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Rurik Sigurdsson First Duke of Novgorod I
- Preferred Name: Rurik Sigurdsson First Duke of Novgorod I[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
- Alternate Name: Rurik "the viking" Rurik
- Alternate Name: Rurik Halfdansson
- Gender: M
- Birth: 830 in of, Novgorod Or, Kiev, Ukraine, Russia at LATI: N8.5167 LONG: E1.2833 with note: GEDCOM data
- FSID: 935Z-J1R
- Death: 879 in Novgorod, Alexandrovsk, Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire at LATI: N7.5428 LONG: E6.9173
- Burial: Noise - Mountain, Zapol'e (Batetskoe S879 in Noise - Mountain, Zapol'e (Batetskoe S/P), Russia at LATI: N0 LONG: E0
- LdsEndowment: 17 DEC 1929 in Mesa Arizona Temple, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, USA at LATI: N3.4125 LONG: E111.8198 with note: GEDCOM data
- Tribe Name: with note: Description: Varangians
According to the 12th-century Kievan Primary Chronicle, a group of Varangians known as the Rus' settled in Novgorod in 862 under the leadership of Rurik. Before Rurik, the Rus' might have ruled an earlier hypothetical polity named Rus' Khaganate. Rurik's relative Oleg conquered Kiev in 882 and established the state of Kievan Rus', which was later ruled by Rurik's descendants.
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Grand Prince of NovgorodBET 862 AND 879 in Novgorod, Kingdom of Ilmen at LATI: N8.5 LONG: E2.5 with note: Invitation from the leaders of the East Slavic tribes and victory over their cousin Vadim, tyrannical ruler.
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Prince of VarangiansBEF 862 in Sweden at LATI: N2 LONG: E5 with note: He led the Varangian tribe by being heir, as his father was Grand Prince of Varangians (Sweden) and Obodrites (West Slavic)
- Clan Name: with note: Description: House of Vizlav
- Residence: Born and had a short childhood in RerikBET 798 AND 808 in Rerik, Germany at LATI: N4.0917 LONG: E1.5961
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Rurik (also Riurik; Old Church Slavonic; c. 830-879), according to the 12th-century Primary Chronicle, was a Varangian chieftain of the Rus' who in the year 862 gained control of Ladoga, built the Holmgard settlement near Novgorod, and established the Kievan Rus'. He is the founder of the Rurik Dynasty, which ruled the Kievan Rus' and its successor states, including the Grand Duchy of Moscow and the Tsardom of Russia, until the 17th century.
«b»Life«/b»
The only information about Rurik is contained in the 12th-century Primary Chronicle written by one Nestor, which states that Chuds, Eastern Slavs, Merias, Veses, and Krivichs "...drove the Varangians back beyond the sea, refused to pay them tribute, and set out to govern themselves". Afterwards the tribes started fighting each other and decided to invite the Varangians, led by Rurik, to reestablish order.
According to the Primary Chronicle, Rurik was one of the Rus', a Varangian tribe likened by the chronicler to Danes, Swedes, Angles, and Gotlanders.
Rurik remained in power until his death in 879. His successors (the Rurik Dynasty) moved the capital to Kiev and founded the state of Kievan Rus', which persisted until the Mongol invasion in 1240. A number of extant princely families are patrilineally descended from Rurik, although the last Rurikid to rule Russia, Vasily IV, died in 1612.
According to the entries in the Radzivil and Hypatian Chronicles under the years 862-864, Rurik's first residence was in Ladoga. He later moved his seat of power to Novgorod, a fort built not far from the source of the Volkhov River. The meaning of this place name in medieval Russian is 'new fortification', while the current meaning ('new city') developed later.
«b»Historicity debate«/b»
«b»Archaeological evidence«/b»
In the 20th century, archaeologists partly corroborated the chronicle's version of events. It was discovered that the settlement of Ladoga, whose foundation has been ascribed to Rurik, was actually established in the mid-9th century, although doubt is now cast on this by the dendrochronological evidence that Ladoga existed by the mid-8th century. Earthenware, household utensils, and types of buildings from the period of Rurik's purported foundation correspond to patterns then prevalent in Jutland. But mostly the excavations denied most of the chronicle's data about Rurik's arrival when it was apparent that the old settlement stretched to the mid-8th century and the excavated objects were mostly of Finno-Ugric and Slavic origin, dated to the mid-8th century, which showed the settlement was not Scandinavian from the beginning.
«b»Possible identity with Rorik of Dorestad«/b»
The only similarly named figure described in the Carolingian Annales Fuldenses and Annales Bertiniani was Rorik of Dorestad (also spelled Rørik, Rörik, Roerik, Hrörek, etc.), a Germanic king from the royal Scylding house of Haithabu in the Jutland Peninsula. Since the 19th century, there have been attempts to identify him with the Rurik of Russian chronicles.
Rorik of Dorestad was born about ca. 810-820 to Ali Anulo, 9th king of Haithabu. Frankish chroniclers mention that he received lands in Friesland from 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, Rorik disappears from the Western sources for a considerable period of time, while only two years later, in 862, the Russian chronicle's Rurik arrives in the eastern Baltic, builds the fortress of Ladoga, and later moves to Novgorod.
Rorik of Dorestad reappeared in Frankish chronicles in 870, when his Friesland demesne was returned to him by Charles the Bald; in 882 Rorik of Dorestad is mentioned as dead (without a date of death specified). The Russian chronicle places the death of Rurik of Novgorod at 879, a three year gap prior than the Frankish chronicles. According to Western sources, the ruler of Friesland was converted to Christianity by the Franks. This may have parallels with the Christianization of the Rus', as reported by Patriarch Photius in 867.
