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45-498: The original chronicle was probably composed in the 1220s or 1230s at the court of Duke Coloman of Slavonia , the deposed King of Galicia and Lodomeria . The original manuscript was taken to Poland by Coloman's widow, Salomea, after 1241. It tells the story of the Hungarians from the reign of "Aquila" ( Attila the Hun ) to that of Ladislaus I . This Polish history –related article is

90-410: A stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Hungarian history article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria Coloman of Galicia ( Hungarian : Kálmán ; Ukrainian : Коломан ; 1208 – 1241) was the ruler—from 1214 prince, and from 1215 or 1216 to 1221, the king—of Galicia , and the duke of Slavonia from 1226 to his death. He

135-542: A Galician boyar (or nobleman), Vladislav Kormilichich , to lead the Hungarian army to Galicia. Kormilichich took control of the principality on Andrew's behalf. Leszek the White , Duke of Poland , granted asylum to Daniel and Vasilko Romanovich and made an alliance with princes Alexandr Vsevolodovich of Vladimir and Mstislav Yaroslavich of Peresopnytsia . They invaded Galicia and routed Kormilichich, but they could not capture

180-615: A Hungarian nobleman, Benedict the Bald , to administer it on Coloman's behalf. Coloman was crowned the first king of Galicia with the pope's authorization in early 1216. After the Hungarian troops occupied the western Galician territories, Leszek made an alliance with Mstislav Mstislavich , Prince of Novgorod . Mstislav invaded Galicia, forcing Coloman and his supporters to flee to Hungary, most probably in early 1219. Mstislav supported his son-in-law, Daniel Romanovich —who had claimed Galicia since 1205—to invade Polish territories, which brought about

225-552: A Mongol force under Burundai and Nogai Khan entered Galicia and Volhynia and offered an ultimatum: Daniel was to destroy his fortifications or Burundai would assault the towns. Daniel complied and pulled down the city walls. In the last years of his reign, Daniel engaged in dynastic politics, marrying a son and a daughter to the offspring of Mindaugas of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and acquiring territorial concessions in Poland from

270-520: A compromise in late 1221 or early 1222. According to the agreement, Coloman was to renounce the title of King of Galicia, but Mstislav agreed to give his daughter, Maria, in marriage to Coloman's younger brother, Andrew , to whom Coloman's royal title would be transferred. [Princes] Mstislav and [ Volodimir ] went from Kiev to [Halych] against the King's son, and the men of [Halych] came out against them and [Czechs] and [Poles], Moravians and Hungarians, and

315-516: A grant made by a previous ban of Croatia in 1231. Coloman ignored the privileges of the Knights Templar and wanted to collect taxes on their estates. The pope appointed Bartholomew le Gros , the bishop of Pécs , to arbitrate in the dispute together with the abbot of Pécsvárad Abbey and the provost of Pécs Chapter , but also forbade them to excommunicate Coloman without his special authorization. The three prelates persuaded Coloman to confirm

360-568: A new alliance with Andrew II. Their united forces defeated Mstislav's army in three battles in October 1219. Mstislav and Daniel were forced to abandon Galicia and Coloman returned to the principality. Andrew most probably made Sudislav's son-in-law, Philnius , the commander of the Hungarian army in Galicia around this time, according to Font and Barabás. Mstislav hired Cumans and again invaded Galicia in late 1220 or early 1221, but could not capture

405-694: A reconciliation between Andrew II and Leszek. The Hungarians and Poles again occupied Galicia and restored it to Coloman in the autumn of 1219. Mstislav and his Cuman allies defeated the Hungarians near Galicia and captured Coloman and Salomea in August 1221. To secure their release, Andrew II renounced Galicia and arranged a marriage alliance between his youngest son, Andrew , and Mstislav's daughter. Coloman returned to Hungary in late 1221 or 1222. He settled in Szepes (now Spiš in Slovakia) where he had held large estates since

450-458: A related people, the Yatvingians . The following year, with the advancing Mongols, Michael , the grand prince of Kiev, who was married to Daniel's sister, quickly left Kiev and petitioned Daniel for help. Daniel dispatched his voivode , Dmytro, to defend the city. However, after a long siege, its walls were breached and, despite fierce fighting within the city, Kiev fell on 6 December 1240 and

495-611: The Battle of Mohi (11 April 1241). Coloman suffered serious wounds and died of his injuries a few weeks after the battle. Coloman was styled " by the Grace of God , king of the Ruthenians , and by his glorious father's generosity, duke of Dalmatia and Croatia" in his first extant charter in 1226. Göncöl, Archbishop of Split , referred to Coloman as "king and duke of Slavonia" in 1229. The first document mentioning Coloman's rule in "whole Slavonia"

