Vasilko Rostislavich

Vasilko Rostislavich (Ukrainian: Василько Ростиславич, romanized: Vasylko Rostyslavych; Russian: Василько Ростиславич; c. 1066 – 1124) was a prince of Kievan Rus' and member of the Rurik dynasty.

[1] His Byzantine-style blinding was very unusual among the Rurik dynasty.

[3] The historian Martin Dimnik writes that Vasilko's mother was Lanka, a daughter of King Béla I of Hungary.

[4] In November 1097, the Prince David Igorevich [ru] of Volhynia and Prince Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich of Kiev captured and blinded Vasilko Rostislavich, whom Sviatopolk had tricked into coming to Kiev.

Thus, the agreements reached at an earlier meeting of the princes at the Council of Liubech were broken and war ensued.