Rogvolod

Rogvolod
Prince of Polotsk
File:Rogvolod Post stamp.jpg Rogvolod, post stamp of Belarus
Reign	945–978
Predecessor	?
Successor	conquered
Born	Västergötland Sweden c. 920?
Died	978 Polotsk
Burial	?
Spouse	?
Issue	son son Rogneda
House	?
Father	Ulf Tostesson Jarl of Skara
Mother	Ingeborg

Rogvolod (Russian: Рогволод, Rogvolod; Belarusian: Рагвалод, Rahvałod) (c. 920 – 978) was first chronicled prince of Polatsk (945–978). In the Russian Primary Chronicle, he is known as Рогъволодъ, probably a slavicized version of the Old Norse name Ragnvald. He came from overseas (i.e., from Scandinavia or Southern Baltic) and established himself at Polatsk in the mid-10th century. According to the Russian Primary Chronicle, Vladimir the Great sought an alliance with him in 980 by marrying his daughter Rogneda, but she insultingly refused, prompting Vladimir to attack Rogvolod and his sons and kill them, after which he forcibly took Rogneda as his wife.

External links

• Oleg Łatyszonek, Ales’ Bely. On the Scandinavian origin of Rahvalod // Annus Albaruthenicus/Год беларускі №6. 2005.
• Rogvolod Prince of Polotsk at ancestry.com