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540-577: The Bishopric of Zagreb , but Pope Gregory IX reminded him in 1240, that the two dioceses could not be united without the consent of the archbishop of Kalocsa and the chapters of their sees. In 1231, Coloman granted privileges to Vukovar ( Hungarian : Valkóvár ). Coloman, similarly to his brother, opposed his father's third marriage with Beatrice d'Este and following the death of King Andrew II (21 September 1235) they accused their young stepmother of adultery. Pope Gregory IX persuaded him to pursue

585-481: The Bug River . However, Daniel wanted more than recognition, and commented bitterly that he expected an army when he received the crown. From then on, Daniel was known as rex Russiae and sometimes by the title korol . The following year, Daniel repelled Mongol assaults led by Orda 's son, Kuremsa , on Ponyzia and Volhynia and dispatched an expedition with the aim of taking Kiev. Despite initial successes, in 1259,

630-581: The heretics in his provinces and in the adjacent territories; therefore he invaded and occupied Bosnia and Zachlumia but he could not wind up the Bosnian Church . He supported the establishment of the Diocese of Bosnia and he granted Đakovo ( Hungarian : Diakóvár ) to its bishop. When he was informed that the Mongols invaded the kingdom, he joined his brother's troops. However, their troops were defeated at

675-489: The Bald was appointed to administer the principality. Another Hungarian nobleman, Demetrius Aba , was made the master of the stewards in Coloman's court before 1216. Kormilichich's former ally, Sudislav, was one of the leading Galician boyars who supported Coloman. Andrew sent a letter to Pope Innocent, requesting him to authorize John, Archbishop of Esztergom to anoint Coloman as king. In his next letter, Andrew thanked

720-649: The Bold . In 1221, Daniel re-established his rule over Volhynia, where the boyars and populace had reaffirmed their loyalty to his dynasty. In 1234, he defeated Alexander Vsevolodovich, taking the Duchy of Belz . By 1238, he had defeated former Dobrzyń Knights at Drohiczyn (Dorohochyn), and regained most of Galicia, including the capital. While the Prussians were under pressure from the Teutonic Order , Daniel attempted to conquer

765-477: The Hungarians. The reconstruction of the ensuing events is difficult, because their dating is uncertain. Mstislav invaded Galicia between 1215 and 1219—most probably in early 1219, according to Font and Barabás—and forced Coloman, Benedict the Bald and Sudislav to flee to Hungary. Mstislav gave his daughter, Anna, in marriage to Daniel Romanovich who soon occupied the lands between the rivers Wieprz and Bug from Leszek. Outraged by Daniel's attack, Leszek made

810-496: The Poles in 1205, Andrew launched a military campaign against Galicia in almost each year. He adopted the title of "King of Galicia and Lodomeria" in token of his claim to both principalities. Initially, he supported Roman Mstislavich's minor sons, Daniel and Vasilko Romanovich , against Vladimir Igorevich and his brothers, who also claimed Galicia. Coloman was born in 1208. According to historians Márta Font and Gábor Barabás, he

855-410: The boyar Pakoslav [to Andrew] with the [following] message: "It is not proper for a boyar to reign in [Halych]; marry my daughter to your son [Coloman] and let him rule in [Halych]. [Andrew] liked Pakoslav's [advice]. He held council with [Leszek] in [Szepes] and took [Leszek's] daughter for his son. Coloman was installed in Galicia soon after the fall of Kormilichich. Since Coloman was a minor, Benedict

900-496: The capital of the principality. In a letter to Pope Innocent III , Andrew stated that Galician boyars had proposed him to grant Galicia to Coloman. According to the Galician–Volhynian Chronicle , Leszek the White was the first to suggest the same idea, also proposing his daughter, Salomea , to Coloman. Andrew and Leszek had a meeting in Szepes in the autumn of 1214. They reached a compromise, which included

945-570: The capital. Mstislav's fiasco encouraged Philnius to join Leszek's campaign against Volhynia, leaving Coloman and Salomea in the newly fortified Church of the Virgin Mary in Galicia. Taking advantage of the absence of the bulk of the Hungarian army, Mstislav and the Cumans laid siege to Galicia in August 1221. Philnius hurried back from his campaign, but Mstislav defeated his army and he could only flee with

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990-453: The circumstances of the ceremony are unknown. Historians Font, Barabás and Karol Hollý inferred from the correspondence that Coloman was most probably crowned twice: first (in late 1214 or early 1215) with a provisional crown in Hungary, later (probably in early 1216) with the crown sent by the pope. Other historians—including Tibor Almási, Nataša Procházková and Đura Hardi—conclude that Coloman

