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Gertrude of Poland

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Tenure
  
1054–1073

Father
  
Mieszko II Lambert


Mother
  
Richeza of Lotharingia

Name
  
Gertrude Poland

Gertrude of Poland

Issue
  
Yaropolk Izyaslavich Mstislav Eupraxia

House
  
Piast dynasty (by birth) Ottonian dynasty (by marriage)

Died
  
January 4, 1108, Turov, Belarus

Spouse
  
Iziaslav I of Kiev (m. 1043)

Children
  
Yaropolk Izyaslavich, Sviatopolk II of Kiev

Parents
  
Mieszko II Lambert, Richeza of Lotharingia

Grandchildren
  
Zbyslava of Kiev, Annalista Saxo, Predslava of Kiev

Similar People
  
Mieszko II Lambert, Boleslaw I the Brave, Yaroslav the Wise, Zbyslava of Kiev, Casimir I the Restorer

Gertrude-Olisava (c. 1025 – 4 January 1108), princess of Poland, was the daughter of King Mieszko II of Poland and Queen Richeza of Lotharingia, and the great-granddaughter of German Emperor Otto II.

In 1043, Gertrude married Iziaslav I of Kiev, with whom she had two sons: Yaropolk Iziaslavich and Mstislav, and a daughter, Eupraxia, who later married Mieszko Bolesławowic of Piast dynasty, the Prince of Kraków. Often acknowledged as her son, Sviatopolk II of Kiev may have been the son of Izyaslav by a concubine.

Gertrude inherited a medieval illuminated manuscript, known as the Egbert Psalter or Trier Psalter, which had been created in the late 10th century for archbishop Egbert of Trier. She included her prayer book as part of the codex. In the prayer book she prays six times for Yaropolk, unicus filius meus (translated as either "my favourite son" or "my only son").

References

Gertrude of Poland Wikipedia