Valentinius Kryd

Valentinius Kryd was the founder of the Kryd family, the precursor to the Medvedev family.

Early Life and Marriage
He was born on a farm near Moscow, Russia, to Yuri and Yulia Obolensky. His father was a Roman enthusiast and thus he named his children Valentinius and Augustus Obolensky. As the elder child, Valentinius inherited the family farm after the deaths of their parents, while Augustus went on to study in Moscow. Valentinius married Alina Rozhkova, the daughter of a local farmer. They had two children - a son, Pieter, and a daughter, Anastasia.

The Fire
When their farm burned down, Valentinius reportedly cried over it. The other farmers gave him the name Kryd. As ashamed as she was, his wife helped him rebuild the farm near the city of Tula, close to the ancestral home of the Obolensky family. Alina never took on the name Kryd, preferring to be called Alina Rozhkova or Alina Obolensky. Anyone who called her Alina Kryd went missing four days later.

Later Life
Both Alina and Valentinius died on their farm near Tula, though their children shared an estate near Moscow, which today is owned by Nikola Medvedev.