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Malusha Malkovna Russian: Малуша Любечанка Малковна Malkovna, Любчанка, German: Maluscha von Lubech, Lithuanian: Malfreda Igoraitis, Ukrainian: Малу́ша/Мальфрід І́горович Gender: Female Birth: before 944 Любеч (Lyubech), Черниговское Княжество (Present Chernihivskaya Oblast), Киевская Русь (Present Ukraine and Russia) Death: circa 1002 Киев (Kiev), Земля Киевская (Present western Ukraine), Киевская Русь (Present Ukraine and Russia) Immediate Family: Daughter of Malk of Lyubech, prince of the Drevlians and Unknown Partner of Sviatoslav Igorevich, Grand Prince of Kiev Mother of Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev and Sfeng / Spheng Rurikid Half sister of Dobrynya Nikitich Added by: Ingvar Ejdfors on May 8, 2007 Managed by: Margaret (C) and 222 others Curated by: Kris Hewitt (the following input on 27Nov18, by Marvin Loyd Welborn, her 29th GGSon) I doubt that she came from Albuquerque, also; but Medlands says she came from QUOTE Mistress (2): MALUSHA [Malfred], daughter of MALK of Lyubech & his wife. UNQUOTE. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/RUSSIA,%20Rurik.htm#_Toc198014251 (Ben M. Angel notes: Malusha was never "Queen of Russia" or even "Grand Princess of Rus". She lost her position as housekeeper to Grand Princess Olga after becoming pregnant by her son, Svyatoslav, after which we have no idea what position as a servant she was placed. She was Grand Prince Vladimir's mother, but this afforded her no official position, even after Grand Princess Olga's death.) (Ben M. Angel further notes: There is absolutely no evidence given in any reliable source that indicates that Malusha came from Sweden, Bulgaria, or the red planet Mars. Please either provide verifiable primary sources or reliable analysis from primary sources for such assertions, or leave them to your personal family tree. Thank you.) ________________ Matuscha ???, levde i år 959. Matuscha ??? hadde sammen med Storfyrste Svjatoslav I av Kiev. Født omkring 942. Død 972, sønnen: 1. Storfyrste Vladimir den Hellige av Novgorod. Død 15.07.1015. Matuscha var husholderske hos Olga, mor til Svjatoslav, og var hans konkubine. 1) 1). Mogens Bugge: Våre forfedre, se nr. 146. Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen: Rosensverdslektens forfedre, side 90. From the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy page on Russia Rurikid (covering Sviatoslav, his wife, and concubines Esfir and Malusha): http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/RUSSIA,%20Rurik.htm#_Toc198014251 SVIATOSLAV, son of IGOR [Ingvar] of Kiev & his wife Olga --- ([935/40]-killed in battle [Mar/May] 972). The De administrando imperio names "Sphendosthlabus Ingor Russiæ principis filius"[45]. The Primary Chronicle names Svyatoslav as son of Olga[46]. His birth date is estimated on the assumption that he was a young adult when the De administrando imperio was compiled, before the death of Emperor Konstantinos VII in 959. According to the Primary Chronicle he "was but a child" in 946[47]. At an early age, Sviatoslav´s father appears to have established him in the northern town of Gorodishche, which seems to indicate that a claim to the overlordship of the northern Scandinavian settlements. The place is called "Nemogardas" in the De administrando imperio[48], which could be a corruption of Novgorod. He succeeded his father as SVIATOSLAV I Grand Prince of Kiev, under the regency of his mother. Kiev was besieged by the Pechenegs in 962[49]. Ruling alone by the mid-960s, Prince Sviatoslav launched a major attack against the Khazars in 965, using the Pechenegs as allies[50]. He conquered the entire middle Volga area and took control of the commercial centres of Sarkel and Ityl[51]. Sviatoslav invaded the territory of the Bulgars along the Danube in 967, having been invited to do so by Emperor Nikephoros Phokas, and established a base at Pereiaslavets on the Danube delta[52]. It is not clear whether Pereiaslavets was the same place as Preslava, the Bulgarian capital, as Franklin & Shepherd appear to assume[53] or different, which appears to be the basis on which Fine writes[54]. Faced with the perceived threat of invasion by Sviatoslav, Emperor Ioannes Tzimisces marched into Bulgaria, captured the capital, and negotiated Sviatoslav's withdrawal. During Sviatoslav's absence in Bulgaria, the Pechenegs raided as far as Kiev. Fine points out that according to the Primary Chronicle the Bulgarians summoned the Pechenegs to attack Kiev, without help from Byzantium[55]. On Sviatoslav´s return journey to Kiev while crossing the Dnieper river in Spring 972, he was attacked and killed by the Pecheneg leader Kuria who reputedly made his skull into a ceremonial cup covered with gold[56]. This represents a curious echo of the report in Paulus Diaconus according to which the skull of Alboin King of the Lombards in Pannonia was allegedly made into a drinking cup after he was defeated and killed by Cunimund King of the Gepids in 567[57]. m (before [960]) --- [of Hungary], daughter of [TORMAS Prince of Hungary & his wife ---]. