Vladimir IIHolti ("the Nimble") (1020 - 1052) reigned as prince of Novgorod from 1036 until his death. The son of Yaroslav I, prince of Kiev, and Ingigerd (Anna), daughter of king Olaf Skötkonung of Sweden, he married Oda of Stade, a town near modern Hamburg. Vladimir's brother was Vsevolod I, prince of Kiev.
Vladimir was the youngest son of Svyatoslav I by his slave girl Malusha, described in the Norse sagas as a prophetess who lived to the age of 100 and was brought from her cave to the palace to predict the future.
In 977 Vladimir fled to his kinsmen in Scandinavia, collecting as many of the Viking warriors as he could to assist him to recover Novgorod, and on his return the next year marched against Yaropolk.
Vladimir, however, was baptized at Chersones, taking the Christian name of Basil out of compliment to his imperial brother-in-law; the sacrament was followed by his marriage with the Roman princess.
VladimirII Holti ("the Nimble") (1020 - 1052) reigned as prince of Novgorod from 1036 until his death.
The son of Yaroslav I, prince of Kiev, and Ingigerd (Anna), daughter of king Olaf Skötkonung of Sweden, he married Oda of Stade, a town near modern Hamburg.
Vladimir's brother was Vsevolod I, prince of Kiev.
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