LUBECH Малуша b. 0944 Kiev, Kyiv, Kievan Rus d. Abt 1000 Brestovo, Kharkiv, Kievan Rus: Freeman-Smith Family Tree

0944 - Abt 1000 (~ 55 years)

Name	LUBECH Малуша
Birth	0944	Kiev, Kyiv, Kievan Rus
Gender	Female
Death	Abt 1000	Brestovo, Kharkiv, Kievan Rus
Notes	Parentage As the chronicles are silent on the subject of Malusha's pedigree, 19th-century Russian historians devised various theories to explain her parentage and name. Occupation A household servant of Svyatoslav's mother. Children St. Vladimir I, Grand Duke of Kiev was born illegitimately in 956.2 He was the son of Svyatolslav I, Grand Duke of Kiev and Malushka (?). Saint Vloldymyr the I of Kiev, 956-1015, Grandson of St. Olga and illegitimate son of Sviatoslav I Kiev , grand duke of Kiev, and his mistress, Malushka, he was given Novgorod to rule by his father. Civil war broke out between his half-brothers Yaropolk and Oleg; Yaropolk made himself ruler by defeating and killing Oleg, and when he captured Novgorod, Vladimirwas forced to flee to Scandinavia in 977. Vladimir returned with an army and captured Novgorod and defeated and slew Yaropolk at Rodno in 980; Vladimir was now sole ruler of Russia, notorious for his barbarism and immorality. After his conquest of Kherson in the Crimea in 988, he became impressed by the progrerss of Christianity and approached Eastern Emperor Basil II about marrying the emperor's daughter Ann. He was converted, reformed his life and married Anne. On his return to Kiev, he invited Greek missionaries to Russia, let his people to Christianity, borrowed canonical feacures from the West and built schools and churches. His later years were troubled by rebellions led by the sons of his first marriages, although two sons by Anne, SS Romanus and David became martyrs. In 1014 he was obliged to march against his rebellious son Yaroslav in Novgorod, fell ill on the way and died at Beresyx, Russia. He is patron of the Russian Catholics. Feastday July 15. [1] Sources ↑ http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=434&wf=rsscol; St. Vladimir; Catholic Online
Person ID	I58808	Freeman-Smith
Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

Father	LUBECH Мал, b. 0918, Kyiv, Ukraine d. Abt 0948, Kiev,Ukraine (Age ~ 29 years)
Relationship	natural
Family ID	F347280	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family РЮРИКОВИЧИ Святослав Игоревич, b. Abt 0942, Kievan Rus d. 26 Mar 0972, near Dnieper River, Kiev, Kievan Rus (Age 30 years)

Children

1. РЮРИКОВИЧИ Владимир Святославич, b. Abt 0956, Kiev, Kyiv, Kievan Rus

d. Abt 15 Jul 1015, Berestovo, Kiev, Kyiv, Kievan Rus

(Age 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F26164 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 27 Jan 2026