A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Anne of Russia

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ANNE OF RUSSIA,

Daughter of Yaroslav, prince of Kiev, married to Henry the First of France, in 1044; after his death, she married Raoul, who was allied to her first husband; in consequence of which she was excommunicated, and at last repudiated, when she returned to Russia. Historians differ much in their accounts of the leading events in the life of tills princess.