Igvar, Prince of Kiev

  General Notes:

Weis's Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 241:1-3, Igor' or Ingvar was a descendant or kinsman of Ruik who was the legendary Varagian, a Viking, Prince of Novgorod. Ingvar married St, Ol'ga or Helga, and they were parents of Sviatoslav, Prince of Kiev, married to Malusha, the parents of St. Vladimir. ¹⁶⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Igvar.
The Primary Chronicle names Igor as son of Rurik, adding that he was "very young" at his father's death [Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 870-879, p. 60]. The existence of Igor as a historical figure is nevertheless corroborated: Liudprand of Cremona records that "rex…Inger" came to Constantinople, during the reign of Emperor Romanos I, with "mille et eo amplius navibus" [Liudprandi Antapodosis, Lib. V, 15, MGH SS III, p. 331] (dated to 941 by Franklin & Shepard [ Franklin & Shepard (1998), p. 114]), and the De administrando imperio names his son "Sphendosthlabus Ingor Russiæ principis filius" [Constantini Porphyrogeniti De Administrando Imperio, 9, p. 74]. The Primary Chronicle records that Oleg was killed by Derevlian Slavs, who lived to the north-east of Kiev and were unwilling to submit to his rule [Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 945, p. 78. Franklin & Shepard (1998), p. 115 and 117, and Chirovsky (1973), p. 141]. Ingvar married Olga (Helga/Haelgha). the Primary Chronicle records that Olga exacted prompt and effective revenge for her husband's death after besieging the Derevlian capital of Iskorosten [Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 945, pp. 78-80]. Olga was regent for her son (945 to 964). Her centre of power was based around Kiev where she owned two halls [Franklin & Shepard (1998), p. 112]. The Primary Chronicle records that Olga was baptised in Constantinople by the emperor (Konstantinos VII), and took the name Helena after the mother of Emperor Konstantinos the Great [Russian Primary Chronicle (1973), 948-955, p. 82].

Igvar, married Helga.¹⁶⁰ (Helga died in 969.)