King of

Ruthenia Ruthenia or , uk, Рутенія, translit=Rutenia or uk, Русь, translit=Rus, label=none, pl, Ruś, be, Рутэнія, Русь, russian: Рутения, Русь is an exonym, originally used in Medieval Latin as one of several terms ...

, King of Rus', King of Galicia and Lodomeria, Land of Ruthenia Lord and Heir (

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

: ''Король Русі'', ''король Галичини і Володимирії'', ''князь і володар Всієї Землі Руської'';

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: ''Rex Rusiae'', ''Rex Galiciae et Lodomeriae'', ''Terrae Russiae Dominus et Heres'') was a title of princes of Galicia and Volhynia, granted by the

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. The title was initially issued to the ruling Izyaslavichi branch of

Rurik dynasty The Rurik dynasty ( be, Ру́рыкавічы, Rúrykavichy; russian: Рю́риковичи, Ryúrikovichi, ; uk, Рю́риковичі, Riúrykovychi, ; literally "sons/scions of Rurik"), also known as the Rurikid dynasty or Rurikids, was ...

of Volhynia. Later the title was passed on to as rulers of the united

Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia , conventional_long_name = Principality of Galicia–VolhyniaKingdom of Galicia–Volhynia , common_name = Galicia–Volhynia , status = Vassal state of the Golden Horde (from 1246) , era = Middle Ages , year_start = 1199 , year_end = 1349 , ...

. By the 15th century the title was used as a claim by other royal houses.

List of kings of Ruthenia

Kings of
Kyivan Rus Kievan Rusʹ, also known as Kyivan Rusʹ ( orv, , Rusĭ, or , , ; Old Norse: ''Garðaríki''), was a state in Eastern and Northern Europe from the late 9th to the mid-13th century.John Channon & Robert Hudson, ''Penguin Historical Atlas of ...

Iziaslav I of Kyiv Iziaslav Yaroslavich ( orv, Изѧславь Ѩрославичь; russian: Изяслав Ярославич; uk, Ізяслав Ярославич; 1024 – 3 October 1078, baptized as ''Demetrius'') was a Kniaz' ( Prince) of Turov and Grand ...

(as König der Russen) *

Yaropolk Izyaslavich Yaropolk Iziaslavich or Yaropolk Iziaslavych (died 1087) was a '' Kniaz'' (prince) during the eleventh-century in the Kievan Rus' kingdom and was the King of Rus (1076–1087). The son of Grand Prince Iziaslav I of Kiev (Kyiv) by a Polish ...

Kings of Ruthenia (
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)

* Danylo I of Halych, king of Rus' (1253–1264). * Lev I of Halych, king of Rus' (1293–1301), moved the capital from Kholm to

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in 1272. * Yuri I of Halych, prince of Halych-Volhynia (1301–1308) * Andrew I of Halych (Volhynia) and Lev II of Halych (Galicia), the last Ruthenian kings *

Yuri II Boleslav Yuri II Boleslav ( uk, Юрій-Болеслав Тройденович, translit=Yurii-Boleslav Troidenovych; pl, Bolesław Jerzy II; c. 1305/1310 – April 7, 1340), was King of Ruthenia and Dominus of the lands of Galicia–Volhynia (1325- ...

, married

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co-ruler of Galicia (1325–1340) Maria was Andrew's and Leo's sister *

Dmytro Dedko Dmytro Dedko (''Demetrius Dedko'', uk, Дмитро Дедько) was a Lord of Ruthenia in 1340 (1323) – 1349. Commonly thought to be a Galician boyar, he could be one of sons of Yuriy I and Varvara (Barbara). Dmytro is possibly the prog ...

, Lord of Rus', Prince of Galicia (1340-1349) *

Liubartas Demetrius of Liubar or Liubartas (also ''Lubart'', ''Lubko'', ''Lubardus'', baptized ''Dmitry''; died ) was Prince of Lutsk and Liubar (Volhynia) (1323–1383), Prince of Zhytomyr (1363–1374), Grand Prince of Volhynia (1340–1383), Grand Princ ...

, 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 Casimir III the Great ( pl, Kazimierz III Wielki; 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370) reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370. He also later became King of Ruthenia in 1340, and fought to retain the title in the Galicia-Volhynia Wars. He w ...

