http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00027737&tree=LEO

Under year 980 ?Nestor's Chronicle? says that Vladimir, who was at war with his half-brother Yaropolk, sent his men to Rogvolod, Prince of Polotsk, and proposed marriage to his daughter Rogneda. Rogneda answered that she didn't want to marry son of a slave girl and she prefered Yaropolk. However Vladimir took Polotsk, murdered Rogvolod and two his sons (their names aren't recorded) and married Rogneda by force. She became a nun (989).

-------------------------- In 979 going from Novgorod to Kiev, with the intent to take power from his older brother, Vladimir was under influence of Dobrynia, who wanted to take away Yaropolk's bride - Rogneda, the daughter of the ruler of Polotsk Rogvolod, and to give her to Vladimir. Rogneda answered to this: "I do not want to go for the slave's son" - this strongly offended Dobrynya, whos sister was named a slave, and after the victory over Rogvolod, as remarked in Chronicle, Dobrynia told to his nephew, "be with her (Rogneda) in front of her father and her mother." That is, at the call of Dobrynia Vladimir raped Rogneda in front of her parents, and then killed her father and two brothers. When Vladimir became Grand Duke of Kiev, he forcibly took Rogneda as his wife. --------------------------

From the English Wikipedia page of Rogneda of Polotsk:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogneda_of_Polotsk

Rogneda of Polotsk (962-1002) is the Slavic name for Ragnhild, whose father Ragnvald (Slavic: Rogvolod) came from overseas (i.e., from Scandinavia) and established himself at Polatsk in the mid-10th century.

It has been speculated that Ragnvald belonged to the Ynglings royal family of Norway. In or about 980, Vladimir of Novgorod, on learning that she was betrothed to his half-brother Yaropolk I of Kiev, took Polotsk and forced Rogneda to marry him. 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. 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). 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. 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.

After Vladimir converted to Christianity and took Anna Porphyrogeneta as his wife, he had to divorce all his previous wives, including Rogneda. After that, she entered the convent and took the name Anastasia.

Around 1825 Kondraty Ryleev wrote a narrative poem entitled Rogneda. This poem became a literary source for her portrayal in the nationalist Russian opera Rogneda by Alexander Serov, which premiered in 1865.

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Rogneda was NOT the daughter of Kuno (Count) von OHNINGEN, as some have claimed.

Rogneda is not a Slavic name. Her father was Ragnvald of West Gotland, then of Polotsk (killed 970), the brother of Truggvi Olafson of Norway (died 965) and the illegitimate son of Olaf Haraldson of Norway (died 934). As you may see, Yaroslav was a great grandson of Harald I Fairhair (died 931), the first Yngling king of Norway. This explains why in Norse sagas Vladimir is called a kinsman of Norse King Olaf Traggvison (who was brought up in Kiev) more than once.

Rogneda of Polotsk married Saint Vladimir I Grand Duke of Kiev, son of Svyatoslav Igorevich and Malusha of Lubech, 978. Possibly as late as 980. Her father, Rogvolod, watched the skirmishes between Vladimir and his brothers trying to remain neutral.

Both wanted and needed the support of Rogvolod. Rogvolod had to make a choice of which brother to support. Both brothers sent Matchmakers to Rogvolod to secure his daughter Rognieda. The Matchmakers of brother Yaropolk decided it was not suitable. But Rognieda is recorded as answering the Matchmakers from Vladimir with "I do not want to marry the lesser born. I want Yaropolk."

This made Vladimir extremely angry. He collected an army and went to Polotsk, captured the town, ravenaged Rognieda, who was but about 12 years old, in front of her parents, then killed her parents and her brothers. Vladimir renamed Rognieda.....Gorislava.4,8,2,7

Tho' Rogneda had not wanted to marry Vladimir she had 5 children by him in about 10 years. She may have forgiven him for having killed her father and brothers but she could not abide by his unfaithfulness.

When Rogenda was about 22 years old, and son Izyaslav was about 7 she had had enough. While Vladimir was sleeping she took his knife and drove it into his heart. But he lived!!!!

Rogneda expected to pay the penalty of death for murder but Vladimir chose a worse sentence. She should never see her children again. Son Izyaslav put up such a real fuss that he was deported with her to a "deaf" (that is what the translation from the Russian says!!) place at the source of the Svislock river.

After Vladimir married Anna and became a Christian he had Rogneda christened also, after which she became a nun.

