Predslava of Kiev

Princess of Kievan Rus' (born c. 1090)

Predslava of Kiev

Born| c. 1090
Spouse| Álmos
Issue| Béla II
House| Rurik
Father| Sviatopolk II of Kiev
Mother| Premyslid princess

Predslava of Kiev (fl. 1104–07) was a princess of Kievan Rus', the daughter of Sviatopolk II, the Grand Prince of Kiev (r. 1093–1113).[1] She married Hungarian prince Álmos,[1] with whom she had three children, one of whom was the later King of Hungary, Béla II (r. 1131–1141).[2]

## Family

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Predslava married Álmos on August 21, 1104. They had the following children:

* Adelaide, (c. 1107 – d. after 1140), married Sobieslav I of Bohemia in 1123.
* Béla II (c. 1109–1141), King of Hungary (r. 1131–1141).
* Hedwig, or Sophia (c. 1107–1138), married Margrave Adalbert II of Austria in 1132.

## References

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1. ^ a b Mielke, Christopher (2021), Mielke, Christopher (ed.), "Stones and Bones and the Queens of the Twelfth Century (1097–1193)", The Archaeology and Material Culture of Queenship in Medieval Hungary, 1000–1395, Queenship and Power, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 71–90, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-66511-1_3, ISBN 978-3-030-66511-1, retrieved 2023-11-20
2. ^ Raffensperger, Christian (2016). "Identity in Flux: Finding Boris Kolomanovich in the Interstices of Medieval European History". The Medieval Globe. 2 (1): 15–39\. doi:10.17302/tmg.2-1.3. ISSN 2377-3561.

*[c.]: circa
*[fl.]: floruit ('flourished' – known to have been active at a particular time or during a particular period)