, King of Poland (1333–1370), Lord of Rus' (1349-1370) After the death of Boleslav-Yuri II of Halych,

Galicia–Volhynia Wars The Galicia–Volhynia Wars were several wars fought in the years 1340–1392 over the succession in the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, also known as Ruthenia. After Yuri II Boleslav was poisoned by local Ruthenian nobles in 1340, both the Grand ...

ensued which resulted in Galicia gradually being annexed by the

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, between 1349 and 1366, during the reign of

Casimir III of Poland Casimir III the Great ( pl, Kazimierz III Wielki; 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370) reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370. He also later became King of Ruthenia in 1340, and fought to retain the title in the Galicia-Volhynia Wars. He wa ...

. At the death of

all of titulage was passed over to

Louis I of Hungary Louis I, also Louis the Great ( hu, Nagy Lajos; hr, Ludovik Veliki; sk, Ľudovít Veľký) or Louis the Hungarian ( pl, Ludwik Węgierski; 5 March 132610 September 1382), was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1342 and King of Poland from 1370 ...

Kings of Galicia–Volhynia (Kingdom of Hungary)

Andrew II of Hungary Andrew II ( hu, II. András, hr, Andrija II., sk, Ondrej II., uk, Андрій II; 117721 September 1235), also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1205 and 1235. He ruled the Principality of Halych from 1188 ...

, the son of

Béla III of Hungary Béla III ( hu, III. Béla, hr, Bela III, sk, Belo III; 114823 April 1196) was King of Hungary and Croatia between 1172 and 1196. He was the second son of King Géza II and Géza's wife, Euphrosyne of Kiev. Around 1161, Géza granted Béla a ...

, the first nominal king of Galicia who, as a Hungarian prince, reigned from 1188 to 1190. *

Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria Coloman of Halych ( hu, Kálmán; uk, Коломан; 1208 – 1241) was the rulerfrom 1214 prince, and from 1215 or 1216 to 1221 kingof Halych, and duke of Slavonia from 1226 to his death. He was the second son of Andrew II of Hungary and Gertr ...

(Kálmán), the first king of Galicia and Lodomeria, lat. ''Rex Galiciae et Lodomeriae'' (1215–1219) and his wife

Salomea of Poland Salomea of Poland (1211/1212 – 1268), also known as Salomea of Cracow or Blessed Salomea ( pl, Błogosławiona Salomea), (1211–1268) was a Polish princess and from 1215 to 1219 the Queen of Halych by virtue of being the wife of Kálmán or Co ...

, ''Reges Galiciae et Lodomeriae'' * Andrew (András), the younger brother of Coloman, Hungarian prince, king of Galicia and Lodomeria (1219–1221) *

, King of Hungary (1342–1382), King of Poland (1370–1382), incorporated Halych–Volhynia to Hungary ** Władysław II Opolczyk, Silesian prince, Hungarian

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, Lord of Rus’/Ruthenia (1372–1378)

After 1378

In the subsequent years, all

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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

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by the

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After
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After the

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, the tsars of Russia styled themselves ''

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'', while the

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(later emperors of Austria and of

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) used the title of ''

King of Galicia and Lodomeria This is a list of rulers and officials of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, a state under the Habsburg monarchy from 1772 to 1918. From the Partitions of Poland starting in September 1772 up to the fall of Austria-Hungary in 1918, the province ...

'' drawn from the historical claims of Hungarian Kings to Halych–Volhynia to justify the annexations of territories belonging to Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in spite of the fact that the newly established rump puppet

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria,, ; pl, Królestwo Galicji i Lodomerii, ; uk, Королівство Галичини та Володимирії, Korolivstvo Halychyny ta Volodymyrii; la, Rēgnum Galiciae et Lodomeriae also known as ...

was included in the

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instead of Hungarian part of the empire, the true historical claimant of the region. Part of Galicia was included in the puppet

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re-established by the Central Powers and ruled by the

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. All these monarchies were abolished upon the end of

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. However, the Kingdom of Hungary was formally re-established in 1920 along with its royal titles and styles, and its territory even included at a time the

Carpathian Ruthenia Carpathian Ruthenia ( rue, Карпатьска Русь, Karpat'ska Rus'; uk, Закарпаття, Zakarpattia; sk, Podkarpatská Rus; hu, Kárpátalja; ro, Transcarpatia; pl, Zakarpacie); cz, Podkarpatská Rus; german: Karpatenukrai ...

, following the breakup of the

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. Nevertheless, its throne remained vacant until the ultimate abolition of Hungarian monarchy in 1946.

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