Everything about Gytha Of Wessex totally explained
Gytha of Wessex was one of several daughters of
Ealdgyth Swan-neck by
Harold II, the last
Anglo-Saxon king of
England.
According to
Saxo Grammaticus, two of Harold's sons and a daughter escaped to the court of their uncle, king
Sweyn Estridsson of
Denmark. They were treated by Sweyn with hospitality, while their sister was married to Waldemar, king of
Ruthenia, for example
Vladimir II Monomakh, one of the most famous rulers of
Kievan Rus.
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
pateric of St Pantaleon Cloister in
Cologne says that "Gytha the Queen" died as a nun on
10 March. It is assumed that she followed
Godfrey of Bouillon in the
first Crusade and died in
Palestine, most likely in
1098, as a year later Vladimir Monomakh married another woman.
Children
Their children were:
- Mstislav the Great (1076-1132)
- Izyaslav Vladimirovich, Prince of Kursk (+September 6, 1096)
- Svyatoslav Vladimirovich, Prince of Smolensk and Pereyaslav (+March 16, 1114)
- Yaropolk II of Kiev (+February 18, 1139)
- Viacheslav I of Kiev (+February 2, 1154)
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