Olga of Kiev

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Christian convert historical figure princess of Kievan Rus' regent saint

Olga of Kiev was a 10th-century regent of Kievan Rus' renowned for her ruthless vengeance against the Drevlians and later venerated as a saint for being one of the first prominent rulers in the region to convert to Christianity.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Saint Olga	1
Saint Olga of Kiev	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian convert ⓘ historical figure ⓘ princess of Kievan Rus' ⓘ regent ⓘ saint ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Olga Prekrasa ⓘ Olga of Kiev ⓘ surface form: Saint Olga
associatedWith	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Christianization of Europe ⓘ surface form: Christianization of Eastern Europe
burialPlace	Church of the Tithes ⓘ
canonizationStatus	saint ⓘ
child	Sviatoslav I of Kiev ⓘ
conflict	conflict with the Drevlians ⓘ
convertedTo	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Christianity in Constantinople
countryOfCitizenship	Kyivan Rus ⓘ surface form: Kievan Rus'
culture	East Slavic ⓘ
dateOfDeath	969 ⓘ
dynasty	Rurik dynasty ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Varangians ⓘ surface form: Varangian
feastDay	11 July ⓘ 24 July (Julian calendar) ⓘ
givenName	Olga ⓘ
honorificPrefix	Saint ⓘ
mother	Sviatoslav I of Kiev ⓘ
notableEvent	revenge for the death of Igor of Kiev ⓘ
notableFor	administrative and fiscal reforms in Kievan Rus' ⓘ early conversion to Christianity in Kievan Rus' ⓘ role in the Christianization of Kievan Rus' ⓘ ruthless vengeance against the Drevlians ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Kyiv ⓘ surface form: Kiev
placeOfRule	Kyiv ⓘ surface form: Kiev Kyivan Rus ⓘ surface form: Kievan Rus'
positionHeld	regent of Kievan Rus' ⓘ ruler of Kievan Rus' ⓘ
predecessor	Igor of Kiev ⓘ
regencyFor	Sviatoslav I of Kiev ⓘ
region	Eastern Europe ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
spouse	Igor of Kiev ⓘ
successor	Sviatoslav I of Kiev ⓘ
timePeriod	10th century ⓘ
title	Equal-to-the-Apostles ⓘ
veneratedIn	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Olga of Kiev → alsoKnownAs → Olga of Kiev ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Olga

Vladimir the Great → grandmother → Olga of Kiev ⓘ

Sviatoslav I of Kiev → mother → Olga of Kiev ⓘ

Rurik dynasty → notableMember → Olga of Kiev ⓘ

Sviatoslav I of Kiev → relative → Olga of Kiev ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Olga of Kiev

Igor of Kiev → spouse → Olga of Kiev ⓘ

Igor of Kiev → successor → Olga of Kiev ⓘ

Igor of Kiev → successorAsRegent → Olga of Kiev ⓘ