Rogneda of Polotsk

Rogneda
Princess of Polotsk
Matchmakers Vladimir Svyatoslavich in Rogvolod (left side); Rogvolod talks with Rogneda (right side).
Bornc. 960
Diedc. 1000
SpouseVladimir the Great (divorced)
Issue
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FatherRogvolod

Rogneda Rogvolodovna (Russian: Рогнеда Рогволодовна;[a] Christian name: Anastasia; c. 960 – c. 1000),[3] also known as Ragnhild (Ragnheiðr),[4] is a person mentioned in the Primary Chronicle as having been a princess of Polotsk, the daughter of Rogvolod (Ragnvald), who came from Scandinavia and established himself at Polotsk in the mid-10th century. Vladimir the Great is narrated as having killed her father and taking her as one of his wives.[5]

In a closely related, but separate story in the Suzdalian Chronicle, the daughter of Rogvolod of Polotsk is called Gorislava, and Vladimir rapes her in front of her parents before killing her father and taking her as a wife, after which Gorislava attempts to kill Vladimir in revenge.[5]

  1. ^ Jesch, Judith (1991). Women in the Viking Age. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-85115-360-5.
  2. ^ Palauzov, Spiridon Nikolaevich (1871). Лѣтопись по Ипатскому списку (in Russian). Изд. Археографической комисі.
  3. ^ Biographischer Index Rußlands und der Sowjetunion (in German). Walter de Gruyter. 31 October 2011. p. 1741. ISBN 978-3-11-093336-9.
  4. ^ Jakobson, Roman (15 June 2011). Slavic Epic Studies. Walter de Gruyter. p. 360. ISBN 978-3-11-088958-1.
  5. ^ a b Butler 2012, pp. 335–336.


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