Yaroslav the Wise

Yaroslav the Wise was a male politician and knyaz in Kievan Rus'. Born in 978, he was the son of Vladimir the Great and Rogneda. He belonged to the Rurikids family and practiced Eastern Orthodoxy. Yaroslav spoke Old East Slavic and was canonized as Right-Believing. He was married to Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, with whom he had children including Elisiv of Kiev, Anastasia of Kyiv, Anne of Kyiv, and Iziaslav I of Kiev.

Yaroslav died on February 20, 1054, in Vyshhorod. He is buried at Saint Sophia Cathedral. His siblings included Predslava Vladimirovna, Maria Dobroniega of Kiev, Pryamyslava Volodymyrivna, and Vysheslav Vladimirovich. He is described in sources such as the Russian Biographical Dictionary and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.