Rurik, Prince of Novgorod

- 879

• Name	Rurik
  General Information	He was a Danish Viking from Frisia, Jutland.  [2]
  Religion	After 855  [2, 3]
  He relapsed into paganism and was expelled from Frisia after 855.
  Military	About 860  [2]
  About 860, he led a group of Vikings into Russia and seized control of Western Russia.
  Death	879  [1, 2]
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Noe   (32 x Great Grandfather)
  Person ID, Branch	I3447	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	Halfdan, Margrave of Frisia   d. 831
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2838	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Alfrind
  Marriage	Yes, date unknown  [3]
  Children	+   1. Igor, Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev,   b. About 875   d. 947, Kiev, Ukraine (Age 72 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Saint Olga, Princess of Izborsk  m. About 903
  Family ID	F2836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2022

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Rurik, Prince of Novgorod( – 879) 2Halfdan, Margrave of Frisia( – 831) 4Harold Hilditonn, King of Lethra in Stealland, Denmark( – 770) 8Rurick, Woden-born King of Lethra in Stealland, Denmark 16Ivar Vidfadmi, King of Uppsala in Sweeden and Lethra in Denmark 17 9Auda Ivarsdotter 18Ivar Halfdansson, King of Uppsala in Sweeden and Lethra in Denmark(Abt 612 – ) 19 5 10 20 21 11 22 23 3 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S1470] Moriarty, G. Andrews. Descents from the Grand Princes of Kiev , (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, volume 28, April 1952). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002).