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vladimir and rogneda -lrb- 1770 -rrb- . rogvolod 980 -- 988 unknown wife of yaropolk i anna porphyrogeneta 1002 -lsb- aged 40 -rsb- princess consort of rus princess of polotsk vladimir the great -lrb- divorced -rrb- izyaslav predlava premislava mstislava of polotsk yaroslav the wise mstislav of chernigov 962 anton losenko . vladimir and rogneda.jpg rogneda of polotsk
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rogneda of polotsk

rogneda of polotsk -lrb- 962 -- 1002 -rrb- is the slavic name for ragnhild , whose father ragnvald -lrb- slavic : rogvolod -rrb- came from scandinavia and established himself at polatsk in the mid-10th century .
it has been speculated that rogneda belonged to the ynglings royal family of norway .
in or about 980 , vladimir , on learning that she was betrothed to his half-brother yaropolk i of kiev , took polotsk and forced rogneda to marry him .
having raped rogneda in the presence of her parents , he ordered them to be killed , along with two of rogneda 's brothers .
rogneda gave him several children .
the four sons were yaroslav the wise , vsevolod , mstislav of chernigov , and izyaslav of polotsk .
she also bore two daughters , one of whom is named by nestor the chronicler as predslava -lrb- taken as a concubine of boleslaus i of poland , according to gallus -rrb- .
a later chronicle tells a story , most likely taken from a norse saga , of rogneda plotting against vladimir and asking her elder son , izyaslav , to kill him .
as was the norse royal custom , she was sent with her elder son to govern the land of her parents , i.e. polotsk .
izyaslav 's line continued to rule polotsk and the newly found town of izyaslavl until the mongol invasion .
after vladimir converted to christianity and took anna porphyrogeneta as his wife , he had to divorce all his previous wives , including rogneda .
after that , she entered the convent and took the name anastasia .
around 1825 kondraty ryleev wrote a narrative poem entitled `` rogneda '' .
this poem became a literary source for her portrayal in the nationalist russian opera `` rogneda '' by alexander serov , which premiered in 1865 .
