Maria Vasilkovna Of Polotsk
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Sviatoslav III of Kiev Sviatoslav III Vsevolodovych (Ukrainian and Russian: Святослав III Всеволодич) (died 1194), Prince of Turov (1142 and 1154), Volyn (1141–1146), Pinsk (1154), Novhorod-Siverskyi (1157–1164), Chernihiv (1164–1177), Grand P ...
Maria Vasilkovna of Polotsk ( uk, Марія Васильківна) (?-1194), was a Grand Princess of the
Kiev Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
by marriage to
Sviatoslav III of Kiev Sviatoslav III Vsevolodovych (Ukrainian and Russian: Святослав III Всеволодич) (died 1194), Prince of Turov (1142 and 1154), Volyn (1141–1146), Pinsk (1154), Novhorod-Siverskyi (1157–1164), Chernihiv (1164–1177), Grand P ...
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Grand Prince of Kiev The Grand Prince of Kiev (sometimes grand duke) was the title of the ruler of Kiev and the ruler of Kievan Rus' from the 10th to 13th centuries. In the 13th century, Kiev became an appanage principality first of the grand prince of Vladimir a ...
(r. 1174, 1177–1180, 1182–1194).Войтович Л. В. Ізяславичі полоцькі // Князівські династії Східної Європи (кінець IX — початок XVI ст.): склад, суспільна і політична роль. Історико-генеалогічне дослідження. — Львів: Інститут українознавства ім. І.Крип'якевича, 2000. — 649 с. — ISBN 966-02-1683-1. She had great influence and participated in politics as advisor to her spouse. In 1180, she advised her spouse to form an alliance with the Olgovychi, and participated in the meeting where Davyd Rostislavich was excluded. On her advise, her spouse also forged an alliance with Rostyslavychs, which secured stability in the territory during the reign of her spouse.


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