Duchy of Belz
Duchy of Belz Principality of Belz | |||||||||
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| 1170–1462 | |||||||||
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Kingdom of Poland | 1387 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1462 | ||||||||
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Duchy of Belz or Principality of Belz was a
Bełz Voivodeship
.
History
The duchy formed in 1170 because of the feudal fragmentation of
Yuri Dolgoruki. Being exiled to Poland for a short period of time Mstislav was able to drive the Suzdal's Prince out of Volhynia
.
With time the city of Belz with its surrounded territories was passed to
as were most other Rus principalities; the town was burned, the local castle destroyed and locals had to recognize the Mongol suzerainty.[2] The Mongol influence waned in the following decades, because of the decline of the Mongol Empire and Pax Mongolica
.
Early in the 14th century, after the death of
Kingdom of Poland.[2]
At first it was part of another Polish
Bełz Voivodeship (palatinate). Eventually, the Duchy of Masovia was incorporated in 1526.[1][2][3] Belz remained part of Poland (later, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth) till its partitions in the late 18th century.[1]
Territory
The duchy's capital was in Belz.[2]
Rulers
- Vsevolod Mstislavich of Volhynia
- Alexander Vsevolodovich (?-1234)
- Vasylko Romanovich(1207–1211)
- Alexander Vsevolodovich (?-1234)
- Galicia–Volhynia
- Daniel of Galicia (1234-?)
- Lev Danylovich(1245–1264)
- Yuri I of Galicia (1264–1301)
- Andrew of Galicia (1301-1323)
- Boleslaw-Yuri II of Galicia(1323-1340)
- Lithuania
- Yuri, son of Narimantas (1340-1377/1378)
- Hungary
- Władysław Opolczyk (for Louis I of Hungary) (1377/1378-1387)
- Poland
- Władysław Jagiełło(1387-1388)
- Masovia:
- Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia (1388-1426)
- Kazimierz II of Belz (1426-1442, till 1434 with brothers (Władysław I of Płock, Siemowit V, Trojden II (d.1427)))
- Władysław II of Płock (1455-1462)
- Poland
Notes
- ^ a b c d (in Polish) Bełskie księstwo entry in S. Orgelbranda encyklopedja powszechna, Volume 2, Wydawn. Towarzystwa Akcyjnego odlewni czcionek i drukarni S. Orgelbranda synów, 1898, Google Print, p.298-299 (public domain)
- ^
- ^
- ^ (in Polish) Władysław Smoleński, Szkice z dziejów szlachty mazowieckiej', 1908, Google Print, p.129 (public domain)
- ^ (in Polish) Ziemowit IV entry in S. Orgelbranda encyklopedja powszechna, Volume 28, Wydawn. Towarzystwa Akcyjnego odlewni czcionek i drukarni S. Orgelbranda synów, Google Print, 577-578 (public domain)
- ^ (in Polish) Antoni Porchaska, Hołdy Mazowieckie 1386-1430, Nakł. Polskiej Akademii Umiejętności; skł. gł. w księg. G. Gebethnera, 1905, Google Print, p.4 (public domain)
External links
- (in Ukrainian) Princes of Belz
- (in Ukrainian) Duchy of Belz in the Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine
- (in Ukrainian) Lands and cities at litopys.org