The Rurik Dynasty was the ruling A dynasty is a family or extended family which retains political power across generations, or more generally, any organization which extends dominance in its field even as its particular members change. ...dynasty of The Russian Federation ( Russian: Росси́йская Федера́ция, transliteration: Rossiyskaya Federatsiya or Rossijskaja Federacija), or Russia (Russian: Росси́я, transliteration: Rossiya or Rossija), is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of eastern Europe and northern Asia. ...Russia from Events Rurik gained control of Novgorod. ...862 to Events January 7 _ Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother_in_law, Tsar Feodor I April 13 _ Edict of Nantes _ Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. ...1598. More precisely, though, Russia per se did not exist during this time. The state that existed from 862 until 1240 (see The Mongol Invasion of Russia was an invasion of the medieval state of Kievan Rus by a large army of nomadic Mongols, starting in 1223. ...Mongol invasion of Russia) is called the Kievan Rus′ (Ки́евская Ру́сь, Kievskaya Rus in Russian; Київська Русь, Kyivs’ka Rus’ in Ukrainian) was the early, mostly East Slavic¹ state dominated by the city of Kiev (ru: Ки́ев, Kiev; uk: Ки́їв, Kyiv), from about 880 to the middle of the 12th century. ...Kievan Rus'. The Mongols forced the Rurikid rulers to withdraw to the city of For other cities named Novgorod see Novgorod (disambiguation). ...Novgorod. After the Centuries: 14th century _ 15th century _ 16th century Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s _ 1480s _ 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s Years: 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489 Events and Trends Categories: 1480s ...1480s, the dynasty ruled over a state called This article is about Muscovite Russia. ...Muscovy and held court at Saint Basils Cathedral Moscow (Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronounciation: Moskva), capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 878. ...Moscow.

Among the descendents of the Rurik dynasty are a few noble families of Russia (Dolgoruki, Bogolubski, Staricki) and former The presumable banner of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the coat of arms, called Пагоня in Belarusian, Vytis in Lithuanian and Pogoń in Polish The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė, Belarusian: Вялі́кае Кня́ства Літо́ўскае (ВКЛ), Ukrainian: Велике Князівство Литовське (ВКЛ), Polish: Wielkie Księstwo Litewskie) was an...Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Poland (Wareg_Massalski, Ostrogski, Zaslawski and others).

The dynasty was established by Rurik or Riurik (held to be the same name as the Scandinavian Hroerekr) (ca 830 _ ca 879) was a Varangian who gained control of Ladoga in 862 and built the Holmgard settlement (Rurikovo Gorodische) in Novgorod. ...Rurik, a The Varangians or Variags were Vikings who travelled eastwards from Sweden and Norway. ...Varangian ruler of Novgorod, and became extinct with the death of the Mental retardation (abbreviated as MR), is a term for a pattern of persistently slow learning of basic motor and language skills (milestones) during childhood, and a significantly below_normal intellectual capacity as an adult. ...imbecile tsar Feodor presents a golden chain to Boris Godunov. ...Feodor I. After Feodor's death, an unstable period known as the For the Dungeons & Dragons plotline, see Time of Troubles (Forgotten Realms). ...Time of Troubles ensued, and lasted until Events January _ Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ...1613. That year, Mikhail at the Ipatiev Monastery. ...Mikhail I took the throne, founding the The House of Romanov (Рома́нов, pronounced Ro_MAH_nof), the second and last royal dynasty of Russia, which ruled Muscovy and the Russian Empire for five generations from 1613 to 1762. ...Romanov dynasty that would last for three centuries.

