Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Volodar of Minsk
- Aft 11671. Volodar of Minsk (son of Gleb Wseslawitsch and Anastasia Jaropolkowna); died after 1167. Notes:
Also called Waledar, Wolodar Glebowitsch, Glebovich. Prince of Minsk and Gorodec.
Sophie, wife of King Valdemar I of Denmark, is definitely known to have been a daughter of Richiza, herself a daughter of Boleslaw III of Poland. But the identity of Sophie's father has been much fought over. R. Bruce Diebold's 2022 article, cited below, makes a strong case that Sophie's father was in fact Volodar of Minsk, just as reported by many of the very earliest sources.
Richiza of Poland was married to her third husband, King Sverker I of Sweden, by about 1150; it is supposed by Diebold and others that Volodar and Richiza divorced before then, since Volodar was still alive in 1167 (and, according to some sources, as late as 1178).Family/Spouse: Richiza of Poland. Richiza (daughter of Boleslaw III "Wrymouth", King of Poland and Salome von Berg-Schelklingen) was born on 12 Apr 1116; died after 25 Dec 1155. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Sofie of Polotsk was born about 1141; died on 5 May 1198.
2. Gleb Wseslawitsch was born about 1053 (son of Wseslaw I Brjatscheslawitsch, Grand Prince of Kiev); died in 1118. Notes:
Prince of Minsk.
Gleb married Anastasia Jaropolkowna. Anastasia (daughter of Jaropolk Pjotr Isjaslawitsch and Kunigunde) was born in 1074; died on 8 Jan 1159. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Anastasia Jaropolkowna was born in 1074 (daughter of Jaropolk Pjotr Isjaslawitsch and Kunigunde); died on 8 Jan 1159. Children:
- 1. Volodar of Minsk died after 1167.
Generation: 3
4. Wseslaw I Brjatscheslawitsch, Grand Prince of Kiev was born about 1039 (son of Briachislav I Iziaslavich); died on 14 Apr 1101. Children:
- 2. Gleb Wseslawitsch was born about 1053; died in 1118.
6. Jaropolk Pjotr Isjaslawitsch was born before 1050 (son of Iziaslav I, Grand Prince of Kiev and Gertrude-Olisava of Poland); died on 22 Nov 1087. Notes:
Also called Yaropolk Izyaslavich. Prince of Wladimir and Turow.
Jaropolk married Kunigunde about 1073. Kunigunde (daughter of Otto and Adela de Louvain) died on 8 Jun 1140. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Kunigunde (daughter of Otto and Adela de Louvain); died on 8 Jun 1140. Notes:
Heiress of Beichlingen.
Children:
- 3. Anastasia Jaropolkowna was born in 1074; died on 8 Jan 1159.
- (Unknown) von Wladimir was born about 1076.
Generation: 4
8. Briachislav I Iziaslavich was born about 1000 (son of Iziaslav Iziaslavich); died in 1044. Notes:
Prince of Polatsk and Vitebsk.
Children:
- 4. Wseslaw I Brjatscheslawitsch, Grand Prince of Kiev was born about 1039; died on 14 Apr 1101.
12. Iziaslav I, Grand Prince of Kiev was born in 1025 (son of Yaroslav I "The Wise", Grand Prince of Kiev and Ingegerd (St. Anna) of Sweden); died on 3 Oct 1078. Notes:
Baptized as Demetrius.
Iziaslav married Gertrude-Olisava of Poland about 1043. Gertrude-Olisava (daughter of Mieszko II Lambert, King Of Poland and Richeza of Lotharingia) was born about 1020 in Krakow, Malowpolskie, Poland; died on 4 Jan 1107. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
13. Gertrude-Olisava of Poland was born about 1020 in Krakow, Malowpolskie, Poland (daughter of Mieszko II Lambert, King Of Poland and Richeza of Lotharingia); died on 4 Jan 1107. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 4 Jan 1108
Children:
- 6. Jaropolk Pjotr Isjaslawitsch was born before 1050; died on 22 Nov 1087.
- Sviatopolk II, Grand Prince of Kiev was born in 1050; died on 16 Apr 1113.
14. Otto was born about 1005 (son of Wilhelm III of Weimar and Oda); died in 1067. Notes:
Count of Weimar. Margrave of Meissen.
Otto married Adela de Louvain. Adela (daughter of Lambert II and Uda of Lorraine) died in 1083. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
15. Adela de Louvain (daughter of Lambert II and Uda of Lorraine); died in 1083. Notes:
She may have been a daughter of Lambert II by an unrecorded wife.
Children: