Descent From Rurik
Vasili IV, the last male-line Rurikid to rule Russia, traced his descent from Rurik thus:
- Rurik the Viking
- Igor I Rurikovich, Grand Prince of Kiev
- Sviatoslav I Igorevich, Grand Prince of Kiev
- Vladimir Svyatoslavich the Great, Grand Prince of Kiev
- Yaroslav Vladimirovich the Wise, Grand Prince of Kiev
- Vladimir II Yaroslavich Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev
- Yuri Vladimirovich the Long Arm, Grand Prince of Kiev, (1099–1157)
- Vsevolod III Yuryevich the Big Nest, Grand Prince of Kiev, (1154–1212)
- Yaroslav II Feodor Vsevolodich, Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal, (1191–1246)
- Andrei II Yaroslavich, Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal, (1221–1264)
- Vasili Andreievich, Prince of Suzdal, (1264–1309)
- Konstantin Vasilievich, Prince of Suzdal, (1295–1355)
- Dmitri Konstantinovich, Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal, (1324–1383)
- Vasili Dmitrievich Kirdyapa, Prince of Nizhniy Novgorod
- Yury Vasilievich, Prince Shuisky
- Vasili Yuryevich, Prince of Shuia, (d. 1446/58)
- Mikhail Vasilievich, Prince Shuisky, (d. 1445)
- Andrey Mikhailovich "Chastokol", Prince Shuisky, (d. 1543)
- Ivan Andreyevich, Prince Shuisky, (d. 1573)
- Vasili IV Ivanovich of Russia (1552–1612)
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