Elisiv of Kiev
| Elisiv of Kiev | |||||
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| Queen consort of Norway | |||||
| Reign | 1045–1066 | ||||
| Predecessor | Emma of Normandy | ||||
| Successor | Ingerid of Denmark | ||||
| Born | 1025 | ||||
| Died | c. 1067 (aged 41–42) | ||||
| Spouse | Harald III of Norway | ||||
| Issue |
Maria Haraldsdotter Ingegerd, Queen of Denmark and Sweden |
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| House |
Rurik dynasty (by birth) Hardrada dynasty (by marriage) |
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| Father | Yaroslav I of Kiev | ||||
| Mother | Princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden | ||||
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| Elisaveta Yaroslavna |
Elisaveta Yaroslavna of Kiev (Norwegian: Ellisif or Elisiv), (1025 – c. 1067), was a Princess of Kiev and Queen Consort of King Harald III of Norway.
Elisaveta was the daughter of the Grand Prince of Veliky Novgorod and Kievan Rus, Yaroslav the Wise and his consort Swedish princess Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, the daughter of Swedish King Olof Skötkonung and Estrid of the Obotrites . Elisaveta was the sister of Anastasia of Kiev who married the future Andrew I of Hungary, Anne of Kiev who married Henry I of France and possibly of Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile Her brothers included Vladimir of Novgorod, Iziaslav I of Kiev, Sviatoslav II of Kiev , Vsevolod I, Prince of Kiev and Igor Yaroslavich.
During the winter of 1043–44, Elisaveta was married to Prince Harald Sigurdsson of Norway. Harald had left Norway in 1030 after having participated in the Battle of Stiklestad on the side of his half-brother, King Olav II of Norway. Harald had since then served under the protection of her father as well as that of the Byzantine monarch.
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