Later, the remaining possessions of the Polotsk dynasty had been conquered by Vladimir's son Mstislav I of Kiev and its members were forced into exile to, inter alia, Constantinople.
However, after Mstislav's death in 1132, Kievan Rus' experienced some turmoil, enabling the Polotsk dynasty to make a political comeback beyond its patrimony.
[citation needed] The marriage of Volodar and Richeza was a political move by her father directed against the then alliance between Erik Emune of Denmark and the descendants of Monomach.
Since several central actors in this conflict died and the position of the Monomies in Russia greatly weakened, the foundation of the marriage also fell, which was dissolved in divorce, after which Richeza married Sverker I of Sweden.
[citation needed] The Kievan Chronicle states that Vseslav Glebovich, with Lithuanian help, defeated Rogvolod-Vasily of Polotsk in 1162, either near Minsk or "Garadzets".