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Personal data Rurik Vorst in Nowgorod 

• He died in the year 879.

Household of Rurik Vorst in Nowgorod

He is married to Efenda N.N..Source 2

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They got married

Child(ren):

1. Igor van Nowgorod  875-945 

Notes about Rurik Vorst in Nowgorod

NOTE: Rurik (gest. ca. 879), een half legendarische Varjagen- ofvikinghoofdman, die,
2 CONC vanuit het gebied van de Baltische Zee naar Novgorodgekomen, de eerst bekende Russische vorst werd. Hij was de stichter vanhet snel
2 CONC geslaviseerde Huis der Rurikiden, dat met Ruriks zoon, Oleg,Kiëv veroverde en aldus de grote handelsweg van de Baltische naar deZwarte Zee
2 CONC controleerde. De afstammelingen van Rurik hebben tot 1598,eerst vanuit Kiëv, later vanuit Moskou, in Rusland geregeerd."Rurik," Encarta® - Encyclopedie 2000 - Winkler Prins. © 1993-1999Microsoft
2 CONC Corporation/Elsevier. Alle rechten voorbehouden.
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Ruri, also spelled Rorik, or Hrorekr, the semilegendary founder of theRurik
2 CONC dynasty of Kievan Rus.

Rurik was a Viking, or Varangian, prince. His story is told in theRussian
2 CONC Primary Chronicle (compiled at the beginning of the 12th century)but is not accepted at face value by modern historians. According to
2 CONC thechronicle, the people of Novgorod, tired of political strife, invited
2 CONC theVarangians about 862 CE to establish an orderly and just governmentthere.
2 CONC 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 orfrom
2 CONC Jutland (now in Denmark) and seized the town of Ladoga, on LakeLadoga. After establishing a stronghold there (c. 855), he may have
2 CONC gonesouthward along the Volkhov and captured Novgorod. Another possibility
2 CONC isthat Rurik and his army were mercenaries, hired to guard theVolkhov-Dnepr
2 CONC waterway, who turned against their employers.

Rurik's kinsman Oleg founded the grand principality of Kiev. Oleg'ssuccessor,
2 CONC Igor, believed to be Rurik's son, is considered the realfounder of the Russian princely house.

Gebeurtenis:
Genealogisch
Naar hem werd het geslacht der Rurikiden genoemd.

Gebeurtenis:
Genealogical
Founder of the house of the Rurikides.

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