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Rurik Sigurdsson First Duke of Novgorod I



Preferred Parents:
Father: Sigurd "Snake-in-the-eye" Áslaugsson, b. ABT 776 in Danmark   d. 873
Mother: Heluna Bleja Ellusdotter Queen of Denmark Princess of England, b. 785 in Worcester, Worcestershire, England   d. 874 in Jelling, Vejle, Denmark

Family 1: Efanda Urmanskaya,    b. ABT 850 in Novgorodskaya Oblast', Russland    d. 930 in Novgorodskaya Oblast', Russland
  1. Oleg Helgi, b. 872 in Kiev, Ukraine     d. 912 in Kiev, Ukraine
  2. Igor Kiev of Kiev I, b. 877 in Novgorod, Alexandrovsk, Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire     d. 945 in Korosten, Kievan Rus
Sources:
  1. Title: Wikipedia PL
    Publication: Name: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruryk;
  2. Title: ark:/61903/1:1:QPHL-3PXK
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHL-3PXK;
  3. Title: Rurik of Novgorod, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHL-3PXK : 16 December 2021), Rurik of Novgorod, ; Burial, , ; citing record ID 189880112, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHL-3PXK;
  4. Title: Wikipedia Article
    Author: Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rurik;
    Note: This article attempts to prove that Rorik of Dorestad and Rurik of Novograd are the same person. See below: The only Hrörek described in Western chronicles was Rorik of Dorestad, a konung from the royal Scylding house of Haithabu. Since the 19th century, there have been attempts Frankish chroniclers mention that he received lands in Friesland from the Emperor Louis I. This was not enough for him, and he started to plunder neighbouring lands: he took Dorestad in 850, captured Haithabu in 857, and looted Bremen in 859. The Emperor was enraged and stripped him of all his possessions in 860. After that Roerik disappears from the Western sources for a considerable period of time. At that very moment, in 862, the Russian Rurik arrives in the Eastern Baltic, builds the fortress of Ladoga, and later moves to Novgorod. to identify him with the Viking prince Rurik of Russian chronicles.[4] Roerik of Dorestad was born about 810/820 to Ali Anulo, 9th King of Haithabu.
    Page: It attempts to prove that Rurik of Novograd and Roerik of Dorestad are the same person, which would affect parentage.
  5. Title: Документы: Родословная книга князей и дворян Российских и выезжих
    Author: Документы: Родословная книга князей и дворян Российских и выезжих.
    Note: [PFT:AQ] [S:Titl] Документы: Родословная книга князей и дворян Российских и выезжих [/PFT]
  6. Title: Rurik
    Author: Rurik. (2015). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/topic/Rurik
    Publication: Name: http://www.britannica.com/topic/Rurik;
    Note: Norse leader Read View History Edit Feedback Alternative titles: Hrorekr; Rorik; Rurik of Jutland; Ryurik Rurik, also spelled Rorik or Hrorekr, Russian Ryurik (died ad 879), the semilegendary founder of the Rurik dynasty of Kievan Rus. Rurik was a Viking, or Varangian, prince. His story is told in the The Russian Primary Chronicle (compiled at the beginning of the 12th century) but is not accepted at face value by modern historians. According to the chronicle, the people of Novgorod, tired of political strife, invited the Varangians about ad 862 to establish an orderly and just government there. Hence, Rurik came with his two brothers and a large retinue (druzhina) and became ruler of the city and region of Novgorod. Some historians think that Rurik came from the Scandinavian peninsula or from Jutland (now in Denmark) and seized the town of Ladoga, on Lake Ladoga. After establishing a stronghold there (c. 855), he may have gone southward along the Volkhov and captured Novgorod. Another possibility is that Rurik and his army were mercenaries, hired to guard the Volkhov-Dnieper waterway, who turned against their employers. Rurik’s kinsman Oleg founded the grand principality of Kiev. Oleg’s successor, Igor, believed to be Rurik’s son, is considered the real founder of the Russian princely house.
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