Vseslav of Polotsk - His Family

His Family

Vseslav had six sons:

  1. Roman (?-1114/1116), Prince of ? (probably of Drutsk). Roman perished either in Ryazan or Murom. His widow became a nun and lived in Polotsk, Saint Sophia Cathedral where she opened her charity. They had no children.
  2. Gleb Vseslavich, Prince of Minsk;
  3. Rogvolod-Boris, Prince of Drutsk;
  4. Davyd, Prince of Polotsk,
  5. Sviatoslav, Prince of Vitebsk;
  6. Rostislav (?-?). He presumably was the Prince of Lukoml and later in 1129 sent by Vladimir II Monomakh to Byzantium with the rest of Vseslaviches. Who was his wife is uncertain as well as his descendants.
  • There are some discussion whether Vseslav had six or rather seven sons. Some historians (L.Alekseev and V.Tatishchev) believe that Boris is baptized name of Rogvolod and both of them one and the same person.

St. Euphrosyne of Polatsk is sometimes said to be his daughter, although her date of birth is given as 1120, two decades after Vseslav's death and thus she could not be his child; other sources, however, say she is the daughter of Sviatoslav Vseslavich, and thus the granddaughter of Vseslav. She founded a number of monasteries in Polotsk and the surrounding region and is considered one of the patron saints of Belarus.

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