Principality of Terebovlia

Principality of Terebovlia Terebovlyanske kniyazivstvo Теребовлянське князівство
Principality of the Kievan Rus'
1084–1141
Capital	Terebovlia
History
• Established	1084
• United with Principality of Zvenyhorod and Principality of Peremyshl	1141
Political subdivisions	Principalities of Kievan Rus
Succeeded by Principality of Halych

Principality of Terebovlia (Ukrainian: Теребовлянське князівство) was a Kievan Rus principality established as an appanage principality ca 1084 and was given to Vasilko Rostislavich (his brothers, Volodar Rostislavich and Rurik Rostislavich, ruled Peremyshl (Przemyśl) and Zvenyhorod respectively).

History

See also: Red Ruthenia

A southeastern appanage principality of Kyivan Rus, the capital of which was Terebovlia. Its territories included parts of southeastern Galicia, Bukovyna, and western Podilia. It bordered on Kyiv principality to the east, Zvenyhorod principality to the west, and parts of Volodymyr-Volynskyi principality, Lutsk principality, and Peresopnytsia principality to the north.

Vasilko Rostislavich extensively colonized the territories southeast of Terebovlia by employing Turkic peoples (Berendeys, Torks, and Pechenegs), and he annexed Ponyzia, thereby securing it against nomadic raiders. Halych gained importance as a political and economic center; other important cities and fortresses included Terebovlia, Mykulyn (now Mykulyntsi), Chern (now Chernivtsi), Vasyliv (Bukovyna), Onut, Kuchelemyn, Bakota, Ushytsia, and Kalius. After Vasilko Rostislavich's death in 1124, Halych principality seceded, and by 1141 Terebovlia principality had become a part of the Principality of Halych. After the Rostyslavych dynasty died out, it was briefly an appanage principality under Iziaslav Volodymyrovych.

Princes

• Vasilko Rostislavich 1084-1124
• Ihor-Ivan Vasilkovich 1124-1141
• Iziaslav Volodymyrovych 1210-1211

See also

• Council of Liubech

References

• (In Ukrainian) Леонтій Войтович. Князівські династії Східної Європи (кінець IX — початок XVI ст.): склад, суспільна і політична роль. Історико-генеалогічне дослідження
• (In Ukrainian) Іван Крип’якевич. Галицько-Волинське князівство

External links

• Encyclopedia of Ukraine Template:En icon (Encyclopedia of Ukraine)