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Wyszesława Sviatoslavna of Kiev (d. aft. 1089), was a Russian princess member of the Rurikid dynasty and by marriage Duchess and later Queen of Poland.

She was the eldest child and only daughter of Sviatoslav II, Prince of Chernihiv and later Grand Prince of Kiev, by his wife Kilikia, probably member of the House of Dithmarschen.^[1]

Life

The chronicler Jan Długosz and other authors reported her parentage.^[2]

She was certainly married with Bolesław II the Bold, Duke of Poland, before 1069, because in that they had their only child, Mieszko. She was probably crowned Queen of Poland with her husband on the Christmas Day of 1076 in the Gniezno Cathedral by the Archbishop Bogumił.

In 1079, together with her husband and son she was in exile in Hungary. Two years later (ca. 1081/82), Bolesław II died in Hungary, probably by poisoning.

In 1086, together with her son Mieszko, Wyszesława returned to Polish. According to Gallus Anonymus, she participated in the funeral of her son, who was poisoned in 1089. This is the last mention of the wife of Bolesław II the Bold; her fate remains unknown.

Modern historians, leaded by Oswald Balzer in his Genealogii Piastów (1895), refuted the name and origins of Bolesław II's wife. They stated that she likely had a German or Russian origin. Also, was exposed the theory that the Queen Agnes (Agnes Regina) whose obituary is recorded in Zwiefalten was the wife of Bolesław II; is also believed that she belonged to the Přemyslid dynasty.^[3]

References

^ RUSSIA, RURIK
^ Baumgarten (1927), p. 20, citing Sommersberg, Selisiacorum Rerum Scriptores, vol. V. I, pp. 650-651; Monumenta Poloniae Historica vol. IV, cap. 10; Tatyszczew, vol. III, p. 119, and Linniczenko, Relations mutuelles de Russie et de Pologne, pag. 53.
^ T. Jurek, Agnes regina. W poszukiwaniu żony Bolesława Szczodrego, LXXII, 2006, s. 95-104.

Royal titles
Wyszesława of Kiev Rurikid dynasty Born: bef.1012 Died: aft. 1089
Preceded by Richeza of Lotharingia	Duchess of Poland Queen from 1076 1068?-1079	Succeeded by Wyszesława of Kiev

[1] RUSSIA, RURIK

[2] Baumgarten (1927), p. 20, citing Sommersberg, Selisiacorum Rerum Scriptores, vol. V. I, pp. 650-651; Monumenta Poloniae Historica vol. IV, cap. 10; Tatyszczew, vol. III, p. 119, and Linniczenko, Relations mutuelles de Russie et de Pologne, pag. 53.

[3] T. Jurek, Agnes regina. W poszukiwaniu żony Bolesława Szczodrego, LXXII, 2006, s. 95-104.

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