Gertrude of Poland

Gertrude-Olisava (c. 1025[1] – 4 January 1108), princess of Poland, was the daughter of King Mieszko II of Poland and Queen Richeza of Lotharingia, and the great-granddaughter of German Emperor Otto II.

Gertrude
Grand Princess consort of Rus'
Christ crowning Gertrude and Yaropolk, illumination from the Trier Psalter.
Tenure1054–1073
Bornc.1025
Died4 January 1108(1108-01-04) (aged 82–83)
? Turov
SpouseIziaslav I of Kiev
IssueYaropolk Izyaslavich
Mścisław Iziasławicz
Eupraxia
HousePiast
FatherMieszko II Lambert
MotherRicheza of Lotharingia

In 1043, Gertrude married Iziaslav I of Kiev, with whom she had two sons: Yaropolk Iziaslavich and Mstislav, and a daughter, Eupraxia, who later married Mieszko Bolesławowic of Piast dynasty, the Prince of Kraków.[2] Often acknowledged as her son,[3] Sviatopolk II of Kiev may have been the son of Izyaslav by a concubine.

Gertrude inherited a medieval illuminated manuscript, known as the Egbert Psalter or Trier Psalter, which had been created in the late 10th century for archbishop Egbert of Trier. She included her prayer book as part of the codex. In the prayer book she prays six times for Yaropolk, unicus filius meus (translated as either "my favourite son" or "my only son").

Footnotes

  1. Kętrzyński, Stanisław. "Gertruda (ok. 1025–1108) w. księżna kijowska". Polski Słownik Biograficzny. 7. Polska Akademia Nauk & Polska Akademia Umiejętności. p. 405.
  2. Marek, Miroslav. "Piast dynasty". Genealogy.EU. (in English)
  3. Dworzaczek, Włodzimierz (1959). Genealogia. Opracował Włodzimierz Dworzaczek. Warszawa.
Gertrude of Poland
Piast Dynasty
Born: ~1025 Died: 1108
New title Princess Consort of Turov
1045–1078
Succeeded by
Kunigunde
Preceded by
Irina
Grand Princess Consort of Rus'
1054–1073
Succeeded by
Cecilia
Grand Princess Consort of Kiev
1054–1073
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