Gertrude of Poland

Gertrude
Grand Princess consort of Rus'
Christ crowning Gertrude and Yaropolk, illumination from the Trier Psalter.
Tenure	1054–1073
Born	~ 1025
Died	? Turov
Spouse	Iziaslav I of Kiev
Issue	Yaropolk Izyaslavich Mstislav Eupraxia
House	Piast dynasty (by birth) Ottonian dynasty (by marriage)
Father	Mieszko II Lambert
Mother	Richeza of Lotharingia

Gertrude-Olisava (c. 1025 – 4 January 1108), princess of Poland, was the daughter of King Mieszko II of Poland and Queen Richeza of Lotharingia, and the great-granddaughter of German Emperor Otto II.

In 1043, Gertrude married Iziaslav I of Kiev, with whom she had two sons: Yaropolk Iziaslavich and Mstislav, and a daughter, Eupraxia, who later married Mieszko Bolesławowic of Piast dynasty, the Prince of Kraków. Often acknowledged as her son, Sviatopolk II of Kiev may have been the son of Izyaslav by a concubine.

Gertrude inherited a medieval illuminated manuscript, known as the Egbert Psalter or Trier Psalter, which had been created in the late 10th century for archbishop Egbert of Trier. She included her prayer book as part of the codex. In the prayer book she prays six times for Yaropolk, unicus filius meus (translated as either "my favourite son" or "my only son").

Footnotes

Gertrude of Poland Piast Dynasty Born: ~1025 Died: 1108
New title	Princess Consort of Turov 1045–1078	Succeeded by Kunigunde
Preceded by Irina	Grand Princess Consort of Rus' 1054–1073	Succeeded by Cecilia
	Grand Princess Consort of Kiev 1054–1073