León I de Galitzia

León I de Galicia (Plantilla:Lang-ua, Lev Danílovich) (c. 1228 – c. 1301) Kniaz de Belz (1245–1264), Kniaz de Peremyshl, Rey de Hálych (1264–1269) y Rey del Rus(1269–1301), Gran Príncipe del Rus de Kiev (1271–1301).

León I de Hálych en frente de su capital, Lviv.

El reino de Galitzia–Volynia (1245-1349).

Familia

Era hijo del Rey Danílo de Galitzia y su primera esposa Ana de Nóvgorod. Sus abuelos maternales fueron Mstislav el Valiente y una hija sin nombre de Kotian, Khan de los cumanos.

Reinado

Lev moved his father's capital from Halych to the newly-founded city of Lviv. This city was named after him by its founder, Lev's father King Danylo. In 1247 Lev married Constance, daughter of Béla IV of Hungary. Unlike his father, who pursued a Western political course, Lev worked closely with the Mongols and together with them invaded Poland. However, although his troops plundered territory as far west as Racibórz, sending many captives and much booty back to Galicia, Lev did not ultimately gain much territory from Poland. Lev cultivated a particularly close alliance with the Tatar khan Nogai. Lev also attempted, unsuccessfully, to establish his family's rule over Lithuania. Soon after his brother Shvarno ascended to the Lithuanian throne in 1267, Lev organized the murder of Grand Duke of Lithuania Vaišvilkas. Following his brother Shvarno's loss of the throne in 1269, Lev entered into conflict with Lithuania. From 1274-1276 he fought a war with the new Lithuanian ruler Traidenis but was defeated, and Lithuania annexed the territory of Black Ruthenia with its city of Navahrudak. In 1279, Lev allied himself with king Wenceslaus II of Bohemia and invaded Poland, although his attempt to capture Krakiv in 1280 ended in failure. That same year, however, Lev defeated Hungary and annexed part of Transcarpathia, including the city of Mukachevo. In 1292 he defeated Poland and added Lublin with surrounding areas to the territory of Galicia-Volhynia. At the time of Lev's death in 1301 the state of Galicia-Volhynia was at the height of its power.

Casamiento e hijos

León I se casó con Constanza de Hungría, hija de Bela IV de Hungría y María Laskarina. Tuvieron tres hijos:

• Yuri I de Galitzia (24 de abril de 1252/1257 - 18 de marzo de 1308).
• Sviatoslava de Hálych ( - 1302). Monja.
• Anastasia de Galitzia ( - 12 de marzo de 1335). Se casó con Siemowit de Mazovia, hijo de Casimiro I de Mazovia y su tercera esposa Eufrosina de Opole.

Predecesor: Daniel de Galitzia

Rey de Galitzia-Volynia 1264-1301

Sucesor: Yuri I de Galitzia

Enlaces externos

• Genealogía de la familia de Danílo.
• León Danílovich en la Enciclopedia de Ucrania.