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of Novgorod, Prince Rurik Rurikovich

Male 830 - 879  (49 years)


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  • Name of Novgorod, Rurik Rurikovich  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Title Prince 
    Birth 830  Novgorodskaya, Arkhangel'sk, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Appointments / Titles Denmark Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Appointments / Titles Between 862 and 879  Novgorod, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Prince of Novgorod 
    FSID 935Z-J1R  [1, 3, 4] 
    Death 879  Novgorod, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Person ID I34399  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Father of the Obodrites, Prince Godlib,   b. UNKNOWN, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 808, Roerick, Groß Strömkendorf, Nordwestmecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother von Nowgorod, Umila,   b. 815   d. DECEASED 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F13554  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family of Novgorod, Princess Efanda-Edvina,   b. 857, Velikiy Novgorod, Novgorod, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 930 (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 877  Velikiy Novgorod, Novgorod, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    Children 
     1. Rurikovich, Igor,   b. 877, Velikiy Novgorod, Novgorod, Russia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 945, Korosten', Zhytomyr, Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F13553  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 830 - Novgorodskaya, Arkhangel'sk, Russia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointments / Titles - - Denmark Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAppointments / Titles - Prince of Novgorod - Between 862 and 879 - Novgorod, Russia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 877 - Velikiy Novgorod, Novgorod, Russia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 879 - Novgorod, Russia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • RURIK [Roric] (-[879]).  According to the Primary Chronicle 860/62, following a call to "the Varangian Russes [=Scandinavians]…to come to rule and reign over us", Rurik and his two brothers migrated to settle, Rurik the oldest brother settling in Novgorod[15].  Franklin & Shephard comment that "the story [in the Primary Chronicle]…remains highly controversial"[16].  The initial Scandinavian settlements seem to have been at Gorodishche, the town of Novgorod (as its name implies) being a new settlement which was probably established nearby in the 950s[17].  The Primary Chronicle records Rurik´s death in 879[18].  This chronology is dubious when compared with the more robust dates attributable to his supposed grandson Sviatoslav (see below).  m ---.  The name of Rurik´s wife is not known.  Rurik & his wife had [two possible children]:

  • Sources 
    1. [S789] WORLD: Family Search, Family Tree.
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/tree/name

    2. [S327] WORLD: Find-a-Grave.
      https://www.findagrave.com/

    3. [S788] WORLD: Wikipedia.
      https://www.wikipedia.org/

    4. [S846] WORLD: Encyclopedia Britannica.
      https://www.britannica.com/topic/Britannica-Online


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