Volodymyrko Volodarovych (Volodymyrko Volodarevych, uk, Володимирко Володарович, russian: Владимир Володаревич (Владимирко) , Vladimir Volodarevich "Vladimirko") (1104 - 1152) was a Galician prince (from 1141, according to others from 1144), son of Volodar Rostyslavych. In 1124, Volodymyrko became the prince of

Zvenyhorod Zvenyhorod ( uk, Звенигород) is a village in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast, in the western part of Ukraine. It belongs to Davydiv rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Zvenyhorod was the capital of the former Principality of Zvenyho ...

, and in 1129, after the death of his brother Rostyslav, he also seized Peremyshl. He gradually brought together the Peremyshl,

Halych Halych ( uk, Га́лич ; ro, Halici; pl, Halicz; russian: Га́лич, Galich; german: Halytsch, ''Halitsch'' or ''Galitsch''; yi, העליטש) is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the P ...

and the

Terebovlia Terebovlia ( uk, Теребовля, pl, Trembowla, yi, טרעבעוולע, Trembovla) is a small city in Ternopil Raion, Ternopil Oblast (province) of western Ukraine. It is an ancient settlement that traces its roots to the settlement of Tere ...

land, uniting them into one

Principality of Halych The Principality of Halych ( uk, Галицьке князівство, translit=Halytske kniazivstvo; rus, Галицкое княжество; orv, Галицкоє кънѧжьство; ro, Cnezatul Galiția), or Principality of Halychian Ru ...

. The capital of the principality was established at

in 1141 (according to some sources, in 1144), which Volodymyrko occupied after the death of his nephew Ivan. He first failed to unite Halych with the

Volyn principality The Principality of Volhynia was a western Kievan Rus' principality founded by the Rurik dynasty in 987 centered in the region of Volhynia, straddling the borders of modern-day Ukraine, Belarus, and Poland. From 1069 to 1118, it belonged to Izya ...

, which was under the rule of Kiev Prince Vsevolod II Olgovichs. However, thanks to the alliance with

Yuri Dolgorukiy Yuri I Vladimirovich ( rus, Юрий Владимирович, Yuriy Vladimirovich), commonly known as Yuri Dolgorukiy or the Long Arm ( rus, Юрий Долгорукий, Yuriy Dolgorukiy, meaning "Far-Reaching", c. 109915 May 1157) was a Rur ...

he was able to defeat Kyiv Prince Izyaslav Mstyslavych. In alliance with the Byzantine Emperor

Manuel Comnenus Manuel I Komnenos ( el, Μανουήλ Κομνηνός, translit=Manouíl Komnenos, translit-std=ISO; 28 November 1118 – 24 September 1180), Latinized Comnenus, also called Porphyrogennetos (; "born in the purple"), was a Byzantine emperor ...

, he led the long struggle against the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

, which ended only in 1152, when a peace treaty with the Hungarian king

Géza Géza is a Hungarian given name and may refer to any of the following: * Benjamin Géza Affleck * Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians * Géza I of Hungary, King of Hungary * Géza II of Hungary, King of Hungary * Géza, son of Géza II of Hungar ...

was signed. He had a son:

Yaroslav Osmomysl Yaroslav Osmomysl ( orv, Осмомыслъ Ярославъ, ''Osmomyslŭ Jaroslavŭ''; uk , Ярослав Володимирович Осмомисл, ''Yaroslav Volodymyrkovych Osmomysl'') ( – 1 October 1187) was the most famous Prince of H ...

, prince of Halych.

External links

Volodymyrko Volodarovych in the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993)
1104 births 1152 deaths Rurikids Rostislavichi family Princes of Halych Princes of Zvenyhorod Princes of Terebovl' {{East-Slavic-hist-stub