Daniel of Galicia
Prince of Galicia (1201-1264)
Daniel Romanovich (1201–1266) was Prince of Galicia (1205–1207; 1211–1212; 1230–1232; 1233–1234; 1238–1266), Volhynia (1205–1208; 1215–1238), Grand Prince of Kiev (1240), and King of Ruthenia (1253–1266). He was the son of Roman Mstislavich of Volhynia and Anne-Euphrosyne, the daughter of Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos.
Under Daniel's long rule the Romanovichi branch of Rurikids restored control over Galicia, and the reunited principality rose to become a prominent power, eventually being elevated to the status of a kingdom. Daniel's rule managed to withstand the Mongol invasions, making him a defining personality in the latter period of the existence of Kievan Rus' following the decline of Kiev. The Galician-Volhynian Chronicle praised Daniel as an exemplary ruler, brave warrior and wise statesman, whose qualities as a monarch made him second only to Solomon.
Biography
Early life and reign
Daniel's father, Roman the Great, united the principalities of Galicia and Volhynia in 1199. After his death in 1205, the boyars of Galicia forced the four-year-old Daniel into exile with his mother Anna-Euphrosyne and younger Vasylko Romanovich. Daniel's cousin, Alexander of Belz, took control of Volodymyr with the help of Leszek the White of Kraków, meanwhile the throne of Halych was taken by Vladimir III Igorevich of Olgovichi, a son of Igor Sviatoslavich of Chernigov, who on his mother's side stemmed from Galician prince Yaroslav Osmomysl. Anna and her children were forced to flee, and Daniel's childhood was spent at the court of his uncle, King Andrew II of Hungary.
After a conflict in Galicia between local boyars and their new rulers, part of the nobles fled to Hungary and invited Daniel to retake the throne.
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