Roman of Galicia-Volhynia

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Prince Roman receives the envoy from Pope Innocent III. , Painting by Nikolai Newrew, 1875

Roman Mstislavich , also Roman the Great ( Ukrainian and Russian Роман Мстиславич ; * around 1150 ; † 1205 near Zawichost , Kingdom of Poland ) was Prince of Novgorod (1168–1170), Volhynia (1170–1199), Galicia (1188), Galicia- Volhynia (1199–1205) and Grand Duke of Kiev (1201 and 1204).

Life

Roman was the son of Mstislaw Isjaslavich , Grand Duke of Kiev and Agnes of Poland, daughter of the Polish ruler Bolesław III. Wrymouth and Salome von Berg . He ruled Novgorod between 1168 and 1170.

In 1170 he became Prince of Volhynia as successor to his father. In 1188 he was briefly made Prince of Halitsch (Galicia) at the request of the boyars, but then expelled by the Hungarian King Belá. In the years 1197-1198, 1201 and 1204 he successfully fought against the steppe people of the Polovtsian . In 1199 he finally succeeded in becoming Prince of the Principality of Galicia with Polish support. He united this with his Principality of Volhynia to form the powerful Principality of Galicia-Volhynia. In 1201 he became Grand Duke of Kiev after occupying the city.

Roman went down in the history of the region as a strong and wise ruler. He kept peace most of the time with his western neighbors, the Kingdom of Poland and the Kingdom of Hungary . He later fell out with the Polish Duke Leszek , (to whom he owed the principality of Halych), and finally fell fighting him in the battle of Zawichost in 1205.

Marriages and offspring

Roman was married to

  • Predslawa , daughter of Grand Duke Rurik Rostislavich of Kiev, around 1170/80, divorced before 1195
  • Anna , origin unknown, possibly daughter of Emperor Isaac II of Constantinople or sister of Andrew II of Hungary or other origin, married in 1197

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SURNAME Roman of Galicia-Volhynia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Novel; Roman Mstislavich; Novel the great
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prince from the noble family of the Rurikids
DATE OF BIRTH around 1150
DATE OF DEATH 1205
Place of death Zawichost , Kingdom of Poland