List of rulers of the Rurik Dynasty

Princes of Novgorod

• Rurik or Riurik (held to be the same name as the Scandinavian Hroerekr) (ca 830 _ ca 879) was a Varangian who gained control of Ladoga in 862 and built the Holmgard settlement (Rurikovo Gorodische) in Novgorod. ...Riurik (c. Events First attack on Constantinople by Swedish Vikings (the Rus, see Varangians). ...860– Events Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona, founded the benedictine monastery at Ripoll. ...879)
• Prince Oleg ( Norse name Helgu) was the East Slavic ruler who moved the capital of Rus from Novgorod the Great to Kiev. ...Oleg (Regent) ( Events Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona, founded the benedictine monastery at Ripoll. ...879– Events Orso II Participazio becomes Doge of Venice Patriarch Nicholas I Mysticus becomes patriarch of Constantinople Births November 23 _ Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor (+ 973) Abd_ar_rahman III _ prince of the Umayyad dynasty Deaths Oleg of Kiev Categories: 912 ...912)

Rulers of Kievan Rus

• Burial of Igor the Old. ...Igor ( Events Orso II Participazio becomes Doge of Venice Patriarch Nicholas I Mysticus becomes patriarch of Constantinople Births November 23 _ Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor (+ 973) Abd_ar_rahman III _ prince of the Umayyad dynasty Deaths Oleg of Kiev Categories: 912 ...912– Events Saint Dunstan abbot at Glastonbury Edmund I of England conquers Strathclyde Howell the Good convenes a conference at Whitland, which reforms the laws of Wales Births Abbo of Fleury, French monk Deaths Igor of Kiev Categories: 945 ...945)
• Olga of Kiev Olga (Russian: Ольга also called Olga Prekrasa, or Olga the Beauty, Norse: Helga) (died July 11, 969 in Kiev) was a Pskov woman of Varangian extraction who married the future Igor of Kiev, arguably in 903. ...Olga (Regent) (945– Events February 2 _ Pope John XII crowns Otto I the Great Holy Roman Emperor. ...962)
• Sviatoslav I, Prince of Kiev (c. ...Sviatoslav I (962– Events Otto II marries Theophanu, Byzantine princess. ...972)
• Prince Yaropolk I Sviatoslavich (alternative spelling Iaropolk) (? _ 980) was a young and rather enigmatic ruler of Kiev between 972 and 980. ...Yaropolk (972– Events Births Emperor Ichijo of Japan Humbert I of Savoy Avicenna Godiva, Countess of Mercia Deaths Categories: 980 ...980)
• Detail of the Millenium of Russia monument in Novgorod (1862) representing St Vladimir and his family. ...Vladimir I (980– Events August: Canute the Great invades England. ...1015)
• Prince Sviatopolk I Vladimirovich of Kiev (c. ...Sviatopolk I (1015– Events Toi invasion: Jurchen pirates invade Kyushu. ...1019)
• Yaroslav I the Wise (978?_1054) (Christian name: Yury, or George) was thrice prince of Novgorod and Kiev, uniting the two principalities for a time under his rule. ...Yaroslav (1019– Events Cardinal Humbertus, a representative of Pope Leo IX, and Michael Cerularius, Patriarch of Constantinople, decree each others excommunication. ...1054)
• Iziaslav Yaroslavich (1024_1078), Prince of Turaw, Grand Prince of Kiev (since 1054), the oldest son of Yaroslav I the Wise. ...Iziaslav (1054– Events Cardinal Hildebrand elevated to papacy as Pope Gregory VII, succeeding Pope Alexander II Emperor Shirakawa ascends the throne of Japan Rabbi Yitchaki Alfassi finishes writing the Rif, an important work of Jewish law. ...1073, Events February 14 _ Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. ...1076– Events Romanesque church begun at Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain Anselm of Canterbury becomes abbot of Le Bec William the Conqueror ordered the White Tower to be built Births Deaths Categories: 1078 ...1078)
• Svyatoslav Yaroslavich (1027—1076) was the Prince of Chernigov from 1054 to 1073 and Grand Prince of Kiev from 1073 until his death. ...Sviatoslav II (1073–1076)
• ...Vsevolod (1078– Events Donald III of Scotland comes to the throne of Scotland. ...1093)
• Mosaic of St. ...Sviatopolk II (1093– Events Pierre Abélard opens his school in Paris End of Kyanzitthas reign in Myanmar Alaungsithus reign begins in Myanmar Suryavarman Is reign begins in the Khmer Empire Births Geoffrey of Anjou Deaths Categories: 1113 ...1113)
• Vladimir Monomakh (1053 – May 19, 1125) was undoubtedly the best loved prince of Kievan Rus. ...Vladimir Monomakh (1113– Events May 23 _ Lothar of Saxony becomes Holy Roman Emperor on the death of Henry V. War ends between Toulouse and Provence. ...1125)
• Mstislav I Vladimirovich the Great (Мстислав Владимирович Великий in Russian) (June 1, 1076 — April 14, 1132), Grand Prince of Kiev (1125_1132), the eldest son of Vladimir Monomakh by Gytha of Wessex. ...Mstislav (1125– Events Diarmaid Mac Murrough has the abbey of Kildare in Ireland burned and the abbess raped. ...1132)
• Yaropolk II Vladimirovich (Ярополк II Владимирович in Russian) (1082_1138), Grand Prince of Kiev (1132_1138), son of Vladimir Monomakh. ...Yaropolk II (1132_ For other uses, see number 1138. ...1138)

