King of Ruthenia
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Король Русі Rex Rusiae | |
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First monarch | Kholm (1253-1271)
Lviv (1271-1349) |
Appointer | Hereditary |
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King of Ruthenia, King of Rus', King of Galicia and Lodomeria, Lord and Heir of Ruthenian Lands (Ukrainian: Король Русі, король Галичини і Володимирії, князь і володар Всієї Землі Руської, romanized: Korol Rusi, korol Halychyny i Volodymyrii, kniaz i volodar Vsiiei Zemli Ruskoi; Latin: Rex Rusiae, Rex Ruthenorum, Rex Galiciae et Lodomeriae, Terrae Russiae Dominus et Heres) was a title of princes of Galicia and Volhynia, granted by the Pope.
The title was initially issued to the ruling
Title
In the 13th–14th centuries, many of southwestern Rus' principalities were united under the power of the
Galicia–Volhynia declined by mid-14th century due to the Galicia–Volhynia Wars after the poisoning of king Yuri II Boleslav by local Ruthenian nobles in 1340. Iohannes Victiensis Liber (page 218) records the death of Boleslav as Hoc anno rex Ruthenorum moritur (...) ("In that year the king of the Ruthenians died (...)").[4]
List of kings of Ruthenia
Kings of Ruthenia (Kingdom of Ruthenia)
- Yaropolk Iziaslavych, king of Rus' (1073–1087).
- Danylo I of Halych, king of Rus' (1253–1264).
- in 1272.
- Yuri I of Halych, prince of Halych-Volhynia (1301–1308)
- Lev II of Halych(Galicia), the last Romanovichi kings
- Mariaco-ruler of Galicia (1325–1340) Maria was Andrew's and Leo's sister
- Dmytro Dedko, Lord of Rus', Prince of Galicia (1340-1349)
- Liubartas, married Euphemia (Hanna-Buch), co-ruler of Volhynia (1323–1366), prince of eastern Volhynia (1366–1384) Euphemia was Andrew's and Leo's sister
- Casimir III the Great, King of Poland (1333–1370), Lord of Rus' (1349-1370)
After the death of
At the death of Casimir III the Great all of titulage was passed over to Louis I of Hungary
Kings of Galicia–Volhynia (Kingdom of Hungary)
- Andrew II of Hungary, the son of Béla III of Hungary, the first nominal king of Galicia who, as a Hungarian prince, reigned from 1188 to 1190.
- Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria (Kálmán), the first king of Galicia and Lodomeria, lat. Rex Galiciae et Lodomeriae (1215–1219) and his wife Salomea of Poland, Reges Galiciae et Lodomeriae
- Andrew (András), the younger brother of Coloman, Hungarian prince, king of Galicia and Lodomeria (1219–1221)
- Louis I of Hungary, King of Hungary (1342–1382), King of Poland (1370–1382), incorporated Halych–Volhynia to Hungary
- Władysław II Opolczyk, Silesian prince, Hungarian count palatine, Lord of Rus’/Ruthenia (1372–1378)
After 1378
In the subsequent years, all Kings of Poland styled themselves Lord of Rus’ (or Ruthenia). Simultaneously, the tsars of Russia adopted from 1547 onwards the title Tsar of All-Rus’ . The Hungarian kings continued to claim the title of King in Halych and Volhynia, later taken over together with the Hungarian Crown by the Holy Roman emperors.
After Partitions of Poland
After the
References
- ^ Voloshchuk 2021, p. 64.
- ^ Serhii Plokhy, The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine Archived 10 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine (2017), p. 84.
- ^ a b Voloshchuk 2021, p. 65.
- ISBN 9789004466555. Archivedfrom the original on 13 February 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ Titles of European hereditary rulers (Poland).
Bibliography
- Voloshchuk, Myroslav (2021). Ruthenians (the Rus') in the Kingdom of Hungary (11th to mid-14th Century): Settlement, Property, and Socio-Political Role. Leiden: Brill. p. 360. ISBN 9789004469709. Archivedfrom the original on 14 April 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.