Princess Olga of Kiev was a 10th century woman who was born to a royal family and married to Igor, Prince of Kiev.

She led a fairly unnotworthy life until her husband was murdered by a neighboring tribe.

And after that her life took a turn, and she became the patron saint of vengeance.

Learn more about Olga of Kiev, how she brought Christianity to Russia and how she

wreaked vengeance upon her enemies on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. The become known as Olga of Kiev was born sometime around the year 900. The

estimates range anywhere is from the year 890 to 925. She was born in the town of

Piskov which is in modern day Russia not far from the border of Estonia.

Little is known about her early life until

her marriage to Prince Igor, the heir apparent of the Kevin Rus. If the word

russ sounds familiar, it's because the Rus' people were the ancestors of the people

who would become the Russians.

Olga was married young, probably at the age of 15.

Igor's father was Rurik, who founded the Rurik Dynasty.

When he died, Igor ascended to the throne, but he was underage and the regent was a man named Oleg, who united many of the tribes in the area now known as Belarus, Ukraine, and Western Russia. One of the nearby tribes was called the Drevlians.

The Drevlians fought with the Kivin rus against the Byzantine's,

and they also gave tribute to the Kivin rus while Oleg was in power.

When Oleg died, Igor took power in his own name.

The Drevlians thought he was a pushover, so they stopped paying him tribute.

Igor, needing to show the Drevlians, who was boss, went over with a full army and demanded payment.

Given the threat of an army, the Drevolians paid up and Egor left.

However, Egor wasn't quite satisfied.

He went back to the Drevians to demand more money.

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