Poland–Ukraine: a thousand years of reciprocity. The Kyivan Princess Dobroniega-Maria, wife of Kazimierz the Restorer: a new hypothesis of her pedigree

Journal Title: Studia Lednickie - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue

Abstract

Th is paper outlines the peculiarities of the genealogy of the Kyivan Rus (Ruthenian) princess Dobroniega-Maria (ca 1015/17–1087), wife of the Polish duke Kazimierz I the Restorer (1016–1058). It reviews the existing theories of Maria’s origin and propounds a new hypothesis of her genealogy as well as considers the circumstances of the dynastic marriage between Maria and Kazimierz I. Th e genealogical reconstruction represented in the article adduces arguments in favour of the origin of Dobroniega-Maria being connected with Bulgarian, Byzantine, German, English and Ruthenian ancestry.

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Olena Yasynetska

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Olena Yasynetska (2018). Poland–Ukraine: a thousand years of reciprocity. The Kyivan Princess Dobroniega-Maria, wife of Kazimierz the Restorer: a new hypothesis of her pedigree. Studia Lednickie, 0(), 11-25. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-497132