:For the founder of the Russian dynasty, see Rurik. Reric (also Rerik) was an early medieval Obotrite trading settlement, probably on the coast of the Baltic Sea. At the turn of the 9th century, the citizens of Reric allied with Charlemagne, who used the port as part of a strategic trade route that would avoid areas of Saxon and Danish control. It was destroyed in 808 AD by the Viking king Gudfred, whereupon the tradespeople were reportedly moved by the king to the new Viking trading settlement… (More on Reric)