Malusha 1a

Nom de naissance Malusha
Nom de naissance Малуша
Identifiant Gramps I2569
Genre féminin

Anecdote

Malusha (Ukrainian and Russian: Малуша) was a housekeeper and concubine of Sviatoslav I of Kiev. According to Slavonic chronicles, she was the mother of Vladimir the Great and sister of Dobrynya. The Norse sagas describe Vladimir's mother as a prophetess who lived to the age of 100 and was brought from her cave to the palace to predict the future.

As the chronicles are silent on the subject of Malusha's pedigree, 19th-century Russian historians devised various theories to explain her parentage and name. An archaeologist Dmitry Prozorovsky believed that Malusha was the daughter of Mal, a Drevlyan leader. A prominent chronicle researcher and linguist Alexei Shakhmatov considered Malusha to be the daughter of Mstisha Sveneldovich, son of a Kievan voyevoda Sveneld. He believed that the name Malusha was a slavinized version of a Scandinavian name Malfried. Another Russian historian Dmitry Ilovaisky came to an opposite conclusion that the Slavic name Malusha was turned into a Scandinavian Malfried. Ukrainian historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky criticized both of these versions.

The Primary Chronicle records that a certain Malfried died in 1000. This record follows that of Rogneda's death. Since Rogneda was Vladimir's wife, historians assume that Malfried was another close relative of the ruling prince, preferably his wife or mother.

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Parents

Relation avec la souche Nom Date de naissance Date de décès Relation dans la famille (si différent de la naissance)
Père M? [I2570]
Mère ? ? [I2571]
         Malusha
    Le frère (germain)     Dobrynya [I2572]

Familles

Famille de Sviatoslav I Igorevich de Kiev et Malusha [F1110]

Non mariés Conjoint Sviatoslav I Igorevich de Kiev [I2568] ( * vers 942 + mars 972 )
  Enfants
Nom Naissance Décès
Vladimir Ier le Grand Svyatoslavich de Kiev [I2168]vers 95815 juillet 1015

Références des sources

  1. Wikipedia [S0052]
      • Page : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malusha