King of Ruthenia

King of Rus', King of Ruthenia , King of Galicia and Volhynia, Land of Rus' Lord and Heir (Latin: Rex Rusiae, Rex Galiciae et Lodomeriae, Terrae Russiae Dominus et Heres) was a title of princes of Galicia and Volhynia, granted by the Pope.^{[citation needed]}

The title was initially issued to the ruling Izyaslavichi branch of Rurik dynasty of Volhynia. Later the title was passed on to Romanovichi as rulers of united Duchy of Galicia and Volhynia. By the 15th century the title was used as a claim by other royal houses.

List of kings of Rus'

Kings of Kievan Rus'

Iziaslav I of Kiev (as König der Russen)^[1]
Yaropolk Izyaslavich^{[citation needed]}

Kings of Rus' (Kingdom of Rus')

Danylo I of Halych, king of Rus' (1253–1264).
Lev I of Halych, king of Rus' (1293–1301), moved the capital from Kholm to Lviv in 1272.
Yuri I of Halych, prince of Halych-Volhynia (1301–1308)
Andrew II of Halych (Volhynia) and Lev II of Halych (Galicia), the last Ruthenian kings
Boleslav Yuri II of Halych, married Maria co-ruler of Galicia (1325–1340) Maria was Andrew's and Leo's sister
Dmytro Dedko, Lord of Rus', Prince of Galicia (1340-1349)
Liubartas, married Euphemia (Hanna-Buch), co-ruler of Volhynia (1323–1366), prince of eastern Volhynia (1366–1384) Euphemia was Andrew's and Leo's sister
Casimir III the Great, King of Poland (1333–1370), Lord of Rus' (1349-1370)

After the death of Boleslav-Yuri II of Halych, Galicia–Volhynia Wars ensued which resulted in Galicia gradually being annexed by the Kingdom of Poland, between 1349 and 1366, during the reign of Casimir III of Poland.^[2]

At the death of Casimir III the Great all of titulage was passed over to Louis I of Hungary

Kings of Galicia and Lodomeria (Kingdom of Hungary)

Andrew II of Hungary, the son of Béla III of Hungary, the first nominal king of Galicia who, as a Hungarian prince, reigned from 1188 to 1190.
Coloman of Galicia-Lodomeria (Kálmán), the first king of Galicia and Lodomeria, lat. Rex Galiciae et Lodomeriae (1215–1219) and his wife Salomea of Poland, Reges Galiciae et Lodomeriae
Andrew (András), the younger brother of Coloman, Hungarian prince, king of Galicia and Lodomeria (1219–1221)
Louis I of Hungary, King of Hungary (1342–1382), King of Poland (1370–1382), incorporated Galicia to Hungary
- Władysław II Opolczyk, Silesian prince, Hungarian count palatine, Governor of Galicia (1372–1378)
Kings of Poland, 1387–1772
Maria Theresa of Austria Holy Roman Empress, 1772–1780
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1780–1790
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1790–1792
Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1792–1835
Ferdinand I of Austria, 1835–1848
Franz Joseph I of Austria, 1848–1916
Charles I of Austria, 1916–1918

Notes

^ Registrum II, 74 Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine; 2,1: Das Register Gregors VII. Teil 1. Registrum II, 74 // Epistolae saeculi XIII e regestis pontificum Romanorum selectae (Epp. saec. XIII). Berlin: Weidmann, 1883. — Liber II, S. 236—237. (Monumenta Germaniae Historica)
^ Titles of European hereditary rulers (Poland).

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[1] Registrum II, 74 Archived 2016-04-01 at the Wayback Machine; 2,1: Das Register Gregors VII. Teil 1. Registrum II, 74 // Epistolae saeculi XIII e regestis pontificum Romanorum selectae (Epp. saec. XIII). Berlin: Weidmann, 1883. — Liber II, S. 236—237. (Monumenta Germaniae Historica)

[2] Titles of European hereditary rulers (Poland).

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