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

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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

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

 

990   

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

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

 

991   

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

William V is Duke of Aquitaine (in present-day France)

 

992   

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

William V is Duke of Aquitaine (in present-day France)

 

993   

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

William V is Duke of Aquitaine (in present-day France)

 

994   

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" is king of the English  Sancho II, king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain), dies and is succeeded by García II – 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

William IV, William V Duke of Aquitaine’s father, dies (Wikipedia, but the book Eleanor of Aquitaine pg. 7 has him retiring to a monastery in 996)

 

995

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" is king of the English  García 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

William V is Duke of Aquitaine (in present-day France)

 

996

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" is king of the English  García II is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain) – Hugh Capet, king of West Francia (soon to be the Kingdom of France), dies, and Robert II succeeds him – Otto III is the third Holy Roman Emperor  Basil II is emperor of the Byzantine Empire – Pope John XV dies and Gregory V succeeds him

William V is Duke of Aquitaine (in present-day France)

April 1, Pope John XV dies and Gregory V succeeds him

October 14, Hugh Capet, king of West Francis dies, and Robert II succeeds him 

 

997

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" is king of the English  García II is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain) – Robert II 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 – Gregory V is pope/bishop of Rome

William V is Duke of Aquitaine (in present-day France)

 

998

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" is king of the English  García II is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain) – Robert II 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 – Gregory V is pope/bishop of Rome

William V is Duke of Aquitaine (in present-day France)

 

999  

RULERS & ROYALTY: Athelred II "The Unready" is king of the English  García II is king of Pamplona (later called Navarre, in present-day Basque region of Spain) – Robert II 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 – Pope Gregory V dies and Sylvester II succeeds him

William V is Duke of Aquitaine (in present-day France)

February 18, Pope Gregory dies, aged 27

April 2, Sylvester II becomes pope/bishop of Rome