Muscovite Princes and Grand Princes

• Daniil (Daniel) Aleksandrovich (Даниил Александрович in Russian) (1261 _ March 4/5, 1303), the first Grand Prince of Moscow, the youngest son of Alexander Nevsky of Novgorod, forefather of all the princes of Moscow. ...Daniel ( Events June 1 _ Treaty of Rheinfelden _ Duke Rudolph II of Austria has to waive his right to the Duchies of Austria and Styria Teutonic Knights subjugate Prussia Sopot comes under the control of Gdańsk Gregory Cyprius becomes Patriarch of Constantinople Northern section of the Grand Canal of China is completed...1283– Events On the 20 April, Pope Boniface VIII founds the University of Rome La Sapienza Edward I of England reconquers Scotland (see also: William Wallace, Wars of Scottish Independence) The Khilji Dynasty conquers Chittor Births Saint Birgitta, patron saint of Europe Deaths October 11 _ Pope Boniface VIII Categories: 1303 ...1303)
• Yuri Danilovich (Юрий Данилович in Russian)(unknown _ November 21, 1325), Prince of Moscow (1303 _ 1325) and Grand Prince of Vladimir (since 1317), oldest son of Daniel. ...Yuri ( Events On the 20 April, Pope Boniface VIII founds the University of Rome La Sapienza Edward I of England reconquers Scotland (see also: William Wallace, Wars of Scottish Independence) The Khilji Dynasty conquers Chittor Births Saint Birgitta, patron saint of Europe Deaths October 11 _ Pope Boniface VIII Categories: 1303 ...1303– Events Muhammed Tughlaq succeeds his father Ghiyas al_Din Tughlaq as Sultan of Delhi. ...1325)
• Ivan I Danilovich Kalita (Иван I Данилович Калита in Russian)(? _ March 31, 1340), Prince of Moscow (since 1325), Grand Prince of Vladimir (since 1328), son of Daniil Aleksandrovich (Prince of Moscow). ...Ivan I ( Events Muhammed Tughlaq succeeds his father Ghiyas al_Din Tughlaq as Sultan of Delhi. ...1325– Events Petrarch becomes famous Beginning of the Breton War of Succession over the control of the Duchy of Brittany Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, expells her husband John Henry of Bohemia, to whom she had been married as a child. ...1341)
• Simeon Ivanovich Gordyi (Семён Иванович Гордый in Russian; Gordyi means proud) (1316 _ 1353), Grand Prince of Moscow and Vladimir, oldest son of Ivan Kalita. ...Semeon ( Events Petrarch becomes famous Beginning of the Breton War of Succession over the control of the Duchy of Brittany Margarete Maultasch, Countess of Tyrol, expells her husband John Henry of Bohemia, to whom she had been married as a child. ...1341– Events The Decameron was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio. ...1353)
• Ivan II Ivanovich the Beautiful (Иван II Иванович Красный in Russian) (March 30, 1326–November 13, 1359) was a ruler of Moscow (1353–1359). ...Ivan II ( Events The Decameron was finished by Giovanni Boccaccio. ...1353– Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Orhan I (1326_1359) to Murad I (1359_1389) Berlin joins the Hanseatic League. ...1359)
• Grand Prince (Velikiy Kniaz) Dmitri Ivanovich Donskoi (Дмитрий Донской, in Russian) (October 12, 1350 _ 1389) was a Russian ruler (1359 _ 1389). ...Dmitri Donskoi ( Events Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Orhan I (1326_1359) to Murad I (1359_1389) Berlin joins the Hanseatic League. ...1359– Events February 24 _ Margaret I seizes Albert, thus becoming ruler of Denmark, Norway and Sweden June 15 _ Battle of Kosovo between Serbs and Ottomans. ...1389)
