Bryachislav Vasilkovich of Polotsk (c1200-c1250)

Bryachislav Vasilkovich (c1200-c1250) - Prince of Vitebsk c1221-1232, Prince of Polotsk (1232-c1250).

Biography
It is known about him very little. Bryachislav was, apparently, from the Vitebsk line of the Princes of Polotsk. His father was probably Vasilko Bryachislavich, prince of Vitebsk, and his mother was the daughter of Davyd Rostislavich, prince of Smolensk. S.V. Maksimov calls him the first Christian prince in the land of Krivichi, mentioning the construction of three churches in Polotsk in 1203: Sofia, Boris and Friday.

Around 1221, Vasilko succeded his father as Prince of Vitebsk and about 1232 he became prince of Polotsk.

In the Russian chronicles, he is mentioned without a patronymic in 1239, when his son married the son of Grand Duke Vladimir of Aleksandr Nevsky The year of Bryachislav's death is unknown.

Marriage and children
His wife's name is unknown. Information about the children is quite contradictory, it is known only about one daughter, Alexandra. As children of Bryachislav are called:


 * a son
 * Alexandra (Paraskeva) ; husband: from 1239 Aleksandr Yaroslavich Nevsky (May 13, 1221  - November 14, 1263 ), the Grand Duke Vladimir
 * (?) daughter ; husband: Tovtivil ( 1263 / 1264 ), Prince of Polotsk 1243 - 1250, 1251 - 1252 , 1252 - 1256 , 1261 - 1263 / 1264
 * (?) Izyaslav (died about 1264 ), Prince of Vitebsk 1264
 * (?) Vasilko (died 1297 ), Prince of Vitebsk after 1264 - 1297