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Maria of Galicia (before 1293- 11 January 1341) was a princess of Galicia-Volhynia and a member of the Rurik Dynasty. She was sister to Leo II of Halych and Andrew of Halych, daughter of Yuri I of Galicia and his second wife, Euphemia of Kuyavia (d. 1308). She assisted her son king Boleslaus George II of Halych in ruling Galicia. [citation needed]
- Siemowit III of Masovia
Siemowit was the second son of Trojden I of Masovia and his...
- Casimir I, Duke of Cieszyn
Casimir I of Cieszyn (Polish: Kazimierz I cieszyński, Czech:...
- Galicia
Galicia (/ ɡ ə ˈ l ɪ ʃ (i) ə / gə-LISH(-ee)-ə; Galician:...
- Siemowit III of Masovia
Maria of Galicia (before 1293- 11 January 1341) was a princess of Galicia-Volhynia and a member of the Rurik Dynasty. She was sister to Leo II of Halych and Andrew of Halych, daughter of Yuri I of Galicia and his second wife, Euphemia of Kuyavia (d. 1308). She assisted her son king Boleslaus George II of Halych in ruling Galicia. [citation needed]
Henry III (1454-1474) - Son of the former. Isabella I (1474-1504) - Daughter of John II. Afonso V of Portugal and Juana la Beltraneja, acclaimed de jure kings of Galicia in 1475, saw their pretensions to the Castilian throne defeated at the Battle of Toro in 1479. Joanna I (1504-1516/1555) - Daughter of the former.
The Iberian Peninsula, where Galicia is located, has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years, first by Neanderthals and then by modern humans. From about 4500 BC, it (like much of the north and west of the peninsula) was inhabited by a megalithic culture, which entered the Bronze Age about 1500 BC. These people would become the Gallaeci (a ...
Galicia ( / ɡəˈlɪʃ ( i) ə / gə-LISH (-ee)-ə; [1] Polish: Galicja, IPA: [ɡaˈlit͡sja] ⓘ; Ukrainian: Галичина, romanized : Halychyna, IPA: [ɦɐlɪtʃɪˈnɑ]; Yiddish: גאַליציע, romanized : Galitsye) is a historical and geographic region spanning what is now southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, long part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Dec 25, 2015 · The Heroic Act. At the beginning of May 1589 the British attacked one of the oldest cities in Spain – La Coruña. On the battle of the 4th, Pita left home, as one of very few women, to protect the city with her husband. Regrettably, her husband was shot by a crossbow and died immediately.
