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Leo II of Galicia

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Sources differ on the circumstances of his death; most historians agree he died, together with his brother Andrew, in 1323, but there is disagreement over whether they were battling the Mongol-Tatars or the Lithuanians, and over whether the deaths occurred while defending
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It is reported that in the second decade of 14th century, the Lithuanians increased their pressure upon Galicia-Volhynia, eventually wresting away control of
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Both King Lev and his brother King Andrew were apparently much respected in the west. In May 1323, Polish King Władysław I, in a letter to the
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In 1321, Lev's son, Prince George of Lutsk, the last of the line, had died in a battle with the forces of Grand Duke
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The first common letter of Lev II and Andrew dates to August 9, 1316, in which they renewed the union with the
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in Lutsk. After the deaths of Lev II and his brother two years later, the line of the direct descendants of
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ended, and the Galician state was left without a ruling dynasty. The Galician
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and "any hostile invader"; the latter mention apparently referred to the
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They were also in union with the allies of King Władysław I – the
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Lev II and Andrew established firm relations with the Polish
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of Lithuania and with their own nominal overlords, the
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Index


King of Rus'
Yuri I of Galicia
Yuri II Boleslav
Andrew of Galicia
Berestia
House
Romanovichi
Yuri I of Galicia
Euphemia of Kuyavia
Lutsk
Romanovichi
Rus`
Monomakhovichi
King Yuri I
Andrew
Euphemia of Kuyavia
Halych
Volodymyr
jurisdiction
Prussian Crusaders
Tatars
Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Dorohychyn
Berestia
Gediminids
Mongol-Tatars
Golden Horde
High Duke
Władysław I

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