She should have married the Rurik dinasty. Imagine the size of the empire
You should marry rich or not marry at all
>>18704096Russia was very remote and nobody in Western Europe knew much about it back then. Also any marriages she could have made would have to be Protestant.
>>18704170nonetheless England did initiate trade contacts with Russia and an English expedition traveled through Russian territory to make contact with Persia, but the Persians on learning that they represented a Christian ruler refused to talk to them
>>18704170Not true. Henry I of France married a Rurik princess as early as 1051. The reason it couldn’t have happened is because of religion.
>>18704220Third Rome confirmedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Kiev
>>18704096>Imagine the size of the empireIt would've fallen apart after her death, or at least would if it ever were united in the first place.