, 13th century Elisaveta was the daughter of the grand prince of Kiev,
Yaroslav the Wise, and his consort
Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, the daughter of
Olof Skötkonung and
Estrid of the Obotrites. Elisaveta was the sister of
Anastasia who married the future
Andrew I of Hungary,
Anne who married
Henry I of France, and possibly
Agatha, wife of
Edward the Exile. Her brothers included
Vladimir,
Iziaslav,
Sviatoslav,
Vsevolod and
Igor. Elisaveta was the addressee of Harald's surviving poems where he lamented her suggested lack of affection towards him (no implications about their actual affections can be derived, as this might well be a poetic cliche). In 1045, she followed Harald to Norway, where he became co-king with his nephew, King
Magnus the Good. In Norway, Elisaveta was known as Queen Elisiv. The marriage is best documented by the court poet Stuv den blinde (
Stúfr blindi Þórðarson kattar). There are no other existing documentation about her stay in Norway. In 1047, King Harald became the sole ruler of Norway after the death of King Magnus. In 1048, Harald took another wife,
Tora Torbergsdatter with whom he had two sons, Magnus and Olaf. The marriage can largely be explained by politics and alliance building. The chiefs of the Giske family (
Giskeætten) played a key role in power politics. It is possible, that Elisiv stayed in Kievan Rus', or that she died on her way to Norway. However, that would mean that the daughters of Harald, Ingegerd and Maria, who are attributed to her, must have been Tora's, which is not considered likely, as Maria was engaged to Øystein Orre fra Giske, who would have been her uncle had she been the daughter of Tora. It is therefore possible, that Tora was Harald's concubine. Tora became the mother of both King
Olav Kyrre and King
Magnus II Haraldsson. In 1066, Harald invaded
England, where he was killed in the
Battle of Stamford Bridge. Tradition says that Elisiv and her daughters followed Harald to England, where Maria died, as it was said, at the news of her father's death. Afterward Elisiv and her second daughter, Ingegerd, returned to Norway with the Norwegian fleet. Elisiv was to have stayed at the
Orkney Islands during this trip. However, the oldest of the sagas claim that it was
Tora Torbergsdatter and not Elisiv who accompanied Harald on the trip, which is considered more likely, as Tora was the cousin of
Thorfinn Sigurdsson,
Earl of Orkney. According to
Adam of Bremen, the mother of King
Olav Kyrre remarried either King
Sweyn II of Denmark or an unnamed Swedish king as a widow, but this is unconfirmed. It is also unknown whether this refers to the actual mother of Olav Kyrre, which would mean Tora Torbergsdatter, or his stepmother, which would mean Elisiv. The date and place of the death of Queen Elisiv is unknown. ==Children==