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Anne of Kiev married King of France: story

Posted: Sun 18 August 2013 10:02 pm
by Barbara

I found this on a Spanish blog called "Of Kings, Gods and Heroes". I didn't know any of this history !

Here is the Part I of the Kievan Princess who went to France and was crowned at Rheims.
If one goes to the site, and clicks the English, it will show up in a minute or two.
A bit disjointed, as all these guggl translates are.

But picturesque :

http://themaskedlady.blogspot.com/2013/ ... cia-i.html

Part II follows.


Re: Anne of Kiev married King of France: story

Posted: Mon 19 August 2013 3:13 am
by m. Evfrosinia

Yes, this is historical fact. The Treasury of the Reims Cathedral still has the Slavonic Gospels that Princess Anne of Kiev brought with her, and the marriage agreement-- she signed her name, but Philippe "X"-ed his, as he was illiterate. The last monastery that she founded and where she lived up until her death is not that far from here, at Senlis. We visited there a few years back, when an old friend of the monastery was receiving a "Legion d'Honneur" award, for his historical study of the town. Her memory is still very much alive there.