Svyatoslav I of Kiev Suitislaus, Prince of Kiev

Abt 942 - 972  (~ 30 years)

• Name	Svyatoslav I of Kiev Suitislaus  [1]
  Suffix	Prince of Kiev
  Birth	Abt 942
  Gender	Male
  Death	972
  	Cause: ambushed and killed
  Acceded	955/973
  	http://www.friesian.com/russia.htm#kiev
  _FSFTID	KNQB-KLW
  _FSLINK	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=KNQB-KLW
  Notes	Acceded: 945 http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07130 Generation Three Svyatoslav I, Grand Prince of Kiev Born circa 942 Acceded in 945 Died in 972, ambushed and killed. Svyatoslav was only about three years old when his father Igor was murdered in 945, hence his mother St. Olga acted as Regent of Kiev until 964. Olga's first official act was to wreak vengeance on the Drevlanes who had murdered her husband by besieging and burning their town of Korosten. In 957 Olga went with a large retinue to Constantinople, accepted Christianity, and received baptism. In 964, Svyatoslav took over the government, although his mother continued to administer home affairs until her death in 970. Svyatoslav led Kievan Rus's military conquest of the Bulgars, responding to attacks by the Khazar tribe. He in turn was ambushed and killed by Byzantines from Pecheneg in the south, who, according to legend, converted Svyatoslav's skull into a drinking vessel. Svyatoslav married Malousha and they had a son: St. Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev Svyatoslav married to Predeslava of Hungary and they had the following children: Yaropolk I, Grand Prince of Kiev, 972 - 978; his son, Svyatopolk I, Grand Prince of Kiev 1015 - 1019 Oleg http://www3.sympatico.ca/robert.sewell/kiev.html
  Person ID	I4695	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Igor I of Kiev, Prince of Kiev,   b. Abt 875, Novogorod, Kiev d. 945 (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Olga of Kiev, Regent of Kiev,   b. Abt 890, Russia d. 969, Novogorod, Kiev (Age ~ 79 years)
  Family ID	F1369	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Malusha   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Type: Associated with
  _STAT	Associated with
  Children	1. Vladimir (St.) The Great of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev,   b. 960   d. 15 Jul 1015, Kiev, Ukraine (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F1371	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Predeslava of Hungary   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Yaropolk I of Kiev, Prince of Kiev,   b. Abt 958   d. 978 (Age ~ 20 years)   2. Oleg,   b. Abt 959   d. 977 (Age ~ 18 years)
  Family ID	F1372	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

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  Svyatoslav I, Grand Prince of Kiev, 945 - 972

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).