Rurik

Rurik

male, deceased (879)
Rurik or Riurik (Old East Norse: "Rørik", meaning "famous ruler"; ca. 830 - ca. 879) was a Varangian chieftain who gained control of Ladoga in 8...
Oleg Of Novgorod

Oleg Of Novgorod

male, deceased (912)
Prince (or konung) Oleg was a Varangian ruler who moved the capital of Rus from Novgorod the Great to Kiev and, in doing so, founded the powerful...
Princess Olga Of Kiev

Princess Olga Of Kiev

female, deceased (969)
Saint Olga (also called "Olga Prekrasa" (Ольга Прекраса), or "Olga the Beauty", Old Norse: "Helga"; born c. 890 died July 11, 969, Kiev) was a P...
Maria Of Antioch

Maria Of Antioch

female, deceased (1182)
Maria of Antioch was the daughter of Constance of Antioch and her first husband Raymond of Poitiers. She married the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I...

Sveneld

male
Sveneld was a 10th-century Varangian warlord in the service of Svyatoslav I of Kiev and his family. Although he seems to have been the richest and...

Michael Doukeianos

male
Michael III Doukeianos (Dulchiano in Italian), called "the Young", was the catepan of Italy from 1040 to 1041. He replaced Nikephoros Doukeianos....

Exaugustus Boioannes

male
Exaugustus Boiοannes, son of the famous Basil Boioannes, was also a catapan of Italy, from 1041 to 1042. He replaced Michael Doukeianos after the l...

Mabrica

male
Mabrica or Mabrikias was the second-last Catepan of Italy from 1067 to 1069. He was sent by Constantine X Ducas at the request of the Archbishop of...

John Raphael

male
John Raphael or Rafayl was the catepan of Italy from 1046 to 1049. He replaced the catepan Eustathios Palatinos and arrived with an army of...
Igor, Grand Prince Of Kiev

Igor, Grand Prince Of Kiev

male, deceased (945)
Igor was a Varangian ruler of Kievan Rus from 912 to 945. Very little is known about him from the "Primary Chronicle". It has been speculated that...