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Coronation of Daniel of Galicia

At Drohiczyn on the Bug a papal legate crowned Daniel Romanovich, Prince of Galicia–Volhynia: he took the title King of Rus’, counting on help from the West against the Horde.

Date
1253year known
Place
Drohiczyntoday: Drohiczyn, Poland · Eastern Europe
Participants
Daniel of Galicia, Principality of Galicia–Volhynia
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Rus’ in the 13th century
Also known as
Король Руси

Pope Innocent IV had offered Daniel the crown and the promise of a crusade against the Mongols in exchange for a church union with Rome. No real help followed and the union never took effect, but Daniel’s descendants bore the royal title until the early 14th century.

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  • Mongol invasion of Europe1236–1242 · Eastern EuropeAfter the devastation of Rus’ and his forced journey to Batu in 1245, Daniel began to look for allies against the Horde in the West

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Daniel of Galicia
  2. Wikipedia (English): Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
  3. Wikipedia (Russian): Даниил Романович Галицкий
  4. Wikipedia (Russian): Король Руси
  5. Пашуто В. Т. Очерки по истории Галицко-Волынской Руси. — М.: Изд-во АН СССР, 1950.