Overview
The Rurikid dynasty is the Norse house the 867 bookmark seats at Novgorod. Rurik is an independent tribal chief. His culture row is Norse, his faith row is Ásatrú, and his government row is Tribal. Patch 1.20.1.2 rates the seat Easy. The Primary Chronicle dates his death to 879 and makes his kinsman Oleg the guardian of his son Igor.
In 1066 the same house has already divided the Rus among Yaroslav's sons. In 1178 the senior lines sit at Vladimir, in Galicia-Volhynia, and on the other Rus thrones. The 867 card is the founder. The later years are the principalities his line produced.
Starts
867
Rurik holds Novgorod. The bookmark is Humble Origins. The chronicle tradition that later Rus princes claimed starts from this seat: Oleg's move south, Igor's line, and the realm that becomes Kiev.
| Seat | Detail |
|---|---|
| Start | 867 |
| Bookmark | Humble Origins |
| Title | Novgorod |
| Realm size | 10 counties |
| Status | Independent |
| Difficulty | Easy, the bookmark rating in patch 1.20.1.2 |
| Culture | Norse |
| Faith | Ásatrú |
| Government | Tribal |
| Age | 37 |
1066
By 1066 the Rurikids are no longer one chief at Novgorod. Yaroslav the Wise died in 1054, and his sons divided the Rus. Kiev, Chernigov, and Pereyaslavl are the senior shares of that generation. The dynasty is the family those princes belong to.
1178
By 1178 Kiev is one throne among several. Andrei Bogolyubsky sacked Kiev in 1169 and ruled from Vladimir. The southwestern princes were building Galicia-Volhynia. The Rurikid name is the common dynasty. Seniority has drifted away from a single Kievan capital.
Later impact
From Rurik the line that the chronicles tell runs through Igor, Olga's regency and conversion, Sviatoslav's wars, and Vladimir's baptism in 988. Yaroslav's churches, law, and the lateral succession among his sons are the Christian Rus a long 867 campaign is playing toward. The 1066 world already sits inside that succession: brothers holding shares, and Kiev claimed by more than one of them.
The twelfth century pulls the weight of the dynasty northeast and southwest. Vladimir-Suzdal, Smolensk, and Galicia-Volhynia are Rurikid principalities with their own princes. The 867 founder is Rurik at Novgorod. The 1178 map is the principalities that family has become.
The Mongol campaigns of 1237–1240 break that world. The princes who remain, including Alexander Nevsky's generation, rule under the khans. The Moscow branch that later gathered the Rus lands is still a Rurikid line. Campaigns in Crusader Kings 3 end in 1453, before the Moscow male line itself ends in the late sixteenth century. The playable centuries are the gathering, not the last tsar.
Historical links
- Rurik · 867 · Novgorod
All realms · dynasty · 867 · 1066 · 1178