Olga was born about 0889, the daughter of unknown parents. The place is not known.
She died on 11 JUL 0969 in Kiev (Kyiv, Київ, Киев) (now in Ukraine) .
Her husband was Igor, who she married in ABT 0903. The place has not been found. Their only known child was Sviatoslav I (c0945-0972).
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| Birth | ABT 0889 |
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| Death | 11 JUL 0969 |
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| Nobility Title | FROM 0945 TO 0963 | regent of Kievan Rus' |
Note 1
At the start of her reign, Olga spent great effort to avenge her husband's death at the hands of the Drevlians, and succeeded in slaughtering many of them and interring some in a ship burial, while still alive. She is reputed to have scalded captives to death and another, probably apocryphal, story tells of how she destroyed a town hostile to her. She asked that each household present her with a dove as a gift, then tied burning papers to the legs of each dove which she then released to fly back to their homes. Each avian incendiary set fire to the thatched roof of their respective home and the town was destroyed.