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Roerik of Dorestad reappeared in Frankish chronicles in 870, when his Friesland demesne was returned to him by Charles the Bald ; in 882 he is already mentioned as dead.

The Russian chronicle places the death of Rurik of Novgorod at 879.

According to Western sources, the ruler of Friesland was converted to Christianity by the Franks.

This may have parallels with the Christianization of the Rus ', as reported by Patriarch Photius in 867.