Vselav, the son of Bryachislav Izyaslavich, Prince…
1065 CE
Vselav, the son of Bryachislav Izyaslavich, Prince of Polotsk and Vitebsk, and thus the great-grandson of Vladimir I of Kiev and Rogneda of Polotsk, was born between about 1030 to 1039 in Polotsk (with Vasilii as his baptismal name) and had married around 1060.
He had taken the throne of Polotsk in 1044 upon his father's death, and although he is the senior member of the Rurik Dynasty for his generation, since his father had not been prince in Kiev, Vseslav is excluded (izgoi) from the grand princely succession.
He is the only major prince in Rus not descended from Yaroslav.
Unable to secure the capital, which is held by Yaroslav's three sons, Vseslav starts pillaging the northern areas of Kievan Rus.
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Slavs, East
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Oghuz Turks
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Tmutarakan 'Rus, Principality of
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Pechenegs, or Patzinaks
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Polatsk, Principality of
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Kievan Rus', or Kiev, Great Principality of
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Cuman people, or Western Kipchaks, also called Polovtsy, Polovtsians)
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Roman Empire, Eastern: Doukid dynasty
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