Rurik dynasty

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medieval ruling house royal dynasty

The Rurik dynasty was the first ruling dynasty of Kievan Rus' and later Muscovy, traditionally traced to the Varangian prince Rurik and his descendants who governed much of Eastern Europe from the 9th to the 16th century.

Aliases (8)

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	medieval ruling house → royal dynasty →
capital	Kiev → Moscow → Novgorod → Vladimir →
convertedTo	Christianity under Vladimir the Great →
coreTerritory	Dnieper basin → Volga-Oka region →
countryRuled	Grand Duchy of Moscow → Grand Duchy of Vladimir → Kievan Rus' → Novgorod Republic → Tsardom of Russia →
dynasticHouse	Rurikids →
endTime	16th century →
ethnicOrigin	Norse → Varangian →
founder	Rurik →
governmentForm	hereditary monarchy →
hasPart	Iziaslavichi of Volhynia → Monomakhovichi → Moscow branch of Rurikids → Olgovichi → Rostislavichi of Smolensk → Yaroslavichi of Tver → Yurievichi →
historicalRegion	Kievan Rus' → Muscovy →
languageUsed	Church Slavonic → Old East Slavic →
legitimizedBy	Primary Chronicle tradition →
namedAfter	Rurik →
notableMember	Alexander Nevsky → Daniil Aleksandrovich of Moscow → Dmitry Donskoy → Igor of Kiev → Ivan I of Moscow → Ivan III of Russia → Ivan IV the Terrible → Oleg of Novgorod → Olga of Kiev → Sviatoslav I of Kiev → Vasili III of Russia → Vladimir II Monomakh → Vladimir the Great → Vsevolod I of Kiev → Yaroslav the Wise →
precededBy	local Slavic tribal rulers →
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy →
startTime	9th century →
succeededBy	House of Godunov → House of Romanov →
territory	Eastern Europe → Rus' →
traditionalOrigin	invitation of Varangians to rule over the Slavs →

Referenced by (49)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander Nevsky → Daniil Aleksandrovich of Moscow ("Rurikids") → Grand Duchy of Moscow → Igor of Kiev → Leo I of Galicia → Olga of Kiev → Sviatoslav I of Kiev → Tsardom of Russia → Vasili III of Russia ("House of Rurik") → Vasili IV Shuisky → Vladimir II Monomakh → Vladimir the Great → Yaroslav the Wise →	dynasty
Daniil Aleksandrovich of Moscow → Dmitry Donskoy → Igor of Kiev ("Rurikids") → Ivan I of Moscow → Ivan IV the Terrible ("Rurikids") → Vasili III of Russia ("House of Moscow Rurikids") →	house
Ivan IV the Terrible → Leo I of Galicia ("Rurikids") → Vasili III of Russia ("Rurikid dynasty") → Vladimir II Monomakh ("Rurikids") →	nobleFamily
Grand Duchy of Vladimir → Kyivan Rus ("Rurikids") → Muscovy →	rulingDynasty
Olgovichi ("Rurikid dynasty") → Rurik dynasty ("Rurikids") →	dynasticHouse
Igor of Kiev → Vsevolod I of Kiev →	memberOf
Monomakhovichi ("Rurikid dynasty") → Yurievichi ("Rurikid dynasty") →	partOf
Tsar of Russia →	associatedDynasty
Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia ("Rurikid dynasty") →	associatedWithDynasty
House of Romanov →	cameToPowerAfter
Rurik ("Rurikid dynasty") →	dynastyFounded
Vsevolod I of Kiev ("Rurikid") →	familyName
Kyivan Rus ("Rurikid dynasty") →	foundedBy
Rurik →	founderOf
Yurievichi ("Rurikid dynasty") →	hasAncestralHouse
Rurik dynasty ("Moscow branch of Rurikids") →	hasPart
Polish–Muscovite War ("Rurikid dynasty") →	involvedDynasty
Yurievichi ("Rurikid princely lines") →	isSubsetOf
House of Godunov →	maritalAllianceWith
Ivan III of Russia →	memberOfDynasty
Olgovichi ("Rurikid dynasty") →	parentHouse
Daniil Aleksandrovich of Moscow ("Muscovite branch of the Rurikids") →	parentOfDynasty
House of Godunov →	precededByDynasty
Muscovy ("House of Rurik") →	rulingHouse