Daniel of Galicia
| Daniel of Galicia | |
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Mosaic of Daniel of Kiev and Galicia-Volhynia
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| King of Galicia and Volhynia (King of Ruthenia) | |
| Reign | 1253–1264 |
| Predecessor | title created |
| Successor | Lev Danylovych |
| Grand Prince of Kiev | |
| Reign | 1240-1264 |
| Predecessor | Roman the Great |
| Successor | Lev I of Galicia |
| Born | 1201 Halych (now Ukraine) |
| Died | 1264 Kholm (modern Chełm, Poland) |
| Spouse | 1st. Anna Mstislavna of Novgorod (daughter of Mstislav Mstislavych the Bold), 2nd. NN (niece of King Mindaugas) |
| Issue | Irakli Danielvich Lev I of Galicia Roman Danylovych Ustynia Sofia Danielvna Svarn Pereyaslava Mstyslav Danylovych |
| House | Rurik |
| Father | Roman Mstyslavych |
| Mother | Anna from Byzantium |
Daniel of Galicia (Ukrainian: Данило Романович (Галицький): Danylo Romanovych (Halytskyi); Russian: Даниил Романович, Даниил Галицкий: Daniil Romanovich (Galitsky); Old Ruthenian: Данило Романовичъ: Danylo Romanovyčъ; Polish: Daniel I Romanowicz Halicki; 1201 – 1264) was a King of Ruthenia, Prince (Knyaz) of Galicia (Halych) (1205–1255), Peremyshl (1211), and Volodymyr (1212–1231). He was crowned by a papal archbishop in Dorohochyn 1253 as the first King of Ruthenia (1253–1264).
He was also known as Danylo Romanovych. In 1205, after the death of his father, Roman II Mstyslavich, the ruler of Galicia–Volhynia, the boyars of Galicia forced the four-year-old Daniel into exile with his mother Anna of Byzantium and brother Vasylko Romanovych. After the boyars proclaimed one of their own as prince in 1213, the Poles and Hungarians invaded the principality, ostensibly to support the claims of young Daniel and Vasylko, and divided it between themselves. In 1219 he renounced his claims to Galicia in favor of his father-in-law Mstislav the Bold.
In 1221 Daniel re-established his rule over Volhynia, where the boyars and populace had remained loyal to his dynasty. In 1234 he defeated Alexander Vsevolodovich, taking the Duchy of Belz. By 1238, he had defeated the Dobrzyń Knights, and regained most of Galicia, including the capital. While the Prussians were under pressure from the Teutonic Order, Daniel attempted to conquer the related Yatvingians.
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