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Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia

Galicia–Volhynia
Old East Slavic: Галицко-Волинскоє князство, Королѣвство Русь
Vassal state of the Golden Horde (from 1246)
1199–1349
Flag Coat of arms
A map of Eastern Europe during the 13th–14th centuries, showing the Galician–Volhynian Kingdom (center, in dark green).
Capital Volodymyr-Volynsky, Halych, Kholm (Chełm) (1241-1272), Lviv (since 1272)
Languages Old East Slavic
Religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Government Monarchy
Prince, later King
 •  1199–1205 Roman the Great
 •  1211–1264 Daniel of Galicia
 •  1293–1301 Lev I of Galicia
 •  1301–1308 Yuri I of Galicia
 •  1308–1323 Andrew of Galicia and
Lev II of Galicia
 •  1323–1340 Yuri II
 •  1340–1349 Demetrius of Liubar
Historical era Middle Ages
 •  Principality 1199
 •  Kingdom 1253
 •  Incorporated into Poland 1349
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Alex K Halych 2.svg Principality of Halych
Alex Volhynia.svg Principality of Volhynia
Kingdom of Poland (1320–1385)
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Today part of  Ukraine
 Poland
 Belarus
 Romania
 Slovakia
 Moldova

The Principality of Galicia–Volhynia, or Kingdom of Rus' (Old Ruthenian: Галицко-Волинскоє князство, Королѣвство Русь, Ukrainian: Галицько-Волинське князівство, Королівство Русі, Latin: Regnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae, Regnum Russiae), was a state in the regions of Galicia and Volhynia, of present-day Ukraine, that was formed after the conquest of Galicia by the Prince of Volhynia Roman the Great with the help of Leszek the White of Poland. Roman the Great united the principalities of Halych (Galicia) and Volhynia into a state that existed from 1199 to 1349. Along with Novgorod and Vladimir-Suzdal, it was one of the three most important powers to emerge from the collapse of Kievan Rus'.

After the enormous destruction wreaked by the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus' in 1239–41, Prince Danylo Romanovych was forced to pledge allegiance to Batu Khan of the Golden Horde in 1246. He strove to rid his realm of the Mongol yoke, however, by a formal orientation to western Europe (coronation as a "Rex Rusiae" by a papal legate in 1253) and by attempting, unsuccessfully, to establish military alliances with other European rulers. The Polish conquest of the kingdom in 1349 ended its vassalage to the Golden Horde.


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