Rogneda

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Rogwolod receives a messenger from Wladimir (left) and talks to his daughter Rogneda about his offer (right), Radziwiłł Chronicle 15th century.
Rogneda tries to kill Vladimir
Vladimir tries to kill Rogneda, Isjaslav prevents this
Vladimir and Rogneda, oil painting by Anton Losenko, 1770
Rogneda and Vladimir, engraving by Boris Chorikov, 1836

Rogneda ( Russian Рогнеда , Old Russian Рогънеда, also Gorislawa , Christian name Anastasia ; * around 962, † around 1002) was a wife of Vladimir the Great , Grand Duke of Kiev and (probably) the mother of Yaroslav the Wise .

Life

Rogneda was a daughter of Rogwolod , Prince of Polotsk . Her mother's name is not known. Her year of birth was around 960. The name Rogneda was possibly an Old Russian form of the Scandinavian name Ragnhild .

In 978, the then Prince of Novgorod asked for her hand. The Nestor Chronicle reports:

“Vladimir Svyatoslavich returned to Novgorod with Varangians . (...) And he sent to Rogwolod in Polotsk and had the message: “I want to take your daughter as my wife.” The latter asked his daughter: “Do you want Vladimir to be a husband?” She replied: “I don't want the son of a slave girl marry, I want Jaropolk . ”(...) And the messengers of Vladimir came and brought him the answer of Rogneda, the daughter of Prince of Polotsk Rogvolod. Vladimir gathered a lot of warriors: Varangians, Slovenes , Chuden and Kriviches and moved to Rogwolod. At that time, the wedding of Rogneda with Jaropolk was already being prepared. And Vladimir conquered Polotsk, killed Rogwolod and two of his sons and took his daughter as his wife. "

Vladimir soon conquered Kiev and killed Yaropolk. From that time on, Rogneda appeared in the chronicles under the name Gorislawa .

Around 987, Rogneda tried to kill Vladimir. The attempt failed. Then Vladimir wanted to kill her, but Isjaslav, her eldest son, prevented this. The mother and son were then sent to their homeland. Isjaslav became Prince of Polotsk.

In 988 Vladimir married the Byzantine princess Anna .

The Tver Chronicle reported that Rogneda entered a monastery in 1000 under the name Anastasia . She is said to have been 40 years old when she died.

progeny

One of the descendants of Rogneda and Vladimir was probably Yaroslav the Wise and thus the Yaroslav family, the grand princes of Kiev until the 14th century. Plus Isjaslav, Prince of Polotsk, and other sons and daughters. The Nestor Chronicle named:

  • Yaroslav the Wise (around 978-1054), Prince of Rostov, Novgorod (1015-1019), Grand Prince of Kiev (1019-1054) (disputed)
  • Isjaslav (around 980 – around 1001), Prince of Polotsk
  • Vsevolod (983/984 – before 1013), first prince of Volhynia
  • Mstislaw, no further information
  • Pereslawa (Premyslawa) (before 988-1015), married to Laszló , Prince of Hungary (1000-1015)
  • Predslawa, captured in 1018 by Bolesław Chrobry , his concubine
  • Mstislawa, captured by Bolesław Chrobry in 1018

Web links

Commons : Rogneda  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Саверчанка И .: Занатоўкі пра Рагнеду. Нараджэнне фемінізму на Беларусі (Stories about Ragneda. The Birth of Feminism in Belarus) , in: Роднае слова , Minsk, № 8, 2008, p. 3ff.
  • Чамярыцкі В .: Летапісныя рэдакцыі падання пра Рагнеду , in: Беларусіка / Albaruthenica , Minsk 9/1998, pp. 163–169

Remarks

  1. August Schlötzer, TN Dschakson
  2. controversial, Tver Chronicle (ПСРЛ, XV, 113), nowhere else mentioned, cf. Успенский Ф. Б. Скандинавы - варяги - Русь: Историко-филологические очерки
  3. The Nestor Chronicle lists him among Rogneda's sons, the Suzdal Chronicle reports from 1128 of tensions between “Rogwoloschi” (descendants of Rogwolod, also of Rogneda) and “Jaroslawitschi” (descendants of Jaroslaw). If Yaroslav is the son of Rogneda, the distinction would be pointless, but it was probably only the names of the royal houses of Polotsk ("Rogwolodowitschen") and Kiev ("Yaroslaviches")
  4. Appears in a list of the sons of Vladimir, without further mentioning, not to be confused with Mstislav von Tschernigow, a later son of Vladimir
  5. Gallus Anonymous