1035-672: The establishment of the Premonstratensian provostry at Jászó (now Jasov in Slovakia). According to a scholarly theory, the tower of the Szepes Castle was built on Coloman's order. Andrew II entrusted Coloman with the government of Slavonia, Croatia and Dalmatia in 1226. The three provinces had been administered by Coloman's elder brother, Béla , who was appointed to administer Translyvania. Coloman's jurisdiction also included counties located in Hungary proper, such as Baranya , Pozsega , Somogy , Valkó , Varasd and Zala . In

1080-549: The first king of Hungary to conquer the Principality of Galicia in 1188. Béla granted Galicia to the teenager Andrew, but Andrew was unpopular, especially because his troops did not respect the Galicians' Orthodox faith. The Galicians expelled him in 1189 or 1190, but he did not abandon his claim to Galicia. After Roman Mstislavich , who had united the principalities of Volhynia and Galicia under his rule, died fighting against

1125-513: The forces came together. And God helped Mstislav, and he entered the town of [Halych] and they took with their hands the King's son and his wife, and he took peace with the King, and let go his son, and himself took his seat in [Halych] and [Volodimir] in Kiev. After his release in late 1221 or early 1222, Coloman returned to Hungary. His father soon approached Pope Honorius III , asking him to invalidate his agreement with Mstislav. The pope only cancelled

1170-496: The form of a crusade . In return for papal assistance, Daniel offered to place his lands under the ecclesiastical authority of Rome , a pledge never realised. Wooed by the prospect of extending his authority, the Pope encouraged Daniel's resistance to the Mongols and his Western orientation, and in 1253, had a papal representative crown Daniel as king at Dorohochyn, present-day Drohiczyn on

1215-586: The former for his son, and fortified many others. He appointed officials to protect the peasantry from aristocratic exploitation and formed peasant-based heavy infantry units. Yet Daniel's successes and his failed defense of Kiev attracted the further attention of the Mongols. In 1246, he was summoned to the capital of the Golden Horde at Sarai on the Volga River and was forced to accept Mongol overlordship. According to Ukrainian historian Orest Subtelny , Daniel

1260-460: The help of a Galician boyar, Zhiroslav on 14 August. Coloman's retainers tried to resist in the fortified church, but the lack of water forced them to surrender. The Polish chronicler, Jan Długosz , wrote that Coloman and Salomea were imprisoned in the fortress of Torchesk . Internal strifes in Hungary prevented Coloman's father from launching a military expedition against Mstislav. Andrew entered into negotiations with Mstislav and they reached

1305-529: The knights' privileges on 31 July 1231, but a full reconciliation was reached only after lengthy negotiations in 1239. Coloman granted liberties to the German, Saxon, Hungarian and Slavic "guest settlers" of Vukovar in 1239. He also confirmed the right of the "guest settlers" of Varaždin to elect their judges and put their obligations in writing. Coloman initiated the merger of the Archbishopric of Split and

1350-566: The late 1210s. A late source (a 1279 letter of Elizabeth the Cuman ) mentioned that Coloman had held Szepes till the end of his life. Coloman's activities in Szepes are poorly documented. He granted privileges to the "guest settlers" in Szepesolaszi (now Spišské Vlachy in Slovakia). He made donations to the Cistercian monastery which was established in the 1220s in Szepes. Coloman also supported

1395-449: The late 1210s. Andrew II made him duke of Slavonia , with jurisdiction also in Croatia and Dalmatia, in 1226. He cooperated with his eldest brother, Béla , in revising their father's donations already during Andrew II's lifetime. Coloman was the second son of Andrew II of Hungary and his first wife, Gertrude of Merania . Andrew's father (Coloman's grandfather), Béla III of Hungary , was

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1440-516: The latter. Another daughter of his, Ustynia, was married to Andrey Yaroslavich of Vladimir-Suzdal . He also arranged for the marriage of his son Roman to Gertrude, the Babenberg heiress, but was unsuccessful in his bid to have him placed on the ducal throne of Austria . By his death in 1264, Daniel had reconstructed and expanded the territories held by his father, held off the expansionist threats of Poland and Hungary, minimized Mongol influence in

1485-449: The marriage of Coloman and Salomea and the cession of two western Galician towns, Przemyśl and Lubaczów , to Leszek. The Hungarian and Polish armies invaded the principality and put an end to Vladislav Kormilichich's rule before the end of the year. [Andrew II] marched against [Leszek the White] whom [Daniel Romanovich] was visiting at that time. [Thereupon Leszek] sent his envoy Lestič and

1530-517: The pope for giving consent to Coloman's coronation, but also informed him that a riot had broken out against Coloman and the rebels laid siege to Galicia. Andrew urged Innocent to send a legate and a golden crown to Coloman to strengthen the legitimacy of his rule. Pope Honorius III mentioned in a letter in 1222 that the Archbishop of Esztergom had crowned Coloman "with the blessing of the Holy See", but

