Rurikids
The Rurik Dynasty was the ruling dynasty of Kievan Rus', Rus' principalities, and early Russia from 862 to 1598.
The dynasty was established by Rurik, a semi-legendary Varangian ruler of Novgorod in 862 (according to Primary Chronicle). The founded state that existed from 862 is later called the Kievan Rus' by historians. In the middle of the 12th century Kievan Rus' transformed to a group of independent principalities (Rus' principalities), which were ruled by different branches of the Rurik dynasty. The Moscow principality won a struggle for supremacy between the Rus' states by the end of the XV century. From the reign of Ivan the Terrible, the Moscow branch of the Rurik Dynasty used the title "Tsar of all Russia" and ruled over the Tsardom of Russia. The Rurik Dynasty became extinct with the death in 1598 of tsar Feodor I.
After Feodor's death, an unstable period known as the Time of Troubles ensued, lasting until 1613. In that year, Mikhail I ascended to the throne, founding the Romanov dynasty that would last until 1917. A descendant from the Rurik Grand Prince of Tver was Catherine the Great who married Peter III of the Romanov dynasty. Likewise the historain Vasily Tatishchev was of the House of Rurik.
Among the descendants of the Rurik dynasty are noble families of Russia (Shuyski, Dolgorukov, Khilkoff, Repnin, Gorchakov, Gagarin, Putjatin and many others), as well as those of the Commonwealth of Poland-Lithuania (Ostrogski, Wareg-Massalski, Czetwertyński, and others).
List of rulers of the Rurik Dynasty
Princes of Novgorod
Rulers of Kievan Rus (Grand Princes of Kiev)
- 912 – 945 : Igor
- 945 – 962 : Olga, regent, wife of Igor
- 962 – 972 : Sviatoslav I, son of Igor and Olga
- 972 – 980 : Yaropolk, son of Sviatoslav I
- 980 – 1015 : Vladimir I, son of Sviatoslav I
- 1015–1019 : Sviatopolk I, son of Vladimir I
- 1019–1054 : Yaroslav, son of Vladimir I
- 1054–1068 : Iziaslav I, son of Yaroslav, deposed
- 1068–1069 : Vseslav, great-grandson of Vladimir I, deposed, died 1101
- 1069–1073 : Iziaslav I, restored, deposed
- 1073–1076 : Sviatoslav II, son of Yaroslav
- 1076–1077 : Vsevolod, son of Yaroslav, deposed
- 1077–1078 : Iziaslav I, restored
- 1078–1093 : Vsevolod, restored
- 1093–1113 : Sviatopolk II, son of Iziaslav I
- 1113–1125 : Vladimir Monomakh, son of Vsevolod
- 1125–1132 : Mstislav I, son of Vladimir Monomakh
- 1132-1139 : Yaropolk II, son of Vladimir Monomakh
- 1139 : Vyacheslav , son of Vladimir Monomakh, deposed, died 1154
- 1139-1146 : Vsevolod II of Kiev, grandson of Sviatoslav II
- 1146 : Igor II of Kiev, brother of Vsevolod II of Kiev, deposed, died 1147
- 1146-1154: Iziaslav II of Kiev
- 1149-1151: Yuri Dolgoruki
- 1151-1154: Iziaslav II of Kiev
- 1154: Rostislav I of Kiev
- 1154-1155: Iziaslav III of Kiev
- 1155-1157: Yuri Dolgoruki
- 1157-1158: Iziaslav III of Kiev
- 1159-1162: Rostislav I of Kiev
- 1162: Iziaslav III of Kiev
- 1162-1167: Rostislav I of Kiev
- 1167-1170: Mstislav II of Kiev
- 1170-1171: Gleb of Kiev
- 1171: Vladimir II Mstislavich, Mikhail of Vladimir
- 1171-1173: Roman I of Kiev
- 1173: Vsevolod III of Kiev, Rurik Rostislavich
- 1174: Sviatoslav III of Kiev
- 1174-1175: Yaroslav II of Kiev
- 1175-1177: Roman I of Kiev
- 1177-1180: Sviatoslav III of Kiev
- 1180: Yaroslav II of Kiev
- 1180-1182: Rurik Rostislavich
- 1182-1194: Sviatoslav III of Kiev
- 1194-1202: Rurik Rostislavich
- 1202: Ingvar of Kiev
- 1203-1205: Rurik Rostislavich
- 1206: Vsevolod IV of Kiev
- 1206: Rurik Rostislavich
- 1207: Vsevolod IV of Kiev
- 1207-1210: Rurik Rostislavich
- 1211: Vsevolod IV of Kiev
- 1212-1223: Mstislav III of Kiev
- 1240 : Danylo, son of Roman
Galician-Volhynian Kings and Princes
- 1199-1205 : Roman, son of Mstislav II of Kiev
- 1205 - 1264 : Danylo, son of Roman
- 1264-1301 : Lev I, son of Danylo
- 1301-1308 : Yuri I, son of Lev I
- 1308-1323 : Andriy and Lev II (co-rulers), sons of Yuri I
Grand Princes of Moscow-Vladimir
- 1359–1389 : Dmitri Donskoi, son of Ivan II
- 1389–1425 : Vasili I, son of Dmitri Donskoi
- 1425–1462 : Vasili II, the Blind, son of Vasili I
- 1462–1505 : Ivan III, the Great, son of Vasili II, first Sovereign for all Russia
- 1505–1533 : Vasili III, son of Ivan III
Russian Tsars
- 1533–1584 : Ivan IV, the Terrible, son of Vasili III, first to be crowned Tsar in 1547
- 1584–1598 : Feodor I, son of Ivan IV, last of the Riurikovich
Princely families of Rurikid stock
from princes of
- Starodub: Gagarin , Golibesovsky, Gundorov, Kovrov, Krivoborsky, Lyalovsky, Nebogaty, Neuchkin, Ossipovsky, Paletsky, Pozharsky, Romodanovsky, Ryapolovsky, Tatev, Tulupov and Khilkoff.
