Olga of Kiev was born 879 in Pskov, Ukraine, and died July 11, 969. She married Igor I of Kiev, son of Rurik of Kiev.
Notes for Olga of Kiev: Also known as Olha; Helena; Helga Memorial 11 July Profile First Christian queen of Ukraine. Wife of Igor I, duke of Kiev @ age 24. Ruled Kiev after Igor's assassination in 945. Following her conversion and baptism in 957 in Constantinople, when she took the name Helena, she tried to introduce Christianity to the Ukraine on a wide scale, but failed. When her son Sviatoslav reached adulthood, she handed the throne to him. Grandmother of Saint Vladimir, great-grandmother of Saints Boris and Gleb. Born 879 @ Pskov Died 11 July 969; relics found to be incorrupt, and translated to the Church of the Tithes in Kiev, the first time relics were displayed in Rus-Ukraine; relics lost forever in the early 18th century Patronage converts, widows
More About Olga of Kiev: Occupation: Regent of Kiev.
Olga of Kiev (b. 879, d. July 11, 969)
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