Vasilko Svyatoslavich of Polotsk (c1095-1144)

Vasilko Svyatoslavich (died 1144 ), Prince Polotsky 1132 - 1144, son of Svyatoslav Vseslavich , Prince of Vitebsk [1]. The grandson of Vseslav Bryachislavich. It originated from the Vitebsk line of Izyaslavichi Polotsk. According to the late Voskresenskaya and Nikon's chronicles - the grandson of Vladimir Monomakh.

Biography
In 1129, the Grand Duke of Kiev, Mstislav Vladimirovich the Great, made a march to the principality of Polotsk, capturing all Polotsk princes and members of their families, depriving them of their possessions and sent them to Byzantium. Among the exiled was Vasilko. Probably, he served as the commander of the Emperor John.

However, already in 1131 or 1132, Vasilko returned from Byzantium. It is unclear whether he received any inheritance. Voitovich suggests that Vasilko in the period 1130-1132 could be Prince of Vitebsk, and Rapov - that in 1132 he reigned in Izyaslavl [2]. But already in 1132 Polotzans drove out the prince of Mstislav the Great, Svyatopolk Mstislavich, who had reigned from them , and Vasilko was invited instead.

About his reign, almost nothing is known. In order to stay in the reign, he supported the sons of Mstislav. In 1138, when Vsevolod Mstislavich , expelled from Novgorod , walked past Polotsk, Vasilko accompanied him with honor and kissed him a cross.

In 1143, Vasilko gave his daughter to marry Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich, the son of Grand Duke Vsevolod Olgovich. More about it is not mentioned. It is believed that Vasilko died in 1144 [3].

Marriage and children
His wife's name is unknown. It is not known exactly how many children he had. The following children are mentioned:


 * 1) *Vseslav (died c.. 1186 ), the prince of Vitebsk in 1132 - 1162 to 1175 - in 1178, after 1180 -about 1186 , Prince of Polotsk 1162 - 1167 , 1167 -up to 1175 , 1178 -after 1180
 * 2) Bryachislav (born about 1140 - died about 1186 ), Prince Izyaslavsky 1158 - 1159, prince of Vitebsk 1168  - to 1175 , 1178  - after 1181
 * 3) Volodia (died after 1160)
 * 4) Izyaslav (died before 1185 ); died in battle with Lithuania, is mentioned in the " Lay of Igor's Regiment " along with the brothers Bryachislav and Vsevolod.
 * 5) Vsevolod Vasilkovich (died after 1185 ), Prince Gorodnensky
 * 6) Olga, a nun (nun Evdokia)
 * 7) Maria ; husband: with 1143 Svyatoslav Vsevolodovich (died 25 July 1194 ), Prince of Chernigov and Grand Prince of Kiev

Literature

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