Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia succession crisis

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The Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia succession crisis was a late 14th-century dynastic conflict over control of the former Ruthenian kingdom, involving competing claims by local princes and neighboring powers such as Poland and Lithuania.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 14th-century conflict ⓘ
dynastic conflict ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
conflictOver Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia ⓘ
Ruthenian territories of Galicia and Volhynia ⓘ
conflictType civil conflict ⓘ
interstate conflict ⓘ
endTime late 14th century ⓘ
followedBy Lithuanian rule in Volhynia ⓘ
Polish rule in Red Ruthenia ⓘ
hasCause absence of a clear heir to the Galician–Volhynian throne ⓘ
death of King Bolesław-Yuri II of Galicia ⓘ
extinction of the male line of the Romanovych dynasty ⓘ
hasEffect end of the independent Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia ⓘ
incorporation of Galicia into the Polish Crown ⓘ
partition of Galician–Volhynian lands between Poland and Lithuania ⓘ
strengthening of Lithuanian control over Volhynia ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext decline of Kievan Rus' successor states ⓘ
expansion of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania southward ⓘ
expansion of the Kingdom of Poland eastward ⓘ
involvedParty Casimir III of Poland ⓘ
Duke Liubartas of Volhynia ⓘ
Jogaila ⓘ
Liubartas ⓘ
Louis I of Hungary ⓘ
local Galician boyars ⓘ
location Eastern Europe ⓘ
Galicia ⓘ
Ruthenia ⓘ
Volhynia ⓘ
mainParticipant Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
local Ruthenian princes ⓘ
opposingForce Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
partOf Polish–Lithuanian rivalry in Eastern Europe ⓘ
late medieval East European power struggles ⓘ
relatedTo Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia ⓘ
Romanovych dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Romanovichi dynasty

Ruthenian nobility ⓘ
result Polish–Lithuanian division of former Galician–Volhynian territories ⓘ
loss of Ruthenian royal independence in Galicia and Volhynia ⓘ
startTime 1340 ⓘ
timePeriod second half of the 14th century ⓘ

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Lev II of Galicia → associatedWith → Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia succession crisis ⓘ
Lubartas Gediminaitis → conflictWith → Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia claimants ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia succession crisis