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King's seal of Yuri II of Boleslav. Yuri II Boleslav (Ukrainian: Юрій-Болеслав Тройденович, romanized: Yurii-Boleslav Troidenovych; Polish: Bolesław Jerzy II; c. 1305/1310 – April 7, 1340), was King of Ruthenia and Dominus of the lands of Galicia–Volhynia (1325–1340).
After the extinction of the Rurikid dynasty in Kingdom of Rus in 1323, Volhynia passed into the control of the Lithuanian prince Liubartas, while the boyars took control over Galicia. They invited the Polish prince Boleslaw Yuri II, a grandson of Yuri I, to assume the Galician throne.
Yurii II Boleslav [Jurij; Troidenovych], b ca 1306, d 7 April 1340 in Volodymyr (in Volhynia). Last ruler of the Principality of Galicia-Volhynia (1323–40); son of Prince Trojden II of Mazovia and grandson of Prince Yurii Lvovych, thus a member of both the Polish Piast dynasty and the Rus’ Romanovych dynasty. He was initially known as ...
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 Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland advanced claims over the kingdom.
Yuri II Boleslav: Succession: King of Ruthenia: Reign: 1323–1340: Predecessor: Andrew and Leo II of Galicia: Successor: Liubartas: Spouse: Eufemia (daughter of Gediminas) House: Piast: Father: Trojden I of Masovia: Mother: Maria of Galicia: Birth Date: c. 1305-10: Death Date: c. 1340 (aged c. 30)
King's seal of Yuri II of Boleslav. Yuri II Boleslav (Ukrainian: Юрій-Болеслав Тройденович, romanized: Yurii-Boleslav Troidenovych; Polish: Bolesław Jerzy II; c. 1305/1310 – April 7, 1340), was King of Ruthenia and Dominus of the lands of Galicia–Volhynia (1325-1340).
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Yuri II Boleslav (Ukrainian: Юрій-Болеслав Тройденович, romanized: Yurii-Boleslav Troidenovych; Polish: Bolesław Jerzy II; c. 1305/1310 – April 7, 1340), was King of Ruthenia and Dominus of the lands of Galicia–Volhynia (1325-1340).
