Rogneda of Polotsk (962-1002) is the Slavic name for Ragnhild, whose father Ragnvald (Slavic: Rogvolod) came from overseas (i. Events By Place Europe February 2 — Pope John XII crowns Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor. The Slavic languages (also called Slavonic languages) a group of closely related Languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages e. , from Scandinavia) and established himself at Polatsk in the mid-10th century. Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well Polotsk ( Polatsk, По́лацк Полоцк Polockas Połock is a historical city in Belarus, situated on the Dvina river
It has been speculated that Ragnvald belonged to the Ynglings royal family of Norway. Ynglings were the oldest known Scandinavian dynasty It can refer to the following clans: The Scylfings ( Old Norse: Skilfingar) the Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional In or about 980, Vladimir of Novgorod, on learning that she was betrothed to his brother Yaropolk I of Kiev, took Polotsk and forced Rogneda to marry him. Saint Vladimir Svyatoslavich the Great ( Old Russian: Володимеръ Святославичь, c Veliky Novgorod (Вели́кий Но́вгород is the foremost historic city of North-Western Russia and the administrative center of Novgorod Yaropolk I Svyatoslavich (c 958- 960 - 11 June ? 980 ( East Slavic: Ярополк I Святославич sometimes transliterated as Iaropolk Kiev, also known as Kyiv ( Ukrainian:, Kyiv, ˈkɪjiw Russian:, Kiyev; see also Cities' alternative names) is the Having raped Rogneda in the presence of her parents, he ordered them to be killed, along with two of Rogneda's brothers.
Rogneda gave him several children. The four sons were Yaroslav the Wise, Vsevolod, Mstislav of Chernigov, and Izyaslav of Polotsk. Yaroslav I the Wise (c 978 in Kiev - February 20, 1054 in Kiev) ( East Slavic: Ярослав Мудрый Christian name Mstislav of Chernigov, or Mstislav the Bold (Мстислав Владимирович Храбрый was the earliest attested ruler of Chernigov ( Chernihiv Izyaslav was the son of Vladimir I of Kiev and Rogneda of Polotsk. She also bore two daughters, one of whom is named by Nestor the Chronicler as Predslava (taken as a concubine of Boleslaus I of Poland, according to Gallus). Saint Nestor the Chronicler (c 1056 - c 1114 Kyiv) was the reputed author of the Primary Chronicle, (the earliest East Slavic Chronicle Gallus Anonymus (Gall Anonim – "the Anonymous Gaul " 11th-[[ 2th century|12th centuries]] was the author of Cronicae et gesta A later chronicle tells a story, most likely taken from a Norse saga, of Rogneda plotting against Vladimir and asking her elder son, Izyaslav, to kill him. The sagas (from Icelandic saga, plural sögur) are stories about ancient Scandinavian and Germanic history about early Viking voyages As was the Norse royal custom, she was sent with her elder son to govern the land of her parents, i. e. Polotsk. Izyaslav's line continued to rule Polotsk and the newly-found town of Izyaslavl until the Mongol invasion. The Mongol invasion of Rus' was heralded by the Battle of the Kalka River in 1223 between Subutai 's reconnaissance unit and the combined force
After Vladimir converted to Christianity and took Anna Porphyrogeneta as his wife, he had to divorce all his previous wives, including Rogneda. Until his baptism Vladimir I of Kiev (c 958 – 1015) was described by Thietmar of Merseburg as a great profligate ( Latin: fornicator After that, she entered the convent and took the name Anastasia.
Around 1825 Kondraty Ryleev wrote a narrative poem entitled Rogneda. Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Kondraty Fyodorovich Ryleyev ( September 29 (September 18 OS) 1795 - July 25 (July 13 O This poem became a literary source for her portrayal in the nationalist Russian opera Rogneda by Alexander Serov, which premiered in 1865. Rogneda ( Рогнеда) is an opera in five acts composed by Alexander Serov during 1863 - 1865. Alexander Nikolayevich Serov (Александр Николаевич Серов in Cyrillic; Aleksandr Nikolaevič Serov in transliteration &ndash was a Russian Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
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