Euphemia of Kiev

Evfimiya Vladimirovna (Ukrainian: Євфимія Володимирівна, Russian: Евфимия Владимировна), known as Euphemia of Kiev (fl. 1112–died 4 April 1138) was Queen Consort of Hungary by marriage to Coloman, King of Hungary.^[1][2]

Euphemia of Kiev
Euphemia on a Ukrainian stamp
Born	Kiev, Kievan Rus' (now Ukraine)
Died	4 April 1139 Kiev
Spouse	Coloman, King of Hungary (divorced)
Issue	Boris
House	Monomakhovichi
Father	Vladimir II Monomakh
Mother	Unknown (Vladimir's second wife)

Euphemia was the daughter of Grand Prince Vladimir II Monomakh of Kiev and his second wife, whose name and ancestry are unknown.^[3] She was married to King Coloman of Hungary around 1112, when she was noted as being a teenager.^[4][2] However, her husband, who had been suffering from a serious disease, caught her in adultery and immediately sent her back to Kiev.^[5][6] Euphemia gave birth to her son, Boris (1113 – 1155–1156), in her father's court, but the son was never recognised by King Coloman.^[7] Afterwards, she lived in a monastery near Kiev till her death, maintaining high status and respect despite the circumstances of her reputation.^[2] She was buried in the Church of the Holy Savior in Berestovo (which is within present-day Kiev).^[2]

Sources

• Soltész, István: Árpád-házi királynék (Gabo, 1999)
• Kristó, Gyula – Makk, Ferenc: Az Árpád-ház uralkodói (IPC Könyvek, 1996)

References

1. Dvornik, F. (December 1947). "The Kiev State and Its Relations with Western Europe". Transactions of the Royal Historical Society. 29: 27–46. doi:10.2307/3678548. ISSN 1474-0648. JSTOR 3678548.
2. Mielke, Christopher (21 April 2021). The Archaeology and Material Culture of Queenship in Medieval Hungary, 1000–1395. Springer Nature. ISBN 978-3-030-66511-1.
3. Puente, Ines Garcia de la (1 January 2012). "Gleb of Minsk's Widow: Neglected Evidence on the Rule of a Woman in Rus'ian History?*". Russian History. 39 (3): 347–378. doi:10.1163/18763316-03903006. ISSN 1876-3316.
4. Mielke, Christopher (2021), Mielke, Christopher (ed.), "Stones and Bones and the Queens of the Twelfth Century (1097–1193)", The Archaeology and Material Culture of Queenship in Medieval Hungary, 1000–1395, Queenship and Power, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 71–90, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-66511-1_3, ISBN 978-3-030-66511-1, retrieved 19 June 2024
5. Steinhübel, Ján (4 December 2020), "Nitria in the Emerging Árpád State", The Nitrian Principality: The Beginnings of Medieval Slovakia, Brill, pp. 324–379, ISBN 978-90-04-43863-7, retrieved 19 June 2024
6. Homza, Martin (2018). "Sclavinia – Intermarium? Or About One Missing Roman Province". Politeja - Pismo Wydziału Studiów Międzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. 15 (57): 65–80. doi:10.12797/Politeja.15.2018.57.04. ISSN 1733-6716.
7. Steinhübel, Ján (15 December 2020). The Nitrian Principality: The Beginnings of Medieval Slovakia. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-43863-7.

Euphemia of Kiev Monomakhovichi Born:  ? Died: 1139
Royal titles
Preceded by Felicia of Sicily	Queen consort of Hungary c. 1112–c. 1113	Succeeded by Unnamed daughter of Robert I of Capua