Biography of Anne of Kiev Queen Consort France 1030-1075

Anne of Kiev Queen Consort France by marriage as Queen Consort of France.

Around 1030 Anne of Kiev Queen Consort France was born to [her father] Yaroslav "The Wise" Rurik.

On 20th July 1031 Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks (age 59) died at Melun, Seine et Marne. His son [her future husband] Henry (age 23) succeeded I King France: Capet.

In 1034 [her future husband] Henry I King of the Franks (age 25) and Matilda Brunonids Queen Consort France were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Liudolf Brunonids Margrave Frisia (age 31). He the son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks and Constance Arles Queen Consort France (age 48).

Battle of Val-ès-Dunes

In 1047 King William "Conqueror" I of England (age 19), supported by [her future husband] Henry I King of the Franks (age 38), defeated a rebel army led by William's cousin Guy Ivrea (age 22) who opposed William's succession as Duke of Normandy at the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes in Caen, Calvados, Basse Normandie.

Hamon Dentatus was killed.

On 19th May 1051 Henry I King of the Franks (age 43) and Anne of Kiev Queen Consort France (age 21) were married at Reims Cathedral, Reims. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. The difference in their ages was 21 years. He the son of Robert "Pious" II King of the Franks and Constance Arles Queen Consort France.

On 23rd May 1052 [her son] Philip I King of the Franks was born to [her husband] Henry I King of the Franks (age 44) and Anne of Kiev Queen Consort France (age 22). He married (1) 1072 his half fourth cousin twice removed Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France, daughter of Floris Gerulfing I Count Holland and Gertrude Billung Countess Holland, and had issue (2) 15th May 1092 his fourth cousin once removed Bertrade Montfort Queen Consort France and had issue.

In 1054 [her daughter] Emma Capet was born to [her husband] Henry I King of the Franks (age 45) and Anne of Kiev Queen Consort France (age 24).

Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough

A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'

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In 1055 [her son] Robert Capet was born to [her husband] Henry I King of the Franks (age 46) and Anne of Kiev Queen Consort France (age 25). He died aged five in 1060.

In 1057 [her son] Hugh "Great" Capet was born to [her husband] Henry I King of the Franks (age 48) and Anne of Kiev Queen Consort France (age 27). He married his half fourth cousin once removed Adelaide I Countess Vermandois, daughter of Herbert Vermandois IV Count Vermandois and Adela Valois Countess Blois and Vermandois, and had issue.

In 1060 [her son] Robert Capet (age 5) died.

Chronicle of the Abbey of Saint Pierre-le-Vif. In the year of the Lord 1060, Henry, king of France, died. He granted privileges to the monastery of Saint-Pierre-le-Vif, and he was buried at Saint-Denis. [her future husband] Count Ralph (age 35), cousin of the deceased king, took the queen (age 30) as his wife; for this reason he was excommunicated by Gregory VII. Baldwin, count of Flanders, took the young King Philip under his protection and governed France.

L'an du Seigneur 1060 mourut Henri, roi de France. Il accorda des privilèges au monastère de Saint-Pierre-le-Vif; il fut enseveli à Saint-Denis. Le comte Raoul, cousin du roi défunt, prit la reine pour épouse. C'est pourquoi il fat excommunié par Grégoire VII. Baudoin, comte de Flandre, prit sous sa garde le jeune roi Philippe, et gouverna la France.

The Deeds of the Dukes of Normandy. Seeing the destruction of his men, the king withdrew from Normandy as quickly as he could, and did not attempt to return again. He sought the friendship of the duke, having considered his valour, and restored to him the castle of Tillières, which he had formerly taken. The said king was very warlike, and of great courage and piety. He had in marriage Matilda¹, daughter of Yaroslav, king of the Rugians, by whom he had two sons, Philip and Hugh, and one daughter. After he had ruled the kingdom of the Franks for nearly twenty-five years, he, for the sake of bodily health, received a potion from John, most skilled of physicians. But, as the medicine brought on too great a thirst, he disregarded the strict instructions of the physician, and receiving a drink from a chamberlain while the doctor was absent, he drank before the purgation. Thereby becoming very ill, he died on the same day¹, after receiving the Holy Eucharist. He appointed his son Philip as heir to the rule of the Franks, and commended him to the guardianship of Baldwin, Count of Flanders.

Videns autem rex suorum interitum, quantocius valuit a Northmannis recessit et ad eos ultra venire non apposuit. Amicitiam qnoque ducis, considerata ejus probitate, requisivit, et Tegulense castrum, quod dudum abstulerat, illi tradidit. Sæpedictus rex valde fuit militaris, magnæque fortitudinis et pietatis. Mathildem Juliusclodii regis Rugorum filiam in matrimonio habuit, ex qua duos filios, Philippum et Hugonem, unamque filiam genuit. Qui postquam regnum Galliæ fere 25 annis rexit, causa corporeæ salutis a Joanne medicorum peritissimo potionem accepit. Sed veneno nimiam sitim inferente jussum Archiatri sprevit et a cubiculario potum accipiens, dum medicus abesset, ante purgationem bibit. Unde nimis infirmatus, eodem die post perceptionem sacræ Eucharistiæ obiit. Philippum vero filium suum in regimine Francorum hæredem constituit et tutelæ Balduini Flandrensis strapæ commendavit.

Note 1. The author here is confused? King Henry I of France had two wives: Matilda of Frisia, daughter of Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia, and Anne of Kiev (age 30), daughter of Yaroslav, Prince of Kiev and Novgorod. Matilda of Frisia died giving birth to their only child who also died. Anne of Kiev was the mother of Philip and Hugh, and a daughter Emma. Following King Henry's death in 1060 Anne married, controversially, Ralph IV of Valois. Chronicle de l'abbaye de Saint-Pierre-le-Vif: "In the year of the Lord 1060, Henry, king of France, died. He granted privileges to the monastery of Saint-Pierre-le-Vif, and he was buried at Saint-Denis. Count Ralph, cousin of the deceased king, took the queen as his wife; for this reason he was excommunicated by Gregory VII. Baldwin, count of Flanders, took the young King Philip under his protection and governed France."

Note 2. King Henry I of France died on 4th August 1060. He was interred in the Basilica of St Denis, north of Paris.

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On 4th August 1060 [her husband] Henry I King of the Franks (age 52) died. His son [her son] Philip (age 8) succeeded I King France: Capet.

Around 1061 Ralph IV Count of Valois (age 36) and Anne of Kiev Queen Consort France (age 31) were married. The marriage may have been bigamous, since he may have been still married to his second wife. He the son of Ralph III Count of Valois.

In 1072 [her son] Philip I King of the Franks (age 19) and [her daughter-in-law] Bertha Gerulfing Queen Consort France (age 17) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of Floris Gerulfing I Count Holland and Gertrude Billung Countess Holland (age 42). He the son of [her former husband] Henry I King of the Franks and Anne of Kiev Queen Consort Francia (age 42). They were half fourth cousin twice removed.

In 1074 [her husband] Ralph IV Count of Valois (age 49) died.

Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke

Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.

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In 1075 Anne of Kiev Queen Consort France (age 45) died.

Biography of Anne of Kiev Queen Consort France 1030-1075

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