• Vasili I Dmitriyevich (Василий I Дмитриевич in Russian) (1371 — February, 1425), Grand Prince of Moscow since 1389, oldest son of Dmitri Donskoi and Grand Princess Eudoxia (Yevdokiya in Russian) _ daughter of the Grand Prince of Suzdal Dmitry Konstantinovich. ...Vasili I ( Events February 24 _ Margaret I seizes Albert, thus becoming ruler of Denmark, Norway and Sweden June 15 _ Battle of Kosovo between Serbs and Ottomans. ...1389– Events Foundation of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Births Deaths March 17 _ Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Ashikaga shogun July 21 _ Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor Categories: 1425 ...1425)
• Vasili II Vasiliyevich Tyomniy (Blind) (Василий II Васильевич Тёмный in Russian) (March 10, 1415—March 27, 1462) was the Grand Prince of Moscow whose long reign (1425_1462) was plagued by the greatest civil war of medieval Russian history. ...Vasili II ( Events Foundation of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Births Deaths March 17 _ Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Ashikaga shogun July 21 _ Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor Categories: 1425 ...1425– Events Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands. ...1462)
• Albus rex Ivan III Ivan III Vasilevich (Иван III Васильевич) (January 22, 1440 _ October 27, 1505), also known as Ivan the Great, was a grand duke of Muscovy who first adopted a more pretentious title of the grand duke of all the Russias. Sometimes referred to as the gatherer of...Ivan III (Ivan the Great) ( Events Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands. ...1462– Events March 5 _ Papal dispensation issued for the marriage of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon June 27 _ Henry VIII of England repudiates his engagement to Catherine of Aragon, at his fathers command King Alexander-of-Poland signed Nihil-novi act _ Poland became Nobles Democracy Poland prohibits peasants from leaving...1505), first Sovereign for all Russia
• Vasili III Ivanovich (Russian: Василий III Иванович, also Basil) (March 25, 1479–December 3, 1533) was the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1505 to 1533. ...Vasili III ( Events March 5 _ Papal dispensation issued for the marriage of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon June 27 _ Henry VIII of England repudiates his engagement to Catherine of Aragon, at his fathers command King Alexander-of-Poland signed Nihil-novi act _ Poland became Nobles Democracy Poland prohibits peasants from leaving...1505– Events January 25 _ King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ...1533)

Russian Tsars

• Ivan IV (August 25, 1530–March 18, 1584) was the first ruler of Russia to assume the title of tsar. ...Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible) ( Events January 25 _ King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ...1533– Events June 1 _ With the death of the Duc dAnjou, the Huguenot Henry of Navarre becomes heir_presumptive to the throne of France. ...1584), first to be crowned Tsar
• Feodor presents a golden chain to Boris Godunov. ...Feodor I ( Events June 1 _ With the death of the Duc dAnjou, the Huguenot Henry of Navarre becomes heir_presumptive to the throne of France. ...1584– Events January 7 _ Boris Godunov seizes the throne of Russia following the death of his brother_in_law, Tsar Feodor I April 13 _ Edict of Nantes _ Henry IV of France grants French Huguenots equal rights with Catholics. ...1598), last of the Riurikovich