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. She was known as PREDSLAVA in Russia. Europäische Stammtafeln[58] suggests that Predslava was the possible daughter of Tormas but the basis for this speculation is not known. Her marriage date is estimated from the estimated date of birth of her son. Mistress (1): ESFIR, daughter of ---. She is named as Sviatoslav´s mistress in Europäische Stammtafeln[59]. The primary source which confirms her parentage and relationship with Sviatoslav has not yet been identified. --- Mistress (2): MALUSHA [Malfred], sister of DOBRINYA, daughter of MALK of Lyubech & his wife --- (-1002). The Primary Chronicle names Malusha, stewardess of Olga and sister of Dobrinya (naming their father Malk of Lyubech), as mother of Svyatoslav's son Vladimir[60]. --- Grand Prince Sviatoslav & his wife had one child: 1. IAROPOLK Sviatoslavich ([960]-murdered Kiev [980]). He succeeded his father in 972 as IAROPOLK I Grand Prince of Kiev. The Primary Chronicle records that, after he was attacked in Kiev by his half-brother Vladimir, Iaropolk fled to Rodnia near Pecheneg territory. He was murdered when he returned to Kiev totry to negotiate with Vladimir[62]. m (972) ---. The Primary Chronicle records that Yaropolk had a Greek wife who had been a nun, brought home by his father[64]. She was the mistress of her husband´s brother VLADIMIR I "Velikiy/the Great" Grand Prince of Kiev. The Primary Chronicle records that Vladimir, later Grand Prince of Kiev, had intercourse with his brother's [Yaropolk's] wife "a Greek woman"[65]. Grand Prince Sviatoslav had one illegitimate child by Mistress (1) Esfir: 2. OLEG Sviatoslavich (-killed [976/77], bur Vruchiy). His father designated him in 972 as ruler in Dereva[67]. After a dispute with his brother Iaropolk over hunting rights, the latter attacked and defeated Oleg, who was pushed from the bridge leading into Ovruch, and later buried at Vruchiy[68]. Grand Prince Sviatoslav had one illegitimate child by Mistress (2) Malusha: --- 3. VLADIMIR Sviatoslavich ([960]-Berestov 15 Jul 1015). The Primary Chronicle names Yaropolk, Oleg and Vladimir as grandsons of Olga[70]. The Primary Chronicle names Malusha, stewardess of Olga and sister of Dobrinya (naming their father Malk of Lyubech), as mother of Svyatoslav's son Vladimir[71]. He succeeded in [980] as VLADIMIR I "Velikiy/the Great" Grand Prince of Kiev. --- References: [45] Constantini Porphyrogeniti De Administrando Imperio, 9, p. 74. [46] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 948-955, p. 84. [47] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 946, p. 80. [48] Constantini Porphyrogeniti De Administrando Imperio, 9, p. 74. [49] Horváth, András Pálóczi (1989) Pechenegs, Cumans, Iasians: Steppe peoples in medieval Hungary (Corvina), p. 16. [50] Horváth (1989), p. 16. [51] Chirovsky (1973), pp. 75-6, and Fine, J. V. A. (1991) The Early Medieval Balkans, A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century (Ann Arbour, University of Michigan Press), p. 139. [52] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 967, pp. 84-5, and Franklin & Shepard (1998), pp. 143, 146-47. [53] Franklin & Shepard (1998), pp. 143, 146-47. [54] Fine (1991), p. 182-83. [55] Fine (1991), p. 183. [56] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 972, p. 90. [57] Pauli Historia Langobardorum I.27, MGH SS rer Lang I, p. 69. [58] ES II 128 and 153. [59] ES II 128 and 153. [60] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 970, p. 87. [62] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 978-980, pp. 91-2. [64] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 970, p. 87. [65] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 978-980, p. 93. [67] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 970, p. 87. [68] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 976/977, p. 91. [70] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 968, p. 85. [71] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 970, p. 87. -------------------------- From the Russian Wikipedia page on Malusha: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B0 In English: Malusha Lyubechanka (also Malka, Mausa, Mausya, Malfreda) was born near 940-944. She was a housekeeper slave of the Grand Princess Olga, and concubine of her son, Grand Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich. She was also the sister of Dobrynya Nikhich, and mother of St. Vladimir, Grand Prince of Russia. Since no reliable data about her origin exists, and because her son was one of the most famous Russian princes, Malusha's relationships (perhaps in order to establish a reputation for Vladimir regarding his ancestral roots through his female lineage) werethe subject of a lot of hypotheses, some of which are very far-fetched and fantastic. Biography Malusha's very low social status provided the basis of insult for her son Vladimir: when in 979 Vladimir courted Rogneda, daughter of Prince Rogvolod of Polotsk, she replied "I do not want a robichich." This reply greatly offended the sister of Dobrynya, who was declared a slave. After his nephew's victory ov..

