Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Spouses
Birth4 May 1008
Death4 Aug 1060
OccupationRoi De Francia, King Of France
FatherRobert II (972-1031)
MotherConstance d’Arles (986-1034)
ChildrenHugues I 'Magnus' (Capet) "le Grand" (1053-1101)
Philip I Le Amour (1052-1108)
Notes for Anne of Kiev
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Kiev
Anne of Kiev or Anna Yaroslavna , daughter of Yaroslav I of Kiev and his wife Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, was the queen consort of France as the wife of Henry I, and regent for her son Philip I.
After the death of his first wife, Matilda, King Henry searched the courts of Europe for a suitable bride, but could not locate a princess who was not related to him within illegal degrees of kinship. At last he sent an embassy to distant Kiev, which returned with Anne . Anne and Henry were married at the cathedral of Reims on May 19, 1051. They had three sons:
Anne of Kiev
▪ Philip - Anne is credited with bringing the name Philip to Western Europe. She imported this Greek name and hippos , meaning "the one that love horses") from her Eastern Orthodox culture.
▪ Hugh - called the Great or Magnus, later Count of Crépi, who married the heiress of Vermandois and died on crusade in Tarsus, Cilicia.
▪ Robert
For six years after Henry's death in 1060, she served as regent for Philip, who was only seven at the time. She was the first queen of France to serve as regent. Her co-regent was Count Baldwin V of Flanders. Anne was a literate woman, rare for the time, but there was some opposition to her as regent on the grounds that her mastery of French was less than fluent.
A year after the king's death, Anne, acting as regent, took a passionate fancy for Count Ralph III of Valois, a man whose political ambition encouraged him to repudiate his wife to marry Anne in 1062. Accused of adultery, Ralph's wife appealed to Pope Alexander II, who excommunicated the couple. The young king Philip forgave his mother, which was just as well, since he was to find himself in a very similar predicament in the 1090s. Ralph died in September 1074, at which time Anne returned to the French court. She died in 1075, was buried at Villiers Abbey, La-Ferte-Alais, Essonne and her obits were celebrated on September 5.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Kiev
Anne of Kiev or Anna Yaroslavna , daughter of Yaroslav I of Kiev and his wife Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, was the queen consort of France as the wife of Henry I, and regent for her son Philip I.
After the death of his first wife, Matilda, King Henry searched the courts of Europe for a suitable bride, but could not locate a princess who was not related to him within illegal degrees of kinship. At last he sent an embassy to distant Kiev, which returned with Anne . Anne and Henry were married at the cathedral of Reims on May 19, 1051. They had three sons:
Anne of Kiev
▪ Philip - Anne is credited with bringing the name Philip to Western Europe. She imported this Greek name and hippos , meaning "the one that love horses") from her Eastern Orthodox culture.
▪ Hugh - called the Great or Magnus, later Count of Crépi, who married the heiress of Vermandois and died on crusade in Tarsus, Cilicia.
▪ Robert
For six years after Henry's death in 1060, she served as regent for Philip, who was only seven at the time. She was the first queen of France to serve as regent. Her co-regent was Count Baldwin V of Flanders. Anne was a literate woman, rare for the time, but there was some opposition to her as regent on the grounds that her mastery of French was less than fluent.
A year after the king's death, Anne, acting as regent, took a passionate fancy for Count Ralph III of Valois, a man whose political ambition encouraged him to repudiate his wife to marry Anne in 1062. Accused of adultery, Ralph's wife appealed to Pope Alexander II, who excommunicated the couple. The young king Philip forgave his mother, which was just as well, since he was to find himself in a very similar predicament in the 1090s. Ralph died in September 1074, at which time Anne returned to the French court. She died in 1075, was buried at Villiers Abbey, La-Ferte-Alais, Essonne and her obits were celebrated on September 5.