an agreement with King Casimir I of Poland that recognized Cherven as part of Kiev. The agreement was sealed with a double marriage—Casimir to Dobronega, Yaroslav's sister; and Iziaslav to Gertrude, Casimir's sister. From this marriage was born Iziaslav's son Yaropolk. His other son, Sviatopolk, was illegitimate.
As a result of the popular uprising in 1068, Iziaslav was deposed and fled to Poland. In 1069 he retook Kiev with the help the Polish army, however, he was ousted again by his brothers in 1073. Iziaslav turned to German emperor, Polish king and the Pope for help on several occasions. In 1077 he succeeded in retaking Kiev once again, but soon died in an internecine war against princes Oleg Sviatoslavich and Boris Vyacheslavich.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iziaslav_I_of_Kiev