Malusha Malkovna
Russian: Малуша Любечанка Малковна Malkovna, Любчанка, German: Maluscha von Lubech, Lithuanian: Malfreda Igoraitis, Ukrainian: Малу́ша/Мальфрід І́горович
Gender: Female
Birth: before 944
Любеч (Lyubech), Черниговское Княжество (Present Chernihivskaya Oblast), Киевская Русь (Present Ukraine and Russia)
Death: circa 1002
Киев (Kiev), Земля Киевская (Present western Ukraine), Киевская Русь (Present Ukraine and Russia)
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Malk of Lyubech, prince of the Drevlians and Unknown
Partner of Sviatoslav Igorevich, Grand Prince of Kiev
Mother of Vladimir the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev and Sfeng / Spheng Rurikid
Half sister of Dobrynya Nikitich
Added by: Ingvar Ejdfors on May 8, 2007
Managed by: Margaret (C) and 222 others
Curated by: Kris Hewitt

(the following input on 27Nov18, by Marvin Loyd Welborn, her 29th GGSon) I doubt that she came from Albuquerque, also; but Medlands says she came from QUOTE Mistress (2): MALUSHA [Malfred], daughter of MALK of Lyubech & his wife. UNQUOTE. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/RUSSIA,%20Rurik.htm#_Toc198014251

(Ben M. Angel notes: Malusha was never "Queen of Russia" or even "Grand Princess of Rus". She lost her position as housekeeper to Grand Princess Olga after becoming pregnant by her son, Svyatoslav, after which we have no idea what position as a servant she was placed. She was Grand Prince Vladimir's mother, but this afforded her no official position, even after Grand Princess Olga's death.)

(Ben M. Angel further notes: There is absolutely no evidence given in any reliable source that indicates that Malusha came from Sweden, Bulgaria, or the red planet Mars. Please either provide verifiable primary sources or reliable analysis from primary sources for such assertions, or leave them to your personal family tree. Thank you.)

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Matuscha ???, levde i år 959.

