Senlis: City of Queen Anne Yaroslavna
Senlis: City of Queen Anne Yaroslavna.
Over 50 kilometers north of Paris is the town of Senlis. Tourists know it as one of the oldest cities in France. Local - a city of Anna Yaroslavna, the daughter of Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Kievan Rus, Queen of France.
Anna Yaroslavna in Senlis moved with her son in 1060, after the death of her husband - the French King Henry I Capet. She lived there rest of their life and is buried in the city.
About Anna from Kyiv, as it was called in Europe, little is known.
It is said that she was beautiful, with long blond hair and blue eyes and educated.
The Queen knew Greek and Latin, had signature as Anna Regina (Queen Anne) and King Henry I placed cross instead of a signature.
According to some reports, Anne of Kiev brought to France the so-called Reims Gospel, written in Cyrillic and Glagolitic. It was used for several centuries for French kings oath.
Every year in May the French and Ukrainian collected in Senlis in celebration of Anna Yaroslavna.
Recall, May 29, during a speech in French, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Anna Yaroslavna "Russian woman" and said that the Franco-Russian relations began with her marriage to Henry I in 1051.
Over 50 kilometers north of Paris is the town of Senlis. Tourists know it as one of the oldest cities in France. Local - a city of Anna Yaroslavna, the daughter of Prince Yaroslav the Wise of Kievan Rus, Queen of France.
Anna Yaroslavna in Senlis moved with her son in 1060, after the death of her husband - the French King Henry I Capet. She lived there rest of their life and is buried in the city.
About Anna from Kyiv, as it was called in Europe, little is known.
It is said that she was beautiful, with long blond hair and blue eyes and educated.
The Queen knew Greek and Latin, had signature as Anna Regina (Queen Anne) and King Henry I placed cross instead of a signature.
According to some reports, Anne of Kiev brought to France the so-called Reims Gospel, written in Cyrillic and Glagolitic. It was used for several centuries for French kings oath.
Every year in May the French and Ukrainian collected in Senlis in celebration of Anna Yaroslavna.
Recall, May 29, during a speech in French, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Anna Yaroslavna "Russian woman" and said that the Franco-Russian relations began with her marriage to Henry I in 1051.
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