The idea of identifying the Rurik of Nestor's chronicle with Rorik of Dorestad of the Carolingian chronicles was revived by the anti-Normanists Boris Rybakov and Anatoly H. Kirpichnikov in the mid-20th century, while modern scholars like Alexander Nazarenko object to it. The hypothesis of their identity currently lacks support among scholars, though support for a "Normannic" (i.e. Norse, rather than Slavic) origin of the Rus' has increased.
«b»Genealogy«/b»
The Rurik dynasty (or Rurikids) went on to rule the Kievan Rus', and ultimately the Tsardom of Muscovy, until 1598, and numerous noble Russian and Ruthenian families claim a male-line descent from Rurik. Vasily Tatishchev (a Rurikid himself) claimed that Rurik was of Wendish extraction and went so far as to name Rurik's wife, Ufanda of Norway (Endvinda? Alfrind?); mother, Umila; his maternal grandfather, Gostomysl; and a cousin, Vadim (apparently basing his account on the lost Ioachim Chronicle).
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BIO: Ruler of Novgorod.
** from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/RUSSIA,%20Rurik.htm#Sviatoslavdied972A as of 4/26/20165
[RURIK [Roric] (-[879]). According to the Primary Chronicle 860/62, followin
Ruhtinas Rurik
Keskiaikaisen legendan mukaan skandinaavisyntyinen ruhtinas Rurik nousi hallitsemaan Novgorodia vuonna 862. Novgorodia ja sittemmin Kiovan Rusjia ja Venäjää hallinnut suku polveutui hänestä 1600-luvun
Founder of the Rurik dynasty of Kievan Rus
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 T
=== King of Russia, Founder of Russian Empire ===
King of Rus, Founder of Russia
=== Вариант "Иакимовской летописи" ===
Вариант "Иакимовской летописи"
В других вариантах сын Ульфа полутролля.
NAME: В Семейном древе версий об имени очень много. Противоречивы.
Проверка: Проверено. Далее по родословию в Семеёном древе сведений нет.
=== ПРИМЕЧАНИЯ ===
* Умер в 879
Родители
* Годлав Бодричский (?)
* Ульмила Славянская 810/815
Браки и дети
* В браке с Ефанда, княжна Урманская, имели детей
o Игорь Рюрикович Киевский +945
Рюрик-Синеус-Трувор, по русским летописным преданиям три брата конунга, предводители варяжских дружин, призванные «из-за моря» новгородскими славянами с целью прекращения междоусобиц в городе и основавших древнерусское государство. Согласно этой версии, Рюрик сел в Новгороде ", Синеус - в Белоозере, Трувор - в Изборске. Быстрая смерть братьев сделала Рюрика полновластным правителем Новгородской земли. Некоторые ученые отождествляют его с Рёриком Датским, совершавшим во главе варяжской дружины набеги на страны Западной Европы (до 860 г.). Существует мнение, что Синеуса и Трувора не существовало, а известие о них - результат неправильно прочитанного русским летописцем иностранного текста, который сообщает, что Рюрик пришел в земли славян со своим домом («сине-хус») и верной дружиной («тру-воринг»).
Современные исследователи полагают, что столицей Рюрика могло быть так называемое Рюриково Городище под Новгородом, а сам этот город возник несколько позже.
Поздние летописи (XVII в.) содержат легенду, что Рюрик захватил власть в Новгороде, воспользовавшись внутренними усобицами. Это вызвало восстание против варягов, возглавляемое Вадимом Храбрым. Рюрик казнил Вадима и его «советников», а другие новгородцы бежали в Киев, но это предание недостоверно.
Согласно летописи, в 879 г. Рюрик умер, вручив правление и малолетнего сына Игоря своему родственнику Олегу.
1-я 1/2 1Х в.-правитель Фрисландии и Южн.Ютландии
826 г. - упомянут во время крещения брата,очевидно, и его крещения
Сер.1Х в.- принимал участие в набегах викингов на Англию и Немецкие земли
868 г. - занял Ладогу по приглашению славянских племен
869 г. - занял Белоозеро и Изборск
870 г. - перенес столицу в Новгород и устроил т.н.Городище (позже резиденция князей).
870 г. - ездил к сыновьям Карла Великогов надежде получить лен во владение, но
ничего не получил и вернулся обратно
872 г.- восстание Вадима Храброго (брата жены) и подавление восстания.
873 г.- в города Полоцк, Ростов и Белоозеро послал своих мужей.
875 г.- из Новгорода в Киев от Рюрика сбежало много "мужей"
877 г. - родился сын Игорь (Ингварь).
По некоторым источникам имел еще дочь и пасынка Аскольда/Николая/ (уб.в 882 г. вКиеве)
879 г. - умер, передав правление брату жены Олегу за малолетством сына
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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
- m. ABT 876 in Novgorod, Kingdom Ilmen
- Oleg Helgi, b. 872 in Kiev, Ukraine d. 912 in Kiev, Ukraine
- Igor Kiev of Kiev I, b. 877 in Novgorod, Alexandrovsk, Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire d. 945 in Korosten, Kievan Rus
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Publication: Name: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruryk;
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Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHL-3PXK;
- 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;
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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.
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- Title: Rurik
Author: Rurik. (2015). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/topic/Rurik
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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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