Vseslav Bryachislavich (c. 1029 – 24 April 1101; also known as Vseslav the Sorcerer or Vseslav the Seer) was Prince of Polotsk (1044–1101) and Grand Prince...
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episcopal see and the controller of vassal territories among Balts in the west. Its most powerful ruler was Prince Vseslav of Polotsk, who reigned from 1044 to...
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cousin Vseslav, who was the prince of Polotsk, besieged Pskov, but was defeated. In the winter of 1066–1067, he also attacked Novgorod. The prince of Novgorod...
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Cathedral of Saint Sophia in Polotsk – built by Vseslav between 1044 and 1066 – was a symbol of the independent-mindedness of Polotsk, rivalling churches of the...
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Cathedral of Holy Wisdom (Belarusian: Полацкі Сафійскі сабор, romanized: Polacki Safijski sabor) was a cathedral in Polotsk that was built by Prince Vseslav Briacheslavich...
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grandfather Vladimir I of Kiev. Bryachislav Iziaslavich was born in Polotsk. Either upon his father's death in 1001 or his minor brother Vseslav's in 1003, he inherited...
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Euphrosyne of Polotsk (Belarusian: Еўфрасіння Полацкая; 1104–1167) was the granddaughter of Vseslav, the prince of Polotsk, and daughter of the prince...
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Bolesław II the Bold's expedition to Kiev (1069–1071) (category History of Poland during the Piast dynasty)
turn, the prince of Polotsk, Vseslav of Polotsk, who had driven Iziaslav out of Kiev, gathered an army not to be despised, consisting of Ruthenians, Pechenegs...
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and their distant relative, Prince Vseslav of Polotsk. The Cumans defeated their united force in the autumn of 1068, but Sviatoslav routed a Cuman band...
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system". The name of Iziaslav's spouse is unknown. He had two sons: Bryachislav of Polotsk and Vseslav. Both were certainly minor at the time of his father's...
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Bogatyr (category Culture of Kievan Rus')
Buslayev of Novgorod Anika the Warrior Duke Stepanovich Dunay Ivanovich Volga Svyatoslavovich (possibly based on Oleg of Novgorod or Vseslav of Polotsk) Sukhman...
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example of an izgoi prince would be Vseslav of Polotsk, whose father, Briacheslav (d. 1003) and grandfather Iziaslav (d. 1001) both predeceased Vseslav's great-grandfather...
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The Prince of Polotsk ruled the Principality of Polotsk within the realm of Kievan Rus' or within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the mid-9th century...
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It split along with Polotsk, Minsk, Vitebsk, Drutsk and Logozhsk. These fragmented territories were ruled by Vseslav of Polotsk's many sons and grandsons...
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Werewolf (redirect from The Book of Werewolves)
traditions of this period may have spread to Kievan Rus', giving rise to the Slavic "werewolf" tales. The 11th-century Belarusian Prince Vseslav of Polotsk was...
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controlled by the Principality of Polotsk beginning from the 10th century. Following the death of Vseslav of Polotsk in 1101, Polotsk was divided into six smaller...
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skald Boyan (The Bard), the princes Vseslav of Polotsk, Yaroslav Osmomysl of Halych, and Vsevolod the Big Nest of Suzdal. The author appeals to the warring...
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Battle on the Nemiga River (category Military history of Minsk)
after which the Polotsk prince settled down. After Bryacheslav's death in 1044, his son Vseslav succeeded him as Prince of Polotsk. While his father...
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Gediminas installed Mindgaugas, one of his subjects from the house of Olshanski, a descendant of the family of Vseslav of Polotsk that was exiled to the Byzantine...
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Novgorod-Seversk (Novhorod-Siversk), Peremyshl (Przemyśl), Pereyaslavl (Pereiaslav), Polotsk (Polatsk), Ryazan (Riazan), Terebovlia, Turov and Pinsk (Turau-Pinsk, Turovian...
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Gleb Vseslavich (category Iziaslavichi family (Polotsk))
the prince of Minsk between 1101 and 1119. During his reign, Minsk was at war with Kiev and Polotsk. He was the son of Vseslav of Polotsk and founded...
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Rogvolod Vseslavich (category Princes of Polotsk)
was the Prince of Drutsk and Polotsk. He was the son of Vseslav of Polotsk, Grand Prince of Rus. Rogvolod probably was named in honor of his ancestor Rogvolod...
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Novgorod-Seversk (Novhorod-Siversk), Peremyshl (Przemyśl), Pereyaslavl (Pereiaslav), Polotsk (Polatsk), Ryazan (Riazan), Terebovlia, Turov and Pinsk (Turau-Pinsk, Turovian...
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three sons of Grand Prince Yaroslav I (the Wise) – Iziaslav I, Sviatoslav II, and Vsevolod I – defeat the forces under Vseslav of Polotsk. Eric and Eric...
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IV of Portugal (Portuguese: Pedro o Rei-Soldado) Albert I of Belgium (French: le Roi-Soldat or le Roi-Chevalier) "~ the Sorcerer": Vseslav of Polotsk "~...
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April 24 – Vseslav of Polotsk, Kievan prince May 16 – Liemar, archbishop of Bremen June 22 – Roger I, Norman nobleman July 27 Conrad II, king of Germany...
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(approximate date) Sancho IV, king of Pamplona (approximate date) Su Zhe, Chinese politician and historian (d. 1112) Vseslav of Polotsk, Kievan prince (approximate...
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Princely rebellion (section Empire of Trebizond)
at the Battle of Listven. Two years later, the brothers agreed to divide Kievan Rus' along the Dnipro. Rebellion of Vseslav of Polotsk (1065–1069). This...
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not forthcoming, they ransacked the house of voivode Konstantin. The Kievans freed Prince Vseslav of Polotsk, who had been imprisoned earlier by Iziaslav...
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Galicia–Volhynia List of wars involving Kievan Rus' List of wars involving the Principality of Moscow List of wars involving the Novgorod Republic List of wars involving...
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