Predslava Volodimerovna

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 (Ukrainian: Предслава Володимирівна, romanized: Predslava Volodymyrivna; Polish: Przedsława Włodzimierzówna; Russian: Предслава Владимировна, romanized: Predslava Vladimirovna 981/984 – c. 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. She is one of the few named women who appear in the Primary Chronicle (PVL).

The two mentions are variations of the same account under the year 1015, in columns 135–136 and 140–141:

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