Predslava Rurikovna (died after 1204) was a princess of

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. She was the daughter of

Rurik Rostislavich Rurik Rostislavich, also spelt Riurik, ({{circa, 1140 - 19 April 1212{{efn, Other sources state the date of Rurik's death as 1211,1214 or 1215) was Prince of Novgorod (1170–1171), Belgorod (1173–1194), Grand Prince of Kiev (1173;{{sfn, Mar ...

and Anna of Turov. She was married to

Roman the Great Roman Mstislavich ( – 19 June 1205), also known as Roman the Great, was Prince of Novgorod (1168–1170), Volhynia (1170–1189; 1189–1205), and Galicia (1189; 1198/99–1205). He founded the ''Romanovichi'' branch of Rurikids, which wou ...

, the prince of

, in 1180–1198. In February 1204, he forced a monastic

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on Rurik, his wife Anna and daughter Predslava.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Predslava Rurikovna Year of birth unknown 1204 deaths Daughters of Grand Princes of Kiev Rostislavichi family (Smolensk) 12th-century people from Kievan Rus'