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The son of
Bryacheslav Izyaslavich, Prince of Polotsk. His sons were
David; Boris (prince of
Drutsk); Gleb (prince of Minsk); Roman (prince of Polotsk); Rostislav; Svyatoslav
(prince of Polotsk); and Rogvolod. The family is
shown on this chart. His mother's and wife's names
are not known. He was prince of Polotsk from about 1044 and by a quirk of fate
prince of Kyiv in 1068, having been imprisoned there but then released by the
population during an uprising. However, he is not listed in the line of princes
of Kyiv. His imprisonment was due to his attack on Novgorod which prompted the
three powerful brothers, Izyaslav I,
Svyatoslav II, and Vsyevolod I to organize a campaign against him. The
full tale is told in the section in Izyaslav I,
since he was the ruling prince at Kyiv at the time. After defeating him in
battle they invited him to a conference whereupon they took him prisoner to
Kyiv. However, after he was placed on the throne, he was promptly chased from
the city and fled back to Polotsk. Although he was unsuccessful in taking
Novgorod, his descendents managed to keep Polotsk independent from the
Kyiv-Novgorod axis.
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