Vasylko Rostyslavych, ''Vasilko Rostislavich'' (, born around 1066, died in 1124) was a Rus' prince and member of the

Rurik dynasty The Rurik dynasty ( be, Ру́рыкавічы, Rúrykavichy; russian: Рю́риковичи, Ryúrikovichi, ; uk, Рю́риковичі, Riúrykovychi, ; literally "sons/scions of Rurik"), also known as the Rurikid dynasty or Rurikids, was ...

. He was the first Prince of Terebovl' from 1092. His Byzantine-style blinding was very unusual among the

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He was the third son of Rostislav Vladimirovich, Prince of

Tmutarakan Tmutarakan ( rus, Тмутарака́нь, p=tmʊtərɐˈkanʲ, ; uk, Тмуторокань, Tmutorokan) was a medieval Kievan Rus' principality and trading town that controlled the Cimmerian Bosporus, the passage from the Black Sea to the Se ...

. The historian Martin Dimnik writes that Vasylko's mother was Lanka, a daughter of King

Béla I of Hungary Béla I the Boxer or the Wisent ( hu, I. Bajnok or Bölény Béla, sk, Belo I.; – 11 September 1063) was King of Hungary from 1060 until his death. He descended from a younger branch of the Árpád dynasty. Béla's baptismal name was A ...

In November 1097 Volhynian Prince and Prince Svyatopolk II Izyaslavich of Kiev captured and blinded Vasilko Rostislavich, whom Svyatopolk had tricked into coming to Kiev. Thus, the agreements reached at an earlier meeting of the princes at the

Council of Liubech The Council of Liubech was one of the best documented princely meetings in Kievan Rus' that took place in Liubech (today in Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine) in 1097. The council ended the (1093–1097) between Svyatopolk II Izyaslavych of Kyiv, Volod ...

were broken and war ensued.

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Rostyslavych Vasylko / Ukrainians in the world
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