Yuri II Boleslav
| Yuri II Boleslav | |
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Trojden I of Masovia | |
| Mother | Maria of Galicia |
Yuri II Boleslav (
Catholic by birth, he was the son of Trojden I, Duke of Masovia and a member of the Polish Piast dynasty. Highly unpopular in Orthodox Ruthenia, his murder prompted a war of succession, known as the Galicia–Volhynia Wars
.
Biography
Bolesław was born between 1305 and 1310Casimir III of Poland. The name of Bolesław's wife is disputed; Teodor Narbutt claimed her pagan name was Eufemia and her Christian name was Maria.[2] In opposition, Oswald Balzer claimed that Eufemia was a Christian name.[2] It is widely believed that Narbutt's account was a fabrication.[2]
In a treaty of 1338 Yuri ІІ offered
Duchy of Mazovia
.
Yuri's murder sparked the Galicia–Volhynia Wars fought in the years 1340–1392 over the succession in the Kingdom of Ruthenia.
Notes
- ISBN 83-913563-0-2.
- ^ ISBN 83-913563-0-2.
- ^ Sanok city privilege in Latin (Digitalbibliothek of AGAD, Nr 7226.) Archived 2008-10-31 at the Wayback Machine
References
- Jan Řežabek, Jiří II", poslední kníže veśkeré Malé Rusi, kritickí pokus, «Časopis musea království českého», ročnik LVII, Praha, 1883.
- Oswald Balzer Genealogia Piastów (1895) (see: Digitalbibliothek of Great Poland: [1])
- Maciej Wilamowski Piastowie. Leksykon biograficzny, Kraków 1999.
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