Matuscha ??? hadde sammen med Storfyrste Svjatoslav I av Kiev. Født omkring 942. Død 972, sønnen:

1. Storfyrste Vladimir den Hellige av Novgorod. Død 15.07.1015.

Matuscha var husholderske hos Olga, mor til Svjatoslav, og var hans konkubine. 1)

1). Mogens Bugge: Våre forfedre, se nr. 146. Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen: Rosensverdslektens forfedre, side 90.

From the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy page on Russia Rurikid (covering Sviatoslav, his wife, and concubines Esfir and Malusha):

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/RUSSIA,%20Rurik.htm#_Toc198014251

SVIATOSLAV, son of IGOR [Ingvar] of Kiev & his wife Olga --- ([935/40]-killed in battle [Mar/May] 972).

The De administrando imperio names "Sphendosthlabus Ingor Russiæ principis filius"[45]. The Primary Chronicle names Svyatoslav as son of Olga[46]. His birth date is estimated on the assumption that he was a young adult when the De administrando imperio was compiled, before the death of Emperor Konstantinos VII in 959. According to the Primary Chronicle he "was but a child" in 946[47].

At an early age, Sviatoslav´s father appears to have established him in the northern town of Gorodishche, which seems to indicate that a claim to the overlordship of the northern Scandinavian settlements. The place is called "Nemogardas" in the De administrando imperio[48], which could be a corruption of Novgorod.

He succeeded his father as SVIATOSLAV I Grand Prince of Kiev, under the regency of his mother.

Kiev was besieged by the Pechenegs in 962[49].

Ruling alone by the mid-960s, Prince Sviatoslav launched a major attack against the Khazars in 965, using the Pechenegs as allies[50]. He conquered the entire middle Volga area and took control of the commercial centres of Sarkel and Ityl[51].

Sviatoslav invaded the territory of the Bulgars along the Danube in 967, having been invited to do so by Emperor Nikephoros Phokas, and established a base at Pereiaslavets on the Danube delta[52]. It is not clear whether Pereiaslavets was the same place as Preslava, the Bulgarian capital, as Franklin & Shepherd appear to assume[53] or different, which appears to be the basis on which Fine writes[54].

Faced with the perceived threat of invasion by Sviatoslav, Emperor Ioannes Tzimisces marched into Bulgaria, captured the capital, and negotiated Sviatoslav's withdrawal. During Sviatoslav's absence in Bulgaria, the Pechenegs raided as far as Kiev. Fine points out that according to the Primary Chronicle the Bulgarians summoned the Pechenegs to attack Kiev, without help from Byzantium[55].

On Sviatoslav´s return journey to Kiev while crossing the Dnieper river in Spring 972, he was attacked and killed by the Pecheneg leader Kuria who reputedly made his skull into a ceremonial cup covered with gold[56]. This represents a curious echo of the report in Paulus Diaconus according to which the skull of Alboin King of the Lombards in Pannonia was allegedly made into a drinking cup after he was defeated and killed by Cunimund King of the Gepids in 567[57].

m (before [960]) --- [of Hungary], daughter of [TORMAS Prince of Hungary & his wife ---].

The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. She was known as PREDSLAVA in Russia. Europäische Stammtafeln[58] suggests that Predslava was the possible daughter of Tormas but the basis for this speculation is not known. Her marriage date is estimated from the estimated date of birth of her son.

Mistress (1): ESFIR, daughter of ---. She is named as Sviatoslav´s mistress in Europäische Stammtafeln[59]. The primary source which confirms her parentage and relationship with Sviatoslav has not yet been identified.

---

Mistress (2): MALUSHA [Malfred], sister of DOBRINYA, daughter of MALK of Lyubech & his wife --- (-1002).

The Primary Chronicle names Malusha, stewardess of Olga and sister of Dobrinya (naming their father Malk of Lyubech), as mother of Svyatoslav's son Vladimir[60].

