Rogvolod

Rogvolod
Prince of Polotsk
Rogvolod in a 1993 Belarusian stamp
Bornc. 920
Died978
Polotsk
IssueRogneda

Rogvolod (Russian: Рогволод; Belarusian: Рагвалод, romanizedRahvalod;[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]

  1. ^ Ioffe, Grigory; Jr, Vitali Silitski (15 August 2018). Historical Dictionary of Belarus. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 276. ISBN 978-1-5381-1706-4.
  2. ^ Bartlett, Robert (9 July 2020). Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. 651. ISBN 978-1-108-49067-2.
  3. ^ Bartlett, Robert (9 July 2020). Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe. Cambridge University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-108-49067-2.