[[File:Boleslaw Chrobry with Swietopelk near The Golden Gate in Kyiv MNK ND 11610.jpg|thumb|''Bolesław the Brave with Sviatopolk near The Golden Gate in Kyiv'' (Jan Matejko 1884). Predslava is the woman sitting in the chair on the left.]] '''Predslava Volodimerovna'''{{sfn|Raffensperger|2024|pp=20, 34}} ({{langx|uk|Предслава Володимирівна|Predslava Volodymyrivna}}; {{langx|pl|Przedsława Włodzimierzówna}}; {{langx|ru|Предслава Владимировна|Predslava Vladimirovna}} 981/984 – {{circa}} 1040) was a princess from Kievan Rus', daughter of Volodimer' I of Kiev and Rogned', concubine of Bolesław I the Brave, and sister of Yaroslav the Wise.{{sfn|Raffensperger|2024|pp=20, 34}} She is one of the few named women who appear in the ''Primary Chronicle'' (PVL). {{sfn|Raffensperger|2024|pp=20, 34}}
{{See also|Textual variants in the Primary Chronicle#135–141.16}} The two mentions are variations of the same account under the year 1015, in columns 135–136 and 140–141: * "At this moment, Yaroslav received from Predslava the tidings of [their] father's death, and Yaroslav sent [someone] to Gleb, saying: 'Do not set out, your father (136) has died and your brother has been murdered by Svyatopolk."{{sfn|Cross|Sherbowitz-Wetzor|1953|p=128}}{{sfn|Thuis|2015|p=108}} * "The same night news came from Kiev sent by his sister Predslava: "Your father has died and Svyatopolk settled in Kiev. He has killed Boris, and has sent [men] against Gleb. (141) Be exceedingly on your guard against him."{{sfn|Cross|Sherbowitz-Wetzor|1953|p=131}}{{sfn|Thuis|2015|p=112}} (In Ipa, Xle and Rad: "settled in Kiev, having sent [men] to kill Boris and Gleb.") __NOTOC__ == References == {{Reflist}}
== Bibliography == === Primary sources === * {{Cite book |last1=Cross |first1=Samuel Hazzard |last2=Sherbowitz-Wetzor |first2=Olgerd P. |date=1953 |title=The Russian Primary Chronicle, Laurentian Text. Translated and edited by Samuel Hazzard Cross and Olgerd P. Sherbowitz-Wetzor |url=https://www.mgh-bibliothek.de/dokumente/a/a011458.pdf |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |publisher=The Mediaeval Academy of America |pages=325 |isbn= |access-date=26 January 2023}} * {{Cite book |last=Thuis |first=Hans |date=2015 |title=Nestorkroniek. De oudste geschiedenis van het Kievse Rijk |url=https://www.vantilt.nl/boeken/nestorkroniek/ |location=Nijmegen |publisher=Uitgeverij Vantilt |pages=304 |isbn=9789460042287 |language=nl}}
=== Literature === * {{cite book |last=Raffensperger |first=Christian |title=Name Unknown: The Life of a Rusian Queen |publisher=Routledge |date=2024 |pages=232 |isbn=978-1-04-003014-1 |doi=10.4324/9781003325185}}
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