ANNA YAROSLAVNA, QUEEN OF FRANCE
Anna, one of three daughters of Yaroslav the Wise, was probably born in 1024 or 1025. Her destiny was rather common for that time — all three daughters of the Prince of Kyiv—Yelizaveta, Anastasiya and Anna became the queens of European monarchies. Yelizaveta married the Norwegian
Anna Yaroslavna Fresco at St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv
Prince Harald the Ruthless (Hardrada), whereas Anastasiya took the Hungarian throne. Thus, the Yaroslav's daughters were well-known in Europe, when the French King Henry I decided to marry.
The future queen of France had quite good education. She was literate, studied history, foreign languages, mathematics and painting. It is known that Anna of Kyiv (Yaroslavna) was fluent in several languages, in particular, in Old Slavic
