At the end of the 10th century, after the sudden death of Svia I, the supreme ruler of Kiev Rus, the kingdom shook and there were disputes between the court and the opposition. The three princes, with the support of their respective nobles, vied for the right to inherit the throne. Vladimir was the youngest and naturally weak among the three princes, and because he was the illegitimate son of his father and maid
At the end of the 10th century, after the sudden death of Svia I, the supreme ruler of Kiev Rus, the kingdom shook and there were disputes between the court and the opposition. The three princes, with the support of their respective nobles, vied for the right to inherit the throne. Vladimir was the youngest and naturally weak among the three princes, and because he was the illegitimate son of his father and maid