War Maria ἡ εὐγενεστάτη ἀρχόντισσα eines Siegeltypus aus der Rus’ die gesuchte Monomachaina oder eher Maria Dobronega?
Was Maria ἡ εὐγενεστάτη ἀρχόντισσα a type of seal from the searched Monomachaina Rus' from or from Maria Dobronega?

Summary/Abstract: The „cěsarica gr’kyna”, who married Vsevolod Jaroslavič and became mother of Volodimer/ Volodymyr „Monomach“ in 1053, was not a daughter but a relative of the Byzantine emperor Constantine IX Monomachos; her Christian name remains unknown. The often erroneously published seals type of a Maria εὐγενεστάτη ἀρχόντισσα, found on diff erent places of the Rusʼ, does not mention the name Monomachaina but simply μοναχή, “nun” as a new unpublished exemplar in the collection O. Sheremtiev clearly proves; it is impossible to attribute it to Monomachaina. It probably belonged to Maria Dobronega, a daughter of Volodimer Svjatoslavič, who became the wife of Duke Casimir of Poland. Casimir passed away in 1058, but his widow Dobronega lived until 1087, returned to Rusʼ, used the mentioned seal and apparently played an important role in the society.

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