980 - 999 A.D. - The Vikings Name Russia

by Deborah Marino ag. 23, 2022

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(Feature Photo: A close up of Bath Abbey, where Edgar the Peaceable was crowned in 973, Credit: Leeshawkins, Wikimedia Commons)

980

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" becomes king of the English – Sancho II is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain) – Lothair is the (Carolingian line) king of West Francia – Otto II is the second Holy Roman Emperor and king of Germany, this year he becomes king of Italy – Basil II is emperor of the Byzantine Empire – Benedict VII is pope/bishop of Rome

981

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" becomes king of the English – Sancho II is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain) – Lothair is the (Carolingian line) king of West Francia – Otto II is the second Holy Roman Emperor, king of Germany and king of Italy – Basil II is emperor of the Byzantine Empire – Benedict VII is pope/bishop of Rome

982

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" becomes king of the English – Sancho II is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain) – Lothair is the (Carolingian line) king of West Francia – Otto II is the second Holy Roman Emperor, king of Germany and king of Italy – Basil II is emperor of the Byzantine Empire – Benedict VII is pope/bishop of Rome

983

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" becomes king of the English – Sancho II is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain) – Lothair is the (Carolingian line) king of West Francia – Otto II, the second Holy Roman Emperor, king of Germany and king of Italy, dies, and his 3-year-old son, Otto III, succeeds him – Basil II is emperor of the Byzantine Empire – Benedict VII, pope/bishop of Rome, dies and John XIV succeeds him

July 10, Pope Benedict VII dies, and John XIV succeeds him

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The Three Year Old Holy Roman Emperor

December 7, Otto II, king of Germany and the second Holy Roman Emperor, dies, aged 27-28, and his son Otto III succeeds him (he dies in 1002, aged 21)

984

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" becomes king of the English – Sancho II is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain) – Lothair is the (Carolingian line) king of West Francia – Otto III is Holy Roman Emperor – Basil II is emperor of the Byzantine Empire – John XIV is pope/bishop of Rome until August when he dies

August 20, Pope John XIV dies

985

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" becomes king of the English – Sancho II is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain) – Lothair is the (Carolingian line) king of West Francia – Otto III is the third Holy Roman Emperor – Basil II is emperor of the Byzantine Empire – John XV becomes pope/bishop of Rome

August, John XV becomes pope/bishop of Rome

986

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" becomes king of the English – Sancho II is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain) – Lothair, the (Carolingian line) king of West Francia, dies and Louis V succeeds him – Otto III is the third Holy Roman Emperor – Basil II is emperor of the Byzantine Empire – John XV is pope/bishop of Rome

March 2, Lothair, the Carolingian king of West Francia (which will turn into the Kingdom of France) dies, and his son Louis V succeeds him

987

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" becomes king of the English – Sancho II is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain) – Louis V, king of West Francia, dies and Hugh Capet succeeds him – Otto III is the third Holy Roman Emperor – Basil II is emperor of the Byzantine Empire – John XV is pope/bishop of Rome

May 21, Louis V, king of West Francia (eventually the kingdom of France), dies, aged 20-21, and Hugh Capet succeeds him

988

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" becomes king of the English – Sancho II is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain) – Hugh Capet is king of West Francia (soon to be the Kingdom of France) – Otto III is the third Holy Roman Emperor – Basil II is emperor of the Byzantine Empire – John XV is pope/bishop of Rome

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The Vikings Give Russia Its Name

Grand Prince Vladimir of Kiev (in modern-day Ukraine) converts to Christianity; Kiev was founded a little over a hundred years ago in 882 by the Vikings from Sweden, they named the city Könuguard, which changed into Kiev over time

Between 750 - 988, "Swedish Vikings pushed east, raiding and settling in lands now called Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Sometimes known as Varangians, this people's other name, Rus, gave Russia its modern name. The Rus founded the first state in Russia--a confederation of Slavic peoples named Kieven Rus' after one of the cities they established--Kiev"

(History of the World, Map by Map, Pg. 99)

989

990

William V becomes Duke of Aquitaine (Aquitaine is in present-day France); he is well educated, and interested in the teachings of scholars from the cathedral school at Poitiers, which is already a learning center of southern culture; He establishes good relations and alliances with his feudal neighbors and with the Church, and makes several pilgrimages to Rome; William dies in 1030