Anna Porphyrogenneta
Anna Porphyrogenita (even Anna of Byzantium , Russian Анна Византийская , ancient Greek Άννα even Helena (); * 13 March 963 ; † 1011 / 1012 ) was wife of Vladimir the Great , Grand Prince of Kiev .
Life
Anna was a daughter of the Byzantine emperor Romanos II and his wife Theophanu , hence her nickname Porphyrogenneta . She was born on March 13, 963.
In 988 Vladimir moved to the Byzantine Empire with 6,000 warriors . He besieged the city of Chersonese and threatened to attack Constantinople if he did not get the sister of the Byzantine emperors Basil II and Constantine VIII to wife. They reluctantly agreed on the condition that Vladimir would be baptized and provide military aid against the Bulgarians. Anna followed "with tears". Vladimir was baptized and married Anna.
After his return he declared Christianity to be the state religion in Kievan Rus according to the Greek Orthodox rite . Anna is said to have "built many churches" and advised Vladimir on church matters.
There is no further news about Anna's life. She died in 1011 or 1012. Her grave was in St. Mary's Church in Kiev next to Vladimir.
Descendants of Anna and Vladimir are not known.
swell
- Johannes Skylitzes : Synopsis Historion ( Synopsis of Byzantine History , 811-1057, translated by John Wortley, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2010, ISBN 978-0-521-76705-7 , p. 319)
- Nestor Chronicle
- Thietmar von Merseburg : Chronicle
- Yahya of Antioch , Historia (ed. Patrologia Orientalis , Vol. 18 online )
Web links
- Карпов А. Ю. Анна, жена киевского князя Владимира Святого ( Anna, wife of Prince Vladimir the Holy )
literature
- Никитенко Н .: От Царьграда до Киева: Анна Порфирородная. Мудрый или Окаянный? (From Tsargrad to Kiev: Anna Porphyrogenneta), Kiev 2012.
- Timothy Reuter, Rosamond McKitterick: The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 900-c. 1024 , Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1995, ISBN 978-0-521-36447-8 , p. 597.
Remarks
- ↑ Thietmar von Merseburg calls her Helena , Chronik, chap. 7th
- ↑ Johannes Skylitzes.
- ↑ Nestor Chronicle ; Thietmar von Merseburg writes that she is Otto III. was promised (?), unclear, Otto was 8 years old, 17 younger than Anna, cf. Chronicle, chap. 7th
- ↑ Paul Kirn: With which crown was King Sigmund crowned in Aachen? In: Annals of the Historical Association for the Lower Rhine . tape 118 , no. 1 , January 1, 1931, ISSN 2194-3818 , doi : 10.7788 / annalen-1931-11808 .
- ↑ Yahya of Antioch
- ↑ Список краткой редакции Церковного Устава св. князя Владимира
- ↑ Thietmar
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Anna Porphyrogenneta |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Anna of Byzantium; Анна Византийская; Άννα; Helena |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Wife of Vladimir the Great, Grand Duke of Kiev |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 963 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1011 or 1012 |