Rogneda died circa 1002 in a monastic cell as a nun named Anastasia.

Citations

[S10141] BigKings Pedigree, online Church Yard Genealogies, dates not consistent.

Download, http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal5601 ..

Norman W. Ingham, "Ingham on Agatha".

[S9890] Your Family Tree.

Download, http://www.gendex.com/users/jast/D0018/G0000034.html#I7329.

Download, Jim Weber http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I30238.

Download, www.belarustourist.minsk.by/common/history/names/rogneda.

[S10141] BigKings Pedigree, online Church Yard Genealogies.

Died as a nun named Anastasia.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mgholler/Caden/a38.htm#i22093

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Vladimir_I_of_Kiev

On his way to Kiev he sent ambassadors to Rogvolod (Norse: Ragnvald), prince of Polotsk, to sue for the hand of his daughter Rogneda

Rogneda of Polotsk is the Slavic name for Ragnhild, whose father Ragnvald came from overseas and established himself at Polatsk in the mid-10th century....

The well-born princess refused to affiance herself to the son of a bondswoman, but Vladimir attacked Polotsk, slew Rogvolod, and took Ragnhild by force. Actually, Polotsk was a key fortress on the way to Kiev, and the capture of Polotsk and Smolensk facilitated the taking of Kiev (980), where he slew Yaropolk by treachery, and was proclaimed konung, or Khagan or Great Khan Khagan or Great Khan Khagan or Great Khan, of all Kievan Rus.

It has been speculated that Ragnvald belonged to the Ynglings royal family of Norway. In or about 980, Vladimir of Novgorod, on learning that she was betrothed to his half-brother Yaropolk I of Kiev, took Polotsk and forced Rogneda to marry him. 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. 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).

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. 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.

After Vladimir converted to Christianity and took Anna Porphyrogeneta as his wife, he had to divorce all his previous wives, including Rogneda. After that, she entered the convent and took the name Anastasia.

http://www.katolsk.no/biografi/vladimi1.htm

Den mest kjente av Vladimirs hedenske hustruer er Rogneda av Polotsk (962-1002). Rogneda er den slaviske formen av Ragnhild, og hennes far Ragnvald (slav: Rogvolod) kom fra Skandinavia og etablerte seg i Polotsk midt på 900-tallet. Det har vært spekulert i at han tilhørte den norske kongefamilien, Ynglingeætten. Hun skal ha vært gift tidligere med en svensk jarl, men var blitt enke. Da Vladimir erobret Polotsk i eller rundt 980 og fikk høre at Rogneda var forlovet med hans bror Jaropolk, som han nettopp hadde beseiret, tvang han henne til å gifte seg med ham. Etter å ha voldtatt henne i nærvær av hennes foreldre ga han ordre om at de skulle drepes sammen med to av Rognedas brødre.

Rogneda ga Vladimir flere barn. De fire sønnene var Jaroslav den vise (ca 978-1054), Vsevolod av Volhynia (Vissavald), Mstislav av Tsjernigov (ca 978-1036), og Izjaslav av Polotsk (Iasaslav). Hun fødte også Vladimir to døtre; en av dem kalles i Nestorkrøniken Predslava, og hun ble ifølge Gallus tatt som konkubine av Boleslas I av Polen. En senere krønike forteller en historie som trolig er hentet fra en norrøn saga om hvordan Rogneda konspirerer mot Vladimir og ber sin eldste sønn Izjaslav om å drepe ham. I henhold til norsk kongelig skikk ble hun sendt sammen med sin eldste sønn for å styre sine foreldres land, det vil si Polotsk. Izjaslavs slekt fortsatte å styre Polotsk og den nylig grunnlagte byen Izjaslavl inntil mongolinvasjonen. Etter at Vladimir ble døpt og giftet seg med Anna Porfyrogeneta, måtte han skille seg fra sine tidligere hustruer, inkludert Rogneda. Etter det trådte hun i 989 inn i et kloster og tok navnet Anastasia. Nestorkrøniken forteller at hun døde i 998/1000.

Anna av Bysans, drottning av Kiev, prinsessa av Bysans, dotter till kejsare Romanos II av Bysans och Teophano.

Gift med kung Vladimir I av Kiev

From the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy page on Russia Rurikid:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/RUSSIA,%20Rurik.htm#_Toc198014252

Vladimir I maarried firstly ([977], divorced 986) as her second husband, ROGNED of Polotsk, widow of --- Jarl in Sweden, daughter of ROGVOLOD Prince of Polotsk & his wife --- ([956]-[998/1000]).

