Rurikids

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The Rurik dynasty, also known as the Rurikids (or Riurikids), was the ruling dynasty of Kievan Rus' and its successor principalities. According to tradition, it was founded by the Varangian prince Rurik, who established himself at Novgorod in 862. Following the disintegration of Kievan Rus', the house split into independent principalities ruled by different branches of the dynasty. The Romanovichi ruled the southwestern territories, which were unified by Roman the Great and his son Daniel, who was in 1253 crowned by Pope Innocent IV as the king of Ruthenia. Galicia–Volhynia was eventually annexed by Poland and Lithuania. The northern and northeastern territories were unified by the Daniilovichi of Moscow; by the 15th century, Ivan III threw off the control of the Golden Horde and assumed the title of sovereign of all Russia. Ivan IV was crowned as the tsar of all Russia, where the Rurik line ruled until 1598, following which they were eventually succeeded by the House of Romanov. As a ruling...

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