Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Jaroslav Vladimirovich and Ingegerd Olofsdotter

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Husband Jaroslav Vladimirovich [19025] ¹

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           Born: 978 - Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Feb 1054 - Vyshhorod, Principality of Kiev, Kievan Rus’ 1
         Buried: 22 Feb 1054 - St. Sophia Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine 1
FamilySearch ID: LDMT-HMZ

       Marriage: Feb 1019 - Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden 2

Events

• Clan: Rurikid dynasty, .

• Title: Prince of Rostov, Between 978 and 1010, Rostov, Yaroslavl, Russian Empire.

• Title: Prince of Novgorod, Between 1010 and 1019, Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, Kievan Rus.

• Title: Grand Prince of Kiev, Between 1019 and 1054, Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine.

• Sainthood: 1075, Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine.

• Event: Fostered and saved the lives of Edmund and Edward, princes of England
The sons of Edmund Ironside, King of England, Edward and Edmund were sent from England as infants with orders to murder them. The boys were spared and lived with King Stephen of Hungary until assassins of Cnut found them in 1028. At that time they were sent to Prince Yaroslav the Wise in Kievan Rus' for safe keeping. Yaroslav fostered them, educated them as princes, and raised them to adulthood.
Between 1028 and 1038
Kiev, Russian Empire.

• Biography: Izyaslav was the son of Vladimir I of Kiev and Rogneda of Polotsk .

Following Norse tradition, Izyaslav was sent with his mother to rule her homeland. There is also a legend that Rogneda tried to get Izyaslav to slay his father.

Despite possibly going against the will of his father, Izyaslav was able to continue his rule in Polotsk. He was first to make Polotsk autonomous from the Grand Duke of Kiev passing his title to his descendants after his death. His principality carried a wide degree of autonomy that later was passed and to his descendants as well. His glory was commemorated after an established city that was named after him.

Izyaslav died at the young age of about 23, in 1001, surviving his mother but predeceasing his father Vladimir of Kiev, thus excluding his descendants from ever succeeding the Kievan throne, according to the so-called "Rota system".

The name of Izyaslav's spouse is unknown. He had two sons: Bryachislav of Polotsk and Vseslav. Both were certainly minor at the time of his father's death. Vseslav died, still in childhood, in 1003, while Bryachislav survived to continue the Polotsk dynasty and to challenge the authority of his uncle Yaroslav the Wise.

His direct progeny ruled Polotsk until 1222.


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Wife Ingegerd Olofsdotter [19026] ¹

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           Born: 8 Apr 998 - Sigtuna, Sigtuna Kommun, Stockholm, Sweden 1
     Christened: After 1000 - Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden 1
           Died: 10 Feb 1050 - Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine 1
         Buried: 13 Feb 1050 - Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine 1
FamilySearch ID: LD91-ST3

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         Father: Kung av Sverige Olof Skötkonung III [19027] (980-1022) 3
         Mother: Drottning av Sverige Estrid (eller Astrid) av Obotriterna [19028] (Bef 979-1034) 3

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Events

• She was She was annointed as Saint Anna in the Eastern Orthodox Church in 1050.

• TitleOfNobility: Princess of Sweden, 1001.

• TitleOfNobility: Grand Princess consort of Kyivan, Rus', Between 1019 and 1050, Kiev, Russian Empire.

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Children

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1 F Anna Yaroslavna [19020] ⁴

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           Born: 2 Jun 1036 - Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine 4
     Christened: 1036 4
           Died: 5 Sep 1076 - La Ferté-Alais, Essonne, Île-de-France, France 4
         Buried: 7 Sep 1076 - La Ferté-Alais, Seine-et-Oise, France 4
FamilySearch ID: LDW5-623

         Spouse: Henri I Roi des Francs 4 [19019] (1008-1060)
           Marr: 19 May 1051 - Reims, Marne, France (then: Reims, Archbishopric of Reims, Champagne, Kingdom of France) 5

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Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 28 Nov 2025), entry for Anna Yaroslavna, person ID LDW5-623.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 28 Nov 2025), entry for Jaroslav Vladimirovich, person ID LDMT-HMZ.

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 28 Nov 2025), entry for Ingegerd Olofsdotter, person ID LD91-ST3.

4 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 28 Nov 2025), entry for Hugues 'le Grand' de Vermandois, person ID LDW5-FB6.

5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 28 Nov 2025), entry for Henri I, person ID L8W6-ZVQ.