Ruler · 997 – 1044

Bryachislav of Polotsk

Lived 997 – 1044. Head of state of Principality of Polotsk, 1003 – 1044.

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Lived: 997 – 1044; 47 years
In office: 41 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Principality of Polotsk
Left it: died in office; read off the dates alone

Head of state

Principality of Polotsk · the 3rd of 3 dated reigns · 988 – 1044

Iziaslav of Polotsk988 – 1001

Vseslav Iziaslavych1001 – 1003

Bryachislav of Polotsk1003 – 1044

died in officethis entry

Reigned 1003 – 1044 · 41 years · came to it aged 6

Came to it: inheritedthe sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1044, the year they died

Either upon his father's death in 1001 or his minor brother Vseslav's in 1003, he inherited the Principality of Polotsk, himself being a child at this time (his grandparents married about 978).

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