The Princes of Polotsk ruled the Principality of Polotsk within the realm of Kievan Rus or within the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from the mid ninth century to 1307.

Rogvold

Ragnvald Olafsson

Rogvolod was first chronicled prince of Polatsk . In the Russian Primary Chronicle, he is known as Рогъволодъ, probably a slavicized version of the Old Norse name Ragnvald. He came from overseas and established himself at Polatsk in the mid-10th century...

, a non-Rurikid

Rurik Dynasty

The Rurik dynasty or Rurikids was a dynasty founded by the Varangian prince Rurik, who established himself in Novgorod around the year 862 AD...

 Varangian

Varangians

The Varangians or Varyags , sometimes referred to as Variagians, were people from the Baltic region, most often associated with Vikings, who from the 9th to 11th centuries ventured eastwards and southwards along the rivers of Eastern Europe, through what is now Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.According...

, was the first Prince of Polotsk. When Vladimir the Great returned from exile in Scandinavia in 980 to try to claim the Kievan throne that his brother, Iaropolk held, he sought an alliance with Rogvolod through a marriage with his daughter, Rogneda. When she refused, calling Vladimir the "son of a slave," he attacked Polotsk, killed Rogvold and his son, and took Rogneda by force to be his wife. Polotsk was then granted to Vladimir's son, Iziaslav, around the time of Christianization (988), and when Iziaslav predeceased his father in 1001, the throne of Polotsk was passed on to Iziaslav's son, Briacheslav, and the Polotsk line (the senior branch of Vladimir's sons) became izgoi

Izgoi

Izgoi is a term found in medieval Kievan Rus'. In primary documents, it is used to indicate orphans protected by the church. In historiographic writing on the period, it meant a prince in Kievan Rus' who was excluded from succession to the Kievan throne because his father had not held the throne...

 and was not legally allowed to succeed to the Kievan throne, although Briacheslav's son, Vseslav

Vseslav of Polotsk

Vseslav of Polotsk , also known as Vseslav the Sorcerer or Vseslav the Seer, was the most famous ruler of Polotsk and was briefly Grand Prince of Kiev in 1068–1069. Together with Rostislav Vladimirovich and voivode Vyshata made up a coalition against the Yaroslaviches triumvirate...

, held the Kievan throne in 1068-1069, after it was granted to him by the veche

Veche

Veche was a popular assembly in medieval Slavic countries.In Novgorod, where the veche acquired the greatest prominence, the veche was broadly similar to the Norse thing or the Swiss Landsgemeinde.-Etymology:...

 following the Kiev Uprising.

Polotsk Rurikids

• Iziaslav Vladimirovich
  Izyaslav of Polotsk
  Izyaslav was the son of Vladimir I of Kiev and Rogneda of Polotsk.Following Norse tradition, Izyaslav was sent with his mother to rule her homeland. There is also a legend that Rogneda tried to get Izyaslav to slay his father....
  
  , c. 987-1001
• Vseslav Iziaslavich, 1001-1003
• Briacheslav Iziaslavich
  Bryachislav of Polotsk
  Bryachislav Izyaslavich was the prince of Polatsk between 1001 and 1044. His name, possibly, may have been of something in approximation to Vratislav or Wroclaw. He was son of Izyaslav Vladimirovich. During his reign Polotsk was at war with Kiev and Novgorod...
  
  , 1003-1044
• Vseslav Briacheslavich
  Vseslav of Polotsk
  Vseslav of Polotsk , also known as Vseslav the Sorcerer or Vseslav the Seer, was the most famous ruler of Polotsk and was briefly Grand Prince of Kiev in 1068–1069. Together with Rostislav Vladimirovich and voivode Vyshata made up a coalition against the Yaroslaviches triumvirate...
  
  , 1044-1068

Turov Rurikids

• Mstislav Iziaslavich, 1069
• Sviatopolk Iziaslavich
  Sviatopolk II of Kiev
  Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich was supreme ruler of the Kievan Rus for 20 years, from 1093 to 1113. He was not a popular prince, and his reign was marked by incessant rivalry with his cousin Vladimir Monomakh...
  
  , 1069-1071

Polotsk Rurikids

• Vseslav Briacheslavich, (again), 1071-1101
• Davyd Vseslavich, 1101-1127
• Boris Vseslavich, 1127-1128
• Davyd Vseslavich (again), 1128-1129

Vitebsk Rurikids

• Vseslav Vasilkovich (again), 1167-1175
• ?
• Vseslav Vasilkovich (3rd time), 1178-1180 x
• ?
• Vladimir or Volodar Vseslavich, 1186-1215

Lithuanian rulers

• Iziaslav of Vitebsk (?), ? 1267-?
• Konstantin Tovtivilovich, 1270/1280-c.1290
• Part of the Archbishopric of Riga, 1290-1307
• Vainius
  Vainius
  Vainius or Voin was the Prince of Polotsk from 1315 to his death. Very little is known about Vainius, brother of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania. He is mentioned in written sources in 1324 for the first time. In 1326 he, already as Prince of Polotsk, signed a treaty with the Livonian Order and...
  
   (Voin), 1307-1316
• Andrei of Polotsk
  Andrei of Polotsk
  Andrei of Polotsk was the eldest son Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his first wife Maria of Vitebsk. He was Duke of Pskov and Polotsk . As the eldest son of the Grand Duke, Andrei claimed his right to the throne after his father's death in 1377...
  
  , 1342-1377
• Skirgaila
  Skirgaila
  Skirgaila , also known as Ivan; ca. 1353 or 1354 – 11 January 1397 in Kiev; baptized 1383/1384 as Casimir) was a regent of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania for his brother Jogaila from 1386 to 1392. He was son of Algirdas, Grand Duke of Lithuania, and his second wife Uliana of Tver.-Biography:After...
  
  , 1377-1386
• Andrei of Polotsk (again), 1386-1387
• Skirgaila (again), 1387-1397