Philip I of France
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Philip I, called the Amorous, was King of the Franks from 1060 to 1108. His reign of nearly 48 years, like that of most of the early Capetians, was extraordinarily long for the time. The monarchy bega
Philip I's seal
Denier under Philip I
13th-century effigy of King Philip I
Anne of Kiev
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Anne of Kiev or Anna Yaroslavna was a princess of Kievan Rus 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 fr
Philip I of France
…the Vexin region and the viscountcy of Bourges to his royal domaine. Philip was born c. 1052 at Champagne-et-Fontaine, the son of Henry I and his wife Anne of Kiev. Unusual for the time in Western Europe, his name was of Greek origin, being bestowed upon him by his mother. In 1059 Henry I had Philip crowned in…
Anna Kyjev
Art historian Victor Lazarev presumed that the left-most figure on this fresco at Saint Sophia's Cathedral, Kyiv, represented Anne. According to historian Robert-Henri Bautier, it depicts one of her brothers.
Statue of Anne at the Abbey of Saint-Vincent (2011)
Statue of Anne at the Abbey of Saint-Vincent before renovation with change of inscription in 1996