Liubartas
| Demetrius of Liubar | |
|---|---|
George II Boleslav (as King of Rus) | |
| Successor | Theodore of Volhynia |
| Died | c. 1383 |
| Spouse | 1. Euphemia of Volhynia; 2. Daughter of Konstantin of Rostov |
| House | Gediminids |
| Father | Gediminas |
Vytautas the Great
. During Lithuanian rule the city started to prosperDemetrius of Liubar or Liubartas (also Lubart, Lubko, Lubardus, baptized Dmitry; died c. 1383) was Prince of Lutsk and Liubar (Volhynia) (1323–1383), Prince of Zhytomyr (1363–1374), Grand Prince of Volhynia (1340–1383), Grand Prince of Halych–Volhynia (1340–1349).
Biography
Liubartas was the youngest son of
Ladislaus the Short. Both parties agreed to install Yuri II Boleslav
, nephew of Leo and Andrew.
Boleslaw-Yuri was a son of
betrothed to Eufemija, daughter of Gediminas. Liubartas continued to rule Lutsk and Volodymyr. That way the Galicia–Volhynia Wars were postponed until after Boleslaw's poisoning in 1340.[2] He was poisoned by rebellious nobles, who invited Liubartas to become the ruler for both Galicia and Volhynia.[1] Sources are too scarce to fully reconstruct events between 1341–1349.[3]
Despite the support from his brothers
Galicia. However the matter was settled only in 1370: Liubartas took advantage of Casimir's death and captured all of Volhynia.[1] The territories changed again only in 1569, when Volhynia, including Lutsk, was transferred to Poland by the Union of Lublin
.
In 1382, after death of
Jogaila during the succession fights. He built a castle in Lutsk, known as the Lubart's Castle, that survives to this day. Liubartas died c. 1385, having ruled Volhynia for roughly sixty years. He married for the second time c. 1350 to an unnamed daughter of Konstantin of Rostov, a relative of Simeon of Moscow.[4]
Family
- 1321/23 married Hanna-Buch (Euphemia), princess of Volhynia, daughter of Andrew of Galicia
- 1350 married daughter of Konstantin of Rostov II
- Fedor/Theodore of Volhynia (~1351–1431)
- Lazar (died after 1386)
- Semen (died after 1386)
- Demetrius, presumably ancestor of the Sanguszko
See also
- Family of Gediminas – family tree of Liubartas
- List of Ukrainian rulers
References
- ^ LCCN 74-114275.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-45011-9.
- ^ Rowell, C. S. Lithuania Ascending, pp. 268–269
- ^ ISBN 5-420-01535-8.