Principality of Volhynia

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Contemporary reconstruction of the coat of arms of the Principality of Volhynia

The Principality of Volhynia or Principality of Vladimir (since 1154) (Ukrainian Волинське князівство ) was a principality in Kievan Rus from 987 to 1199 with the Vladimir Castle ( Wolodymyr-Wolynskyj ) in what is now western Ukraine .

territory

Principalities of Volhynia and Galicia 1124–1199

The dominion of the princes of Volyn included to 1086 the whole western area of Kievan Rus with the castles Vladimir , Volyn region , Cherven , Peremyshl , Bel , Brest , Zvenigorod , Busk , Lutsk , Dorogobusch , Izyaslav , Kremenets , Shumsk , Halych , Terebovlia and Peresopniza .

history

In 981 Vladimir I conquered the Tscherwen Burgenland . In 987 he founded the Principality of Volhynia with the Vladimir Castle and handed it over to his son Vsevolod Vladimirovich .

In 1018 Bolesław Chrobry conquered the area for Poland . In 1031 it went back to the Kievan Rus through Yaroslav the Wise . His sons Svyatoslav II of Kiev (-1054) and Igor Jaroslawitsch (1054-1057) ruled in the following period.

Around 1086, the independent principalities of Peremyschl , Zvenigorod and Terebowlja were detached from the principality . In 1100 the principality of Volhynia became dependent on Kiev after a war. In 1118, after another war, the sons of Vladimir Monomakh replaced the descendants of Yaroslav the Wise who had ruled until then . From 1141 to 1146, Volhynia was occupied by Kiev.

In 1154 the Principality of Volhynia regained its independence from Kiev and was now called the Principality of Vladimir . There was also a separate principality of Lutsk .

In 1158 the Halitsche prince Ivan Berladnik tried to gain rule over Vladimir . In 1188 Prince Roman Mstislawitsch von Vladimir conquered the Principality of Halitsch for the first time , and in 1199 finally and founded the Principality of Halitsch-Volhynia with the center in Halitsch.

Princes of Volhynia

  • Vsevolod Vladimirovich (987-1013)
  • to Poland 1018-1031
  • Svyatoslav II of Kiev (-1054) (son of Yaroslav the Wise)
  • Igor Yaroslavich (1054-1057) (son of Yaroslav the Wise)
  • Rostislav of Tmuratakan (1057-1064)
  • Yaropolk Isjaslavich (1069-1086) (grandson of Yaroslav the Wise)
  • Oleg I. von Tschernigow (1073-1078)
  • Dawid Igorevitsch (1086–1100)
  • Mstislav Svyatopolkitsch (1099–1100) (great-grandson of Yaroslav the Wise)
  • Yaroslav Svyatopolkitsch (1100–1118) (great-grandson of Yaroslav the Wise)
  • Roman Wladimirowitsch (1018-1019) (son of Vladimir Monomakh)
  • Andrei Wladimirowitsch the Good (1119–1135) (son of Vladimir Monomakh)
  • Isjaslav II of Kiev (1135–1141)
  • Svyatoslav III. of Kiev (1141–1146)
  • Vladimir von Dorohobusch (1146–1149)
  • Isjaslav II Mstislavich (1149–1151)
  • Svyatopolk Mstislavich (1149–1154)

Prince of Vladimir

Prince of Halich-Vladimir

Prince of Vladimir in the Principality of Halitsch-Vladimir

Grand Duke of Volhynia in the Kingdom of Galicia

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literature

  • Волинське князівство in: Енциклопедія українознавства , vol. 1, Lviv 2000, ISBN 5-7707-4048-5 . (Ukrainian)