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Kálmán (Coloman of Galicia) (1208 – 1241) was the ruler (prince resp. king) of Halych from 1216 to 1221 and duke of Slavonia from 1226 to his death. Coloman was crowned the first king of Halych with the pope’s authorization in early 1216. Andrew II made him duke of Slavonia, with jurisdiction also in Croatia and Dalmatia, in 1226.
Coloman was in a minor age whilst his rule in Galicia, therefore he was in no position to shape the course of events there. He was the sufferer of his father’s will and the circumstances. The cooperation of the Hungarian king and Prince Leszek of Cracow was not without problems, in fact, it was full of conflicts despite the agreement of Spiš ...
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Coloman of Halych was the ruler—from 1214 prince, and from 1215 or 1216 to 1221 king—of Halych, and duke of Slavonia from 1226 to his death. He was the second son of Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania. His father and Leszek the White, Duke of Poland, concluded an agreement about the marriage of Coloman and Leszek's daughter, Salomea, and the division of Halych, allotting its ...
The GVC confirms his presence in Galicia at Coloman's side once before their captivity when File led the Hungarian army to Volhynia. After his departure, Coloman remained in Galicia with a smaller group in his court, and they are even named: “Ivan, Lekin, and Dmitr.”
Prince Coloman, second son of King Andrew II (1205–35) and younger brother of King Béla IV (1235–70), is perhaps not the best-known member of the Á rpádian dynasty (1000–1301), nor of medieval Hungarian rulers, yet his life was quite extraordinary.
