The Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia was a medieval Rus state in what is today western Ukraine, created when Prince Roman Mstislavich united the principalities of Galicia and Volhynia. Its most prominent ruler was his son Daniel, who defended the realm against Hungary and Poland and was crowned king with the sanction of the Pope in the mid-thirteenth century. The kingdom was devastated by the Mongol invasion, after which Daniel accepted Mongol overlordship while seeking western allies. He founded the city of Lviv, named after his son Lev. The state declined in the fourteenth century through succession disputes. It was divided between Poland, which took Galicia, and Lithuania, which took Volhynia.
Before and after
- from 1198 to 1918Kingdom of Bohemia
- 1198Construction of Giralda
- 24 July 1198Livonian Crusade
- 10 December 1198Death of Averroes
- from 1199 to 1349Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
- from 1200 to 1523Aztec
- 1200Construction of Meenakshi Temple
- 12th centuryConstruction of Bojnice Castle
- 12th centuryPublication of Primary Chronicle
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The era
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