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Rogvolod

901 - 978

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Rogvolod (Russian: Рогволод; Belarusian: Рагвалод, romanized: Rahvalod; c. 920 – 978) was the first chronicled prince of Polotsk. He reigned until 978, when he and his two sons were killed by Vladimir the Great, then the prince of Novgorod, who took his daughter Rogneda as a wife. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rogvolod is the 9,044th most popular politician (down from 7,996th in 2019), the 345th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 308th in 2019) and the 91st most popular Swedish Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Rogvolod ranks 9,044 out of 19,576. Before him are Friedrich Akel, Infanta María Cristina of Spain, Stanisław Kania, Nizamuddin Auliya, Liu Yongfu, and Manuel Urrutia Lleó. After him are Geoffrey Palmer, Lucius Licinius Sura, John Blair Jr., Prospero Colonna, Adur Narseh, and Thongsing Thammavong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 901, Rogvolod ranks 5. Before him are Matsyendranatha, Thorkell the Tall, Helena, and Indulf. After him are Dirk II, Count of Holland, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, Ashot III of Armenia, Ulric Manfred II of Turin, Pietro IV Candiano, Irene Lekapene, and Mumadona Dias. Among people deceased in 978, Rogvolod ranks 3. Before him are Edward the Martyr, and Gyeongsun of Silla. After him are Li Yu, and Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Rogvolod ranks 345 out of 1,879. Before him are Gustav Cassel (1866), Jan Troell (1931), Sophie Adlersparre (1823), Allan Edwall (1924), Amalia Lindegren (1814), and Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874). After him are Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871), Henrik Sjöberg (1875), Evert Taube (1890), Ulf Stark (1944), Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801), and Lill-Babs (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In Sweden

Among politicians born in Sweden, Rogvolod ranks 91. Before him are Per Brahe the Younger (1602), Johann Patkul (1660), Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken (1670), Arvid Lindman (1862), Fredrik Reinfeldt (1965), and John, Duke of Östergötland (1589). After him are Håkan the Red (1040), Louis Gerhard De Geer (1818), Svante Nilsson (1460), Anna Vasa of Sweden (1568), Börje Salming (1951), and Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland (1750).

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