Boleslaw-Yuri II of Galicia
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Boleslaw-Yuri II, Prince of Galicia (Polish Bolesław Jerzy II Mazowiecki, also known as Yuri II of Galicia and Bolesław Trojdenowicz, 1308 – April 7, 1340) was a ruler of the Piast dynasty who reigned the originally Ruthenian principality of Galicia (Central Europe).
Boleslaw was born in 1308 to Trojden I of Masovia from Piast dynasty, Duke of Czersk (Masovia) and Maria, daughter of Yuri I, prince of Galicia. Since his father was still a ruler of the family's Masovian lands, in 1323 Boleslaus, renamed Yuri, became Prince of Galicia. In 1331 he married Eufemija, daughter of Grand Duke of Lithuania Gediminas and sister of Aldona of Lithuania, wife of Casimir III of Poland. In a treaty of 1338 Boleslaw-Yuri offered Casimir III of Poland succession to the throne of Galicia-Volhynia. Duke Boleslaw, he was supported by the many German townspeople already living there. In 1324 Boleslaw founded new towns Volodymyr-Volynskyi on Magdeburg law, and Sanok in 1339.[1] He was poisoned in 1340 by orthodox boyars and died without a heir, before his father who continued rule Masovian principality.
After Boleslaus-Yuri's death the kingdom of Galicia was gradually annexed by the kingdom of Poland between 1340 and 1366, during the reign of Casimir III of Poland.
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- Jan Řežabek, Jiří II", poslední kníže veśkeré Malé Rusi, kritickí pokus, «Časopis musea království českého», ročnik LVII, Praha, 1883.
- Oswald Balzer Genealogia Piastów (1895) (see: Digitalbibliothek of Great Poland: [1])
- Maciej Wilamowski Piastowie. Leksykon biograficzny, Kraków 1999.
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Boleslaw-Yuri II of Galicia
Born: 1308 Died: 1340 |
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| Preceded by Andrey of Galicia and Lev II |
King of Halych-Volhynia 1323–1340 |
Succeeded by Liubartas |
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