Kunigunda Rostislavna, Queen of Bohemia: Rurikid gateway to

Kunigunda Rostislavna of Slavonia (d. 1285) (sometimes called "of
Halich"), wife of Premysl Otakar II of Bohemia (d. 1278), was daughter
of Rostislav Mikhailovich of Chernigov (d. 1262), Ban of Slavonia.
Through her great granddaughter, Judith/Bonne of Luxembourg-Bohemia,
wife of Jean II, King of France, wide-ranging Rurikid ancestry descends
to the present day in the West, especially among descendants of Charles
V, King of France. This would of course include of many French lines as
well as the Tudors and their multitude of descendants.

I am curious if anyone might know of a "gateway" ancestor who would
bring a stronger cohort of Rurikid lines to descendants in Western
Europe and America than would Kunigunda of Slavonia, Queen of Bohemia.

Peter Stewart...

I don't know what is meant by "a stronger cohort" - are you looking for more
lines to Rurikid princes or for lines to more famous ones?

I also am curious to learn views on the parentage of one Queen
Kunigunda's great-great grandfathers, shown with no parents named in Leo
van de Pas's wonderful "Genealogics": Wasilko Svjatoslavich, Duke of
Polock (died about 1143).

Peter Stewart...

According to Nicolas de Baumgarten [Généalogies et mariages occidentaux des
Rurikides du Xe au XIIIe siècle, _Orientalia Christiana_ 9/1 (1927), table
8], his father Svjatoslav (exiled in 1129) was the sixth son of Vseslav I of
Polotsk, grand prince of Kiev 1068-1069 (died 14 April 1101), by an unknown
wife. Vseslav I was son of Briacheslav of Polotsk (died 1044), son of
Isjaslav (died 1001), son of St Vladimir the Great by his wife Rognieda.

Peter Stewart

Many thanks for any thoughts or comments.

Anthony Hoskins
History, Genealogy and Archives Librarian
History and Genealogy Library
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