The Primary Chronicle names Rogned, daughter of Rogvolod Prince of Polotsk, recording that she at first refused to marry Vladimir, preferring his half-brother Yaropolk[80].

She became a nun in [989].

The Primary Chronicle records the death of Rogned in [998/1000][81].

Grand Prince Vladimir & his first wife had five children:

1. Iziyaslav Vladimirovich (d. 1001, Prince of Polotsk)

2. Yaroslav Vladimirovich "The Wise" (b. c.978, d. 20 February 1054, succeeded as Grand Prince of Kiev in 1016)

3. Mstislav Vladomirovich "The Brave" (b.978, d. c.1034/36 during a hunting expedition, b. Church of the Redeemer, Chernigov, Prince of Tmutorokan 988-1024, Prince of Chernigov and East Bank 1024-1034)

4. Vsevolod Vladimirovich (d. 1015, Grand Prince of Volynia and Pereyaslavl, proposed to Sigrid the Haughty who sought his assassination in 995)

5. Unknown daughter (d. after 1018, possibly Predslava Vladimirovna, married Boleslaw III Duke of the Bohemians)

6. Unknown duaghter (d. after 1018)

From the Russian Wikipedia page on Rogneda Rogvolodovna (English after):

http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B3 %D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0

In English:

Rogneda (baptized Anastasia, d. c.1000) was the daughter of Prince Rogvolod of Polotsk.

Biography:

Princess Rogneda lived in Polotsk and was betrothed to Yaropolk Svyatoslavich, Grand Prince of Kiev. Yaropolk's brother, Vladimir, while Prince of Novgorod, also courted her, but she refused him saying that it was unacceptable for a princess of her stature to marry the son of a housekeeper, which Vladimir was.

Offended by this refusal, he marched in with a Norman army in 978 or 980 and captured Polotsk, raping Rogneda in the presence of her parents, and then killed her father and two brothers. Afterwards, he forcibly married her. At this time, legend says, he gave her the name of Gorislava (perhaps to commemorate her prideful refusal).

Around 987, Rogneda decided to take revenge for what he had done and to kill her husband, now Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev. However, the attempt failed.

In response to the assassination attempt, Rogneda faced the death penalty. According to legend, an angry Vladimir ordered his wife to dress smartly for her execution. However, when he went to pick up his sword, their firstborn son Iziyaslav cried out and jumped in to protect his mother, also with a sword in hand.

Vladimir could not bring himself to kill Rogneda in the presence of her son, so instead he ordered her banished (along with her son) to a town on the upper reaches of the Svisloch River called Izyaslavl.

The stories of 19th century hagiographer Tolstoi contained an episode about Rogneda, which is sometimes cited as having originated from the Primary Chronicle:

"The moral life of Vladimir changed after his baptism. Being content with one wife (Anna of Byzantium), which he married under Christian law, he dismissed from himself all the other wives and concubines, and sent word to Rogneda: 'Now i am a Christian and I should have one wife. You may also, if you want, choose a husband from among the boyars.' Rogneda replied: 'I am a natural princess. Is it not possible that anyone other than you are dear to the Kingdom of Heaven? I want to be a bride of Christ."

According to the Tver Chronicle, in 1000 Rogneda was tonsured before her death as a nun, under the name of Anastasia. However, historians find it difficult to determine the reliability of this relatively late publication that is found nowhere else.

She died probably in the city of Iziyaslavl (now the city of Zaslavl near Minsk) at around 1000. However, her place of burial is unknown.

Children:

1. Iziyaslav, Prince of Polotsk. Born in 981. The Chronicle has a colorful story about how the young Iziyaslavl interceded on behalf of his mother, whom Vladimir wanted to kill, but instead had to send to exile. He died during his father's lifetime in 1001. He was the father of the Polotsk branch of the Rurikids.

2. Mstislav. His mention in the list of sons of Vladimir is not in error (as a confusion with another Mstislav Vladimirovich). He likely died in infancy.

3. Yaroslav the Wise, Prince of Rostov. After the death of Vyacheslav, he was Prince of Novgorod. After his victory over Svyatopolk, he was Grand Prince of Kiev.

