According to contemporary Scandinavian sources, Mstislav, the twelfth-century Grand Prince of Kiev, was a grandson of King Harold of England. Harold’s daughter Gytha emigrated to Denmark after Harold’s defeat at Hastings in 1066, and from there went to Kiev to marry Vladimir II Monomakh. Many years later, Harold’s blood returned to the English royal line through Mstislav’s descendant, Edward III.

59 words