Rurik Rostislavich
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Rurik Rostislavich, also spelt Riurik,Template:SfnTemplate:Efn (Template:Circa – 19 April 1212Template:Efn[1]) was Prince of Novgorod (1170–1171), Belgorod (1173–1194), Grand Prince of Kiev (1173;Template:Sfn 1180–1181; 1194–1201; 1203–1204; 1205-1206; 1207–1210),Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and Prince of Chernigov (from 1210 till his death).
Life
Rurik,also known under his baptismal name Basil,[1] was the son of Rostislav I of Kiev.Template:Sfn In the 1160s he ruled the province of Drevlians before becoming the prince of Ovruch (1168).[1] Succession conflicts intermittently placed Rurik on the throne of the Kievan Rus' no fewer than six times between 1173 and 1210.Template:Sfn Between 1173 and 1181 Rurik spent brief periods as a ruler of Novgorod the Great and Kyiv.[1]
According to the Kievan Chronicle account,Template:Sfn in 1182,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Rurik became co-ruler with Sviatoslav Vsevolodovich of Kiev (who had become prince of Kiev in 1177Template:Sfn), a "duumvirate" arrangement that lasted until Sviatoslav's death in 1194.Template:Sfn According to the Novgorod Fourth Chronicle and Sofia First Chronicle tradition sub anno 6688 (1180) and 6693 (1185), Sviatoslav reigned alone, and there is no mention of Rurik as co-prince.Template:Sfn After the death of Sviatoslav in 1194 he became Prince of Kyiv in his own right. A conflict with the Olgovichi house, as well as with Galician prince Roman Mstislavich led to his deposition.[1]
The loss of power over Kyiv led Ruril to seek alliance with Cumans.[1] After a brief stint in Chernigov, where he built the Church of St. Paraskebas,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Rurik, along with his kinsmen and a Cuman army, attacked and sacked Kiev in 1203,Template:Sfn but was repelled until Roman's death in 1205.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Rurik had been confined to a monastery in 1204, but he abandoned his holy vows and returned to the throne.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
His cousin, Vsevolod Chermny, felt that Rurik's previous monastic vows rendered his authority invalid, and so attacked and briefly seized Kiev in 1206, 1207, and 1211.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 1210 Rurik was forced to abdicate the Kyivan throne to Vsevolod. For the remainder of his life he governed in Chernigov.[1]
Rurik was married to Anna of Turov; among their children was Rostislav II of Kiev.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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