4. Vsevolod, sometimes regarded as the "Vissivaldom, konung of Gardariki," who died in Sweden in 993.

5. Predislava. Became a concubine of Prince Boleslaw I the Brave of Poland.

6. Premislava (Perislava) (d. 1015). According to some sources, from 1000 wife of Prince Wladyslaw (Ladislaus) the Bald of Hungary (d. 1029, grandson of Prince Taksony and uncle of King Andras I)

7. Mstislav. In 1018, along with the daughters of Vladimir, was captured by Polish Prince Boleslaw I the Brave.

Polotsk wife

Rogneda of Polotsk

Rogneda of Polotsk is the best known of Vladimir's pagan wives, although her ancestry has fuelled the drollest speculations. See this article for extensive but tenuous arguments for her Yngling royal descent.

The Primary Chronicle mentions three of Rogneda's sons - Izyaslav of Polotsk (+1001), Vsevolod of Volhynia (+ca 995), and Yaroslav the Wise . Following an old Yngling tradition, Izyaslav inherited the lands of his maternal grandfather, i.e., Polotsk . According to the Kievan succession law, his progeny forfeited their rights to the Kievan throne, because their forefather had never ruled in Kiev supreme. They, however, retained the principality of Polotsk and formed a dynasty of local rulers, of which Vseslav the Sorcerer was the most notable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogneda_of_Polotsk

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_life_and_children_of_Vladimir_I

Biografi

Furstinna i Novgorod (Holmgård) och Kiev (Konugård), Ukraina, (Livland). Född omkring 963 i Västergötland, Svitjod. Död omkring 1002 i Aldeigjuborg, Ryssland. Dotter till hövdingen Rogvolod (Ragnvald), som härskade i Polotsk vid floden Dvina. Ragnvald hade enligt Nestorskrönikan kommit från andra sidan havet och var troligen en skandinavisk hövding som med sitt följe på klassiskt vikingavis seglat uppför Dvina. Där hade han bemäktigat sig den befästa staden och behärskade det kringliggande området. (Källa: Vikingar i österled, Mats G. Larsson) I ett försök att åstadkomma släktskapsband med den nordiske hövdingen Ragnvald bad nu Vladimir Ragnvald om hans dotters hand. Men den tilltänkta bruden ville olyckligtvis inte anta erbjudandet. 'Jag vill inte dra skorna av en trälunge, men Jaropolk vill jag ha !', sa hon med syfte på Vladimirs lågättade moder. När fursten fick besked om detta samlade han varjager och andra krigare och tågade mot Ragnvald. Det visade sig vara i sista stunden, för bröllopet med Jaropolk höll redan på att förberedas. Men Vladimir hann besegra Ragnvald, dräpte honom och hans två söner och tog hans dotter till hustru; enligt en av kröniketexterna efter att först ha våldtagit henne i föräldrarnas åsyn. (Källa: Vikingar i österled sid 48, Mats G. Larsson) Ragnhed (Rogned) ville inte finna sig i att maken Vladimir fraterniserade med andra kvinnor och hyste dessutom av förståeliga skäl hat mot fursten för det sätt på vilket han behandlat henne och hennes föräldrar när han tog henne till gemål. Hon beslöt sent omsider att hämnas. När Vladimir en gång lagt sig att sova med huvudet vilande i hennes knä, tog hon en kniv och försökte sticka honom till döds. Men han vaknade i tid och lyckades hålla fast hennes arm. När Ragnhed erkänt att hon försökt ta livet av honom, befallde han henne att klä sig i en kostbar brudutstyrsel och sätta sig på sängen. En stund senare gick han in i kammaren för att döda henne, men fann då att deras halvvuxne son Izjaslav stod vid moderns sida med sitt svärd draget. Hans hirdmän rådde honom att skona Ragnhed för sonens skull och ge tillbaka Rogvolods furstendöme till henne och sonen, vilket han också gjorde. Men sedan den dagen har Rogvolods efterkommande lyft svärdet mot Vladimirs efterkommande och Polotsk förblev sedan självständigt till i början av 1100-talet. (Källa: Vikingar i österled, Mats G. Larsson) Där floderna Volkhov och Ladozka flyter samman, ca 10 mil öster om dagens S:t Petersburg, låg en gång den handelsplats som under vikingatiden kallades för Aldeigjuborg. Handelsplatsen låg utmed den viktiga vattenleden som från Finska viken via sjön Ladoga gick längs med Volkhov till sjön Ilmen in i det centrala ryska området (Aldeija är ett äldre finskt personnamn=Aldeijas borg, borg=befäst stad). Staraja Ladogas äldsta datering är från cirka år 760. Ursprungligen var Ladoga en obefäst boplats, vars innevånare tycks ha sysslat med hantverk och fjärrhandel. Staden dominerades senare av en träborg, vilken omgavs av hantverkarkvarteren. På kyrkogården S:t Kliment finns skelettgravar med skelett av nordisk typ. På den östra stranden mittemot Ladoga låg Plakun, ett skandinaviskt gravfält med både brand- och skelettgravar. Gravfältet dateras till 800-900-tal och innehöll både mans- och kvinnogravar. (Källa: Nordisk vikingaguide 1995)

