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Rogneda of Polotsk

966 - 1002

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Rogneda Rogvolodovna (Russian: Рогнеда Рогволодовна; Christian name: Anastasia; c. 960 – c. 1000), also known as Ragnhild (Ragnheiðr), is a person mentioned in the Primary Chronicle as having been a princess of Polotsk, the daughter of Rogvolod (Ragnvald), who came from Scandinavia and established himself at Polotsk in the mid-10th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rogneda of Polotsk has received more than 205,320 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Rogneda of Polotsk is the 324th most popular companion (down from 297th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Belarus (down from 34th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belarusian Companion.

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Rogneda of Polotsk ranks 324 out of 784Before her are Theodora Kantakouzene, Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Kunigunda of Halych, Constance of Arles, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Princess Milica of Montenegro. After her are Suzanne Mubarak, Isabel of Coimbra, Catharina of Württemberg, Charles Lightoller, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany, and Maria of Antioch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 966, Rogneda of Polotsk ranks 4Before her are Sei Shōnagon, Bjarni Herjólfsson, and Fujiwara no Michinaga.  Among people deceased in 1002, Rogneda of Polotsk ranks 4Before her are Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor, Almanzor, and Hrotsvitha. After her is Henry I, Duke of Burgundy.

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In Belarus

Among people born in Belarus, Rogneda of Polotsk ranks 36 out of 368Before her are Francysk Skaryna (1486), Stanislav Shushkevich (1934), Sophia of Minsk (1140), Yakub Kolas (1882), Marek Edelman (1922), and Elena Glinskaya (1510). After her are Nikolay Krestinsky (1883), Vilna Gaon (1720), Ivan Yakubovsky (1912), Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745), Aleksei Antonov (1896), and Mendele Mocher Sforim (1835).

Among COMPANIONS In Belarus

Among companions born in Belarus, Rogneda of Polotsk ranks 2Before her are Sophia of Minsk (1140). After her are Galina Lukashenko (1955).