Rurik of Kiev, Prince of Kiev

Abt 800 - 879  (~ 79 years)

• Name	Rurik of Kiev   [1]
  Suffix	Prince of Kiev
  Birth	Abt 800
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	826
  Titles	862/864
  	Prince of Slovene
  Reign	864/879
  	Prince of Novgorod
  _FSFTID	9HGM-4DN
  _FSLINK	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=9HGM-4DN
  Death	879
  Notes	Acceded: 826 Held fief in Jutland. See Europäisch Stammtafeln Band II tafel 89. «b»http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07128«/b» «b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rurik«/b» «b»Rurik«/b», or «b»Riurik«/b» «u»Old East Norse «/u»: «i»Rørik«/i», «u»meaning "famous ruler «/u» was a «u»Varangian «/u» chieftain who gained control of «u»Ladoga «/u» in 862, built the «u»Holmgard «/u» settlement near «u»Novgorod «/u», and founded the «u»Rurik Dynasty «/u» which ruled «u»Kievan Rus «/u» and then «u»Galicia-Volhynia «/u» until the 14th and «u»Muscovy «/u» until the 16th century. Princes of Kiev The Rise of the First Russian Empire The birth of the Russian Empire falls in the period when the Scandinavian Vikings were at the zenith of their power. Just as these hardy rovers sailed over the Baltic, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, until they reached Iceland and North America, and in their small forty oared galleys went up from the mouths of the Elbe, the Weser, the Rhine, the Maas and the Seine far into the interior, striking terror into the inhabitants, so, too, in the east of Europe they followed the course of the rivers and discovered the way to the Black Sea and Constantinople. The route which led up the Dwina and then down the Dnieper to Byzantium was called the Varagian way; even the rapids of the Dnieper bore, so it is said, Scandinavian names. The Norsemen, who had founded here and there independent empires in the west of Europe, could do so still more easily in the east. .....The Book of History, Vol. VIII, pg. 3285 (London, 1914)Generation One Rurik, Grand Prince of Kiev Born circa 800 Died in 879 Rurik, the Viking leader who is traditionally credited with founding the Russian state, was born in Friesland, a region in present-day Holland, which his father controlled. After leading raids in France, England, and Germany, Rurik gained control of a large tract of land in Jutland. However, he soon abandoned his claim under pressure from rival chieftains. In the 850s, Rurik and his brothers Sineus and Truvor led a band of Vikings into northwestern Russia where they established a settlement near Lake Ladoga in what is now northeastern Russia very near the border with Finland. Rurik soon moved part of the settlement to nearby Novgorod, according to legend, at the invitation of the local Slavs. There he established the seat of his power and built a fortress from which he could rule the Russian lands. His rule extended as far south as Kiev where his successors founded the powerful Kievan state, which lasted until the 1200s. From Rurik came the house of Rurikovitch which ruled Russia until the end of the 16th century.«tab»«tab» Rurik had a son: Igor, Grand Prince of Kiev He lived from about 800 to 879. He was a Variagian. The Variagians (many different spellings or used) were Swedes that migrated eastward and southward through what is now Russia, Belarus and Ukraine mainly in the 9«sup»th«/sup» and 10«sup»th«/sup» centuries. They are sometimes confused with the Vikings. There is a debate over how Rurik came to control Ladoga and Novgorod. The only information about him is contained in the 12th-century «u»Russian Primary Chronicle <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Primary_Chronicle>«/u», which states that «u»Chuds <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chud>«/u», «u»Slavs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavs>«/u», «u»Merias <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merias>«/u», «u»Veses <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veses>«/u» and «u»Krivichs <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krivichs>«/u» «i»"…drove the Varangians back beyond the sea, refused to pay them tribute, and set out to govern themselves«/i»". Afterwards the tribes started fighting each other and decided to invite Rurik to reestablish order. http://www.thepeerage.com/p22117.htm#i221163 Russia, online «u»<http://www.friesian.com/russia.htm>«/u». Hereinafter cited as Russia.
  Person ID	I4703	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2015

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. Igor I of Kiev, Prince of Kiev,   b. Abt 875, Novogorod, Kiev d. 945 (Age ~ 70 years)
  Family ID	F1373	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Rurik, Grand Prince of Kiev Rorik of Dorestad, as conceived by H. W. Koekkoek
  		Rurik of Kiev The runes ruRikr representing the Old Norse name Hrœrekr on the Viking Age runestone U 413 in the church of Norrsunda, Uppland, Sweden.
  		Rurik of Kiev A monument in Novgorod celebrating the millennium of Rurik's arrival to Novgorod
  		Rurik of Kiev Rurik and his brothers Truvor and Sineus arrive in Ladoga
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• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).