Rogvolod (Russian: Рогволод; Belarusian: Рагвалод, romanized: Rahvalod;[1] c. 920 – 978)[2] was the first chronicled prince of Polotsk. He reigned until 978, when he and his two sons were killed by Vladimir the Great, then the prince of Novgorod, who took his daughter Rogneda as a wife.[3]
^Ioffe, Grigory; Jr, Vitali Silitski (15 August 2018). Historical Dictionary of Belarus. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-5381-1706-4.
^Bartlett, Robert (9 July 2020). Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. 651. ISBN 978-1-108-49067-2.
^Bartlett, Robert (9 July 2020). Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-108-49067-2.
Rogvolod (Russian: Рогволод; Belarusian: Рагвалод, romanized: Rahvalod; c. 920 – 978) was the first chronicled prince of Polotsk. He reigned until 978...
first known prince of Polotsk was Rogvolod (ruled 945–978). He had two sons and a daughter named Rogneda. Rogvolod promised Rogneda to the prince of Kiev...
Primary Chronicle as having been a princess of Polotsk, the daughter of Rogvolod (Ragnvald), who came from Scandinavia and established himself at Polotsk...
Rogvolod Vseslavich, baptismal name Boris, was the Prince of Drutsk and Polotsk. He was the son of Vseslav of Polotsk, Grand Prince of Rus. Rogvolod probably...
dynasty; its first ruler mentioned in the chronicles was the semi-legendary Rogvolod (?–978), better known as the father of Rogneda. The principality was heavily...
Chronicle, Vladimir wanted to forge an alliance with her father, prince Rogvolod of Polotsk, but after she refused to marry Vladimir, he raped and forcibly...
Vladimir seized Polotsk because Rogneda, daughter of the Polotsk prince Rogvolod, had chosen Yaropolk over him. Vladimir forced Rogneda to marry him. Then...
he marched against Yaropolk. On his way to Kiev he sent ambassadors to Rogvolod (Norse: Ragnvald), prince of Polotsk, to sue for the hand of his daughter...
opened her charity. They had no children. Gleb Vseslavich, Prince of Minsk; Rogvolod-Boris, Prince of Drutsk; There has been some discussion whether Vseslav...
of York, 943-44 Ragnall mac Gofraid (died 1004/1005), King of the Isles Rogvolod (mid-10th century), Prince of Polotsk Ragnvald Ingvarsson (10th century)...
division of the Polatsk territory between Vseslav's sons. Drutsk was given to Rogvolod-Boris. Soon its territory was taken over by another appanage duchy of Polotsk...
death of Sviatoslav I of Kiev Kievan Rus' Kiev (Yaropolk I †) Polotsk (Rogvolod †) Kievan Rus' Drevlians (Oleg of Drelinia †) Novgorod (Volodimer) Volodimer...
around 950 (first mentioned in 980) by Varangian Prince Tur, a brother of Rogvolod (the first chronicled prince of Polatsk). During the times of Vladimir...
Semigallians, they defeated the invading army of Polotsk led by Prince Rogvolod Vseslavich in 1106. Russian chronicles claim that 9,000 Russian soldiers...
Novgorod the Great, proposed a marriage between himself and the daughter of Rogvolod, the prince of Polotsk, who had rebuffed him, saying she did not want to...
Laurentian Codex as being founded (as Borisov) in 1102 by the Prince of Polotsk Rogvolod Vseslavich, who had the baptismal name of Boris. During the next two centuries...
from Minsk. The settlement was first mentioned in 1102 when the prince Rogvolod Vseslavich ordered its construction. Gaponenko, Irina Olegovna (2003)....
Kievan throne that his brother, Yaropolk, held, he sought an alliance with Rogvolod through a marriage with his daughter, Rogneda. When she refused, calling...
Kamarupa (India) (d. 960) Reginar III, Frankish nobleman (approximate date) Rogvolod, prince of Polotsk (approximate date) Abd-Allah Mikali, Abbasid governor...
month and traded with the men of the land. 950 The Norse prince Ragnvald (Rogvolod of Polatsk) came from overseas and subjugated hillforts along the river...
Following the death of Rogvolod Vseslavich in 1128, Davyd Vseslavich inherited Polotsk and opposed the truce between Rogvolod and Kiev and renewed the...
1101–1119 Succeeded by Rostislav Glebovich Titles in pretence Preceded by Rogvolod Vseslavich 2nd in line to Grand Prince of Kiev 1093–1119 Succeeded by Davyd...
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