- Polotsk: Vitebsky, Izyaslavsky, Drutsky, Minsky and Polotsky.
- Peremyshl: Galitsky and Peremyshlsky.
- Chernigov: Baryatinsky , Belevsky , Volkonsky , Vorotynsky , Gorensky , Gorchakov , Dolgorukov , Yeletsky , Zvenigorodsky-Ryumin , Zvenigorodsky-Barashev , Zvenigorodsky-Spyachy , Zvenigorodsky-Shestov , Zvenigorodsky-Zventsov , Zvenigorodsky-Tokmakov , Zvenigorodsky-Nozdrevaty , Karachevsky, Kashin , Klubkov-Massalski, Kozelsky, Koltsov-Massalski , Koninsky, Kurlyatev , Litvinv-Massalski , Lykov , Massalski, Massalsky ,Machevsky, Mezetsky, Obolensky, Nogtev-Obolensky, Strigin-Obolensky, Yaroslavov-Obolensky, Nagiye-Obolensky, Telepnev-Obolensky, Ovchinin-Telepnev-Obolensky, Obolensky-Cherny, Obolensky-Bely, Obolensky-Zoloty, Obolensky-Serebryany, Odoevsky, Ogiński, Ossovitsky, Peremyshlsky (Peremyshl of Kaluga), Peninsky, Puzyny, Repnin, Repnin-Volkonsky , Svyatopolk-Chetvertinsky , Spashsky, Torussky, Trostensky , Turenin, Tufyakin , Khotetovsky , Shchepin-Obolensky and Shcherbatov .
- Ryazan: Muromsky and Pronsky.
- Galich (Southern Galich): Babichev , Bakrinovsky, Volynsky, Drutsky, Drutsky-Ozeretsky, Drutsky-Sokolinsky, Drutsky-Gorsky, Drutsky-Lyubetsky , Drutsky-Podberezhsky, Zaslavsky, Lutsky, Ostrogski, and Putyatin.
- Smolensk: Vyazemsky, Berezuisky, Dashkov, Zhizhemsky, Kozlovsky, Korkodinov, Kropotkin, Porkhovsky, Selekhovsky, Solomeretsky and Fominsky.
- Yaroslavl: Alabyshev, Alenkin, Belsky, Velikogagin, Golygin, Dulov, Deyev, Zhirovy-Zasekin, Zaozersky, Zasekin, Zubaty, Kubensky, Kurbsky, L'vov, Molozhsky, Mortkin, Okhlyabinin, Penkov, Prozorovsky, Sandyrevsky, Siseev, Sitsky, Sontsov, Sontsov-Zasekin, Sudsky, Temnosiny, Troekurov, Ukhorsky, Ushaty, Khvorostinin, Yukhotsky, Shamin, Shastunov, Shakhovsky, Shekhonsky, Shumorovsky and Shchetinin.
- Rostov: Bakhteyarov-Rostovsky, Brity-Rostovsky, Buinosov-Rostovsky, Bychkov-Rostovsky, Gvozdev-Rostovsky, Golenitsin-Rostovsky, Goluby-Rostovsky, Kasatkin-Rostovsky, Katyrev-Rostovsky, Lastkin-Rostovsky, Lobanov-Rostovsky, Priimkov-Rostovsky, Puzhbolsky-Rostovsky, Temkin-Rostovsky, Khokholkov-Rostovsky, Shchepin-Rostovsky and Yanov-Rostovsky.
- Beloozero: Andomsky, Beloselsky, Vadbolsky, Dyabrinsky, Kargolomsky, Kemsky, Sugorsky, Ukhtomsky and Sheleshpansky.
- Suzdal: Barbashin, Brukhaty-Shuisky, Glazaty-Shuisky, Gorbaty-Shuisky, Kirdyapin-Shuisky, Nizhegorodsky, Nogtev-Suzdalsky, Skopin-Shuisky and Shuisky.
- Moscow: Borovsky, Vereisky, Volotsky, Galitsky (Galich of Merya), Mozhaisky, Uglitsky and Shemyakin.
- Tver: Dorogobuzhsky, Kashinsky, Mikulinsky, Telyatevsky , Kholmsky and Chernyatinsky.
Noble families of Rurikid stock
who lost their princely titles, from princes of
- Chernigov: Satin.
- Smolensk: Aladyin, Bezsonov, Bokeev, Burukhin, Vnukov, Vsevolozhsky, Gubastov, Danilov, Dmitriev, Dmitriev-Mamonov, Dobrynsky, Yeropkin, Zabolotsky, Ivanov, Karpov-Dalmatov, Kisleevsky, Knutov, Korobyin, Molody, Monastyrev, Mussorgsky, Netshin, Polev, Rezanov, Rzhevsky, Rozhestvensky, Sapogov, Solomin, Sudakov, Tatishchev, Tolbuzin, Travin, Tsyplyatev and Shukalovsky.
- Galich (Galich of Merya): Berezin, Ivin, Ilyin,Lyapunov, Ossinin.
- Belozersk: Kurtsov, Funikov.
- Ryazan: Ovtsyn, Lykov, Zhulyebin, Bulgakov, Denysyev, Nazarov, Izmailov, Zamyatin, Zlobin, Velyaminov, Fedorov.
- Tver: Agryenev.
See also
- Rulers of Kievan Rus’
- Vikings, Scandinavians of who some travelled eastwards and southwards
- Grand Prince of Tver
- Knyaz