1575-509: The principalities of Galicia and Volhynia in 1199. After his death in 1205, the boyars of Galicia forced the four-year-old Daniel into exile with his mother Anna of Byzantium and brother Vasylko Romanovich . After the boyars proclaimed one of their own as prince, the Poles and Hungarians invaded the principality, ostensibly to support the claims of young Daniel and Vasylko, and divided it between themselves. In 1219, he renounced his claims to Galicia in favor of his father-in-law, Mstislav

1620-470: The provision about the transfer of Coloman's royal title to his younger brother, because the pope preserved the right to decide about coronations. Coloman styled himself "King of Galicia" till the end of his life, although he never returned to Galicia. He and his wife settled in Szepes, near the Hungarian-Galician border. Font and Barabás say that Coloman had received estates in the region already in

1665-484: The ruler of Volhynia and retained the Galician title for himself, though he continued to exercise real power in both places. Daniel's domestic policies focused on stability and economic growth. During his rule, German, Polish, and Rus' merchants and artisans were invited into Galicia, and numbers of Armenians and Jews established themselves in the towns and cities. Daniel founded the towns of Lviv (1256) and Kholm , naming

1710-629: The summer of 1226, Coloman visited Dalmatia where he was ceremoniously received in the towns. He made donations to the Bishopric of Trogir and confirmed his mother's grant to the Hájszentlőrinc Chapter . His following extant diplomas were issued in 1229. Estates located in Szepes were the subjects of both diplomas, implying that Coloman had mostly stayed in Szepes from 1226 to 1229, according to Font and Barabás. Coloman supported Béla's attempts to revise their father's grants already during Andrew II's lifetime. The two brothers jointly confirmed

1755-596: Was first anointed, and he was only once crowned, in early 1216. The relationship between Andrew and Leszek the White had meanwhile become tense. Leszek granted Vladimir-in-Vohynia, which was the most prestigious princely seat in Volhynia, to Daniel and Vasilko Romanovich. He also failed to support Coloman during the siege of Galicia. The Hungarian army invaded western Galicia and captured Przemyśl and Lubaczów in late 1215 or early 1216. Leszek approached Mstislav Mstislavich , Prince of Novgorod , seeking his assistance against

1800-648: Was handed a cup of fermented mare's milk by the Mongol khan, Batu , and told to get used to it, as "you are one of ours now". They exchanged hostages whereby 100 families of Keraites were re-settled in Carpathian Galicia. According to James Chambers, the following dialogue took place between Batu and Daniel of Galicia: "At a banquet Batu asked if he drank kumiz like the Mongols and Daniel answered: 'Until now I did not, but now I do as you command and I drink it'. To which Batu replied: 'You are now one of ours,' and since he

1845-481: Was issued by the Zagreb Chapter in 1230. He was consequently styled as "king, and duke of whole Slavonia" from the late 1230s. Daniel of Galicia Daniel Romanovich (1201–1264) was Prince of Galicia (1205–1207; 1211–1212; 1230–1232; 1233–1234; 1238–1264), Volhynia (1205–1208; 1215–1238), Grand Prince of Kiev (1240), and King of Ruthenia (1253–1264). Daniel's father, Roman Mstislavich , united

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1890-439: Was largely destroyed. A year later, the Mongols passed through Galicia and Volhynia while campaigning against the Poles and Hungarians, destroying Galicia in the process. On 17 August 1245, Daniel defeated a combined force of the prince of Chernigov , disaffected boyars, and Hungarian and Polish elements at Yaroslav , and finally took the remainder of Galicia, thus reconstituting his father's holdings. He made his brother Vasylko

1935-539: Was more used to it ordered that Daniel be given a goblet of wine." This was due to Daniel's notorious love of wine. While formally accepting the Mongols as overlords, and supplying them with soldiers as required, Daniel built his foreign policy around opposition to the Golden Horde. He established cordial relations with the rulers of the Kingdom of Poland and Kingdom of Hungary , and requested aid from Pope Innocent IV in

1980-538: Was named most probably for Coloman of Stockerau , an Irish pilgrim who had been martyred in Austria in 1012. Coloman's mother showed blatant favoritism towards her German kinsmen and courtiers, which outraged the native lords. She was murdered by a group of Hungarian noblemen in September 1213, shortly after her husband departed for a new military campaign against Galicia. Andrew returned to Hungary, but only after appointing

2025-405: 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 Galicia, allotting its western regions to Leszek, the remaining lands to Coloman. The Hungarian and Polish armies occupied the principality in late 1214. Andrew II appointed

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