---

Grand Prince Sviatoslav & his wife had one child:

1. IAROPOLK Sviatoslavich ([960]-murdered Kiev [980]).

He succeeded his father in 972 as IAROPOLK I Grand Prince of Kiev. The Primary Chronicle records that, after he was attacked in Kiev by his half-brother Vladimir, Iaropolk fled to Rodnia near Pecheneg territory. He was murdered when he returned to Kiev totry to negotiate with Vladimir[62].

m (972) ---. The Primary Chronicle records that Yaropolk had a Greek wife who had been a nun, brought home by his father[64]. She was the mistress of her husband´s brother VLADIMIR I "Velikiy/the Great" Grand Prince of Kiev. The Primary Chronicle records that Vladimir, later Grand Prince of Kiev, had intercourse with his brother's [Yaropolk's] wife "a Greek woman"[65].

Grand Prince Sviatoslav had one illegitimate child by Mistress (1) Esfir:

2. OLEG Sviatoslavich (-killed [976/77], bur Vruchiy).

His father designated him in 972 as ruler in Dereva[67]. After a dispute with his brother Iaropolk over hunting rights, the latter attacked and defeated Oleg, who was pushed from the bridge leading into Ovruch, and later buried at Vruchiy[68].

Grand Prince Sviatoslav had one illegitimate child by Mistress (2) Malusha:

---

3. VLADIMIR Sviatoslavich ([960]-Berestov 15 Jul 1015).

The Primary Chronicle names Yaropolk, Oleg and Vladimir as grandsons of Olga[70]. The Primary Chronicle names Malusha, stewardess of Olga and sister of Dobrinya (naming their father Malk of Lyubech), as mother of Svyatoslav's son Vladimir[71].

He succeeded in [980] as VLADIMIR I "Velikiy/the Great" Grand Prince of Kiev.

---

References:

[45] Constantini Porphyrogeniti De Administrando Imperio, 9, p. 74.

[46] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 948-955, p. 84.

[47] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 946, p. 80.

[48] Constantini Porphyrogeniti De Administrando Imperio, 9, p. 74.

[49] Horváth, András Pálóczi (1989) Pechenegs, Cumans, Iasians: Steppe peoples in medieval Hungary (Corvina), p. 16.

[50] Horváth (1989), p. 16.

[51] Chirovsky (1973), pp. 75-6, and Fine, J. V. A. (1991) The Early Medieval Balkans, A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century (Ann Arbour, University of Michigan Press), p. 139.

[52] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 967, pp. 84-5, and Franklin & Shepard (1998), pp. 143, 146-47.

[53] Franklin & Shepard (1998), pp. 143, 146-47.

[54] Fine (1991), p. 182-83.

[55] Fine (1991), p. 183.

[56] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 972, p. 90.

[57] Pauli Historia Langobardorum I.27, MGH SS rer Lang I, p. 69.

[58] ES II 128 and 153.

[59] ES II 128 and 153.

[60] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 970, p. 87.

[62] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 978-980, pp. 91-2.

[64] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 970, p. 87.

[65] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 978-980, p. 93.

[67] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 970, p. 87.

[68] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 976/977, p. 91.

[70] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 968, p. 85.

[71] Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 970, p. 87.

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From the Russian Wikipedia page on Malusha:

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%88%D0%B0

In English:

Malusha Lyubechanka (also Malka, Mausa, Mausya, Malfreda) was born near 940-944. She was a housekeeper slave of the Grand Princess Olga, and concubine of her son, Grand Prince Svyatoslav Igorevich. She was also the sister of Dobrynya Nikhich, and mother of St. Vladimir, Grand Prince of Russia.

Since no reliable data about her origin exists, and because her son was one of the most famous Russian princes, Malusha's relationships (perhaps in order to establish a reputation for Vladimir regarding his ancestral roots through his female lineage) werethe subject of a lot of hypotheses, some of which are very far-fetched and fantastic.

Biography

Malusha's very low social status provided the basis of insult for her son Vladimir: when in 979 Vladimir courted Rogneda, daughter of Prince Rogvolod of Polotsk, she replied "I do not want a robichich." This reply greatly offended the sister of Dobrynya, who was declared a slave. After his nephew's victory ov..