page_title: Anne of Kiev
section_title: Childhood
hierarchical_section_title: Anne of Kiev / Childhood
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Töchter Jaroslaws des Weisen English: Daughters (or sons) of Yaroslav the Wise Français&#160;: Représentation présumée des filles de Iaroslav le Sage dans une fresque du mur sud de la cathédrale Sainte-Sophie de Kiev, selon l'historien d'art soviétique Victor Lazarev. Cependant, l'épigraphiste ukrainien S.A. Vysoc'kyj (suivi par l'historien médiéviste français Robert-Henri Bautier) identifie plus récemment les quatre figures de cette procession comme les fils de Iaroslav le Sage. Русский: Фреска из Собора Святой Софии в Киеве, представляющея дочерей Ярослава Мудрого.
context_page_description: Anne of Kiev was a Rus' princess who became queen of France in 1051 upon marrying King Henry I. She ruled the kingdom as regent during the minority of their son Philip I from Henry's death in 1060 until her controversial marriage to Count Ralph IV of Valois. Anne founded the Abbey of St. Vincent at Senlis.
context_section_description: Anne was a daughter of Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev and Prince of Novgorod, and his second wife Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden. Her exact birthdate is unknown; Philippe Delorme has suggested 1027, while Andrew Gregorovich has proposed 1032, citing a mention in a Kievan chronicle of the birth of a daughter to Yaroslav in that year.
  Anne's exact place in the birth order of her siblings is unknown, although she was almost certainly the youngest daughter. Little is known about Anne's childhood or education. It is assumed that she was literate, at least enough to write her name, because her signature in Cyrillic exists on a document from 1061. Delorme has pointed out that Yaroslav founded a number of schools in his kingdom and suggests that education was highly valued in his family, leading him to propose a significant level of education for Anne. Gregorovich has suggested that Anne learned French in preparation for her marriage to King Henry I of France.
caption: Art historian Victor Lazarev presumed that the left-most figure on this fresco at Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kiev, represented Anne. According to historian Robert-Henri Bautier, it depicts a brother of hers.
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