Gifte och barn

Vladimir den store av Kiev.

Gift omkring 978

Jaroslav "den vise" av Kiev.
Vartislav .
Burislev .
Rogneda of Polotsk (962-1002) is the Slavic name for Ragnhild, whose father Ragnvald (Slavic: Rogvolod) came from overseas (i.e., from Scandinavia) and established himself at Polatsk in the mid-10th century.

It has been speculated that Ragnvald belonged to the Ynglings royal family of Norway. 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. 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. 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). 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. 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.

After Vladimir converted to Christianity and took Anna Porphyrogeneta as his wife, he had to divorce all his previous wives, including Rogneda. After that, she entered the convent and took the name Anastasia.

Around 1825 Kondraty Ryleev wrote a narrative poem entitled Rogneda. This poem became a literary source for her portrayal in the nationalist Russian opera Rogneda by Alexander Serov, which premiered in 1865.

Source: http://www.thefullwiki.org/Rogneda_of_Polotsk
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vladimir and Rogneda (1770).Rogneda of Polotsk (962-1002) is the Slavic name for Ragnhild, whose father Ragnvald (Slavic: Rogvolod) came from overseas (i.e., from Scandinavia) and established himself at Polatsk in the mid-10th century.

It has been speculated that Ragnvald belonged to the Ynglings royal family of Norway. In or about 980, Vladimir of Novgorod, on learning that she was betrothed to his half-brother Yaropolk I of Kiev, took Polotsk and forced Rogneda to marry him. 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. 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). 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. 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.

After Vladimir converted to Christianity and took Anna Porphyrogeneta as his wife, he had to divorce all his previous wives, including Rogneda. After that, she entered the convent and took the name Anastasia.

Around 1825 Kondraty Ryleev wrote a narrative poem entitled Rogneda. This poem became a literary source for her portrayal in the nationalist Russian opera Rogneda by Alexander Serov, which premiered in 1865.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogneda_of_Polotsk

Rogneda of Polotsk (962–1002) is the Slavic name for Ragnhild, whose father Ragnvald (Slavic: Rogvolod) came from overseas (i.e., from Scandinavia) and established himself at Polatsk in the mid-10th century.

It has been speculated that Ragnvald belonged to the Ynglings royal family of Norway. In or about 980, Vladimir, on learning that she was betrothed to his half-brother Yaropolk I of Kiev, took Polotsk and forced Rogneda to marry him. 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. 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). 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. 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.

After Vladimir converted to Christianity and took Anna Porphyrogeneta as his wife, he had to divorce all his previous wives, including Rogneda. After that, she entered the convent and took the name Anastasia.

Polotsk is now in Belarus.

It has been speculated that Rogneda belonged to the Ynglings royal family of Norway. In or about 980, Vladimir, on learning that she was betrothed to his half-brother Yaropolk I of Kiev, took Polotsk and forced Rogneda to marry him. Having raped Rogneda in the presence of her parents, he ordered them to be killed, along with two of Rogneda's brothers.

After Vladimir converted to Christianity and took Anna Porphyrogeneta as his wife, he had to divorce all his previous wives, including Rogneda. After that, she entered the convent and took the name Anastasia. Around 1825 Kondraty Ryleev wrote a narrative poem entitled Rogneda. This poem became a literary source for her portrayal in the nationalist Russian opera Rogneda by Alexander Serov, which premiered in 1865.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogneda_of_Polotsk

Gift med
Vladimir I "the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev" Sviatoslavich , född cirka 957 i Novgorod, Ryssland, död 1015-07-15 i Kiev, Ukraina.

Barn:
Jaroslav Mudryj, född cirka 978, död 1054-02-20
Iziaslav Vladimirovich Rurikids, född cirka 978-979, död 1001