Lutsk Castle, Ukraine, built by Liubartas and improved by Vytautas the Great. Vytautas the Great ( Lithuanian:; Vitaŭt; Latin: Alexander Vitoldus; Witold Ruthenian: Vitovt; c During Lithuanian rule the city started to prosper

Liubartas (also Lubart, Lubko, baptized Dmitry; died ca. 1385) was the ruler of Galicia-Volhynia, in present-day Ukraine. The Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia ( Ruthenian: sla Галицко-Волинскоє Королѣвство Regnum Galiciæ et Lodomeriæ or Galicia-Vladimir, was Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. He was the youngest son of Gediminas, Grand Duke of Lithuania. Gediminas (ca 1275 – winter 1341 was the Monarch of medieval Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the title lt didysis kunigaikštis (вялікі князь The Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lietuvos Didžioji Kunigaikštystė old literary Lithuanian Didi Kunigiste Letuvos, Ruthenian: Wialikaje Kniastwa Litowskaje Ca. 1320 or ca. 1323 he married to a daughter of Andrew of Galicia and ruled Lutsk in eastern Volhynia. Andrey Yurevich or Andrew of Galicia (unknown - 1323 was the last Rus' king of Galicia - Volhynia in 1308&ndash1323 (according to other sources Lutsk (Луцьк translit Luts’k, Łuck is a city located by the Styr River in north-western Ukraine. ^[1] After Andrew's and his brother's Lev II of Galicia deaths ca. Lev Yurevich or Lev II of Galicia (unknown - 1323 was the last Rus'ian king of Galicia-Volhynia in 1308&ndash1323 (according to other sources since 1315 1322, Halych-Volhynia did not have a male successor. Instead of promoting Liubartas and causing a war with Poland, Gediminas compromised with Władysław I of Poland. Władysław the Short or Elbow-high (or Ladislaus I of Poland) ( Władysław I Łokietek) (1261 - March 2 1333 was a King of Poland. Both parties agreed to install Boleslaus George II, a son of Maria, sister of Leo and Andrew, and Trojden I of Masovia from the Piast dynasty, a cousin of Władysław I, and nephew of Gediminas' son-in-law Wacław of Płock. Boleslaw-Yuri II Prince of Galicia (Polish Bolesław Jerzy II Mazowiecki, also known as Yuri II of Galicia and Bolesław Trojdenowicz 1308 – April 7 1340 Piast dynasty is the name used since the 17th century for Polish Royal Dynasty that ruled Poland from its beginnings as Duchy ruled by Mieszko Płock is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river with 131011 inhabitants ^[2] At the time Boleslaus was fourteen years old and was betrothed to Eufemija, daughter of Gediminas. Betrothal is a formal state of engagement to be married. Historically betrothal was a formal Contract, blessed or officiated by a religious authority Liubartas continued to rule Lutsk and Volodymyr-Volynskyi. Volodymyr-Volynskyi or Vladimir-Volynsky (Володимир-Волинський translit

That way the war for Galicia-Volhynia was postponed until after Boleslaus' poisoning in 1340. ^[2] He was poisoned by rebellious nobles, who invited Liubartas to become the ruler for both Galicia and Volhynia. ^[1] Sources are too scarce to reconstruct events between 1341-1349. ^[3] Despite the support from his brothers Algirdas and Kęstutis, Liubartas lost all territories except for eastern Volhynia with Lutsk to Casimir III of Poland in 1349. Algirdas, (ɑlgərdɑːs known as Olgierd Альгерд Ольгерд b Kęstutis (kæsˈtuːtıs born ca 1297 died on August 3 or August 15, 1382 in Kreva) was Monarch of medieval Lithuania Casimir III the Great (Kazimierz Wielki April 30 1310 – November 5 1370 last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty (1333–1370 was the son of King Władysław In 1351 he was even taken prisoner during a battle, and Kęstutis had to rescue him. In 1366 a treaty was signed: Liubartas retained eastern Volhynia with Lutsk, while Poland got western Volhynia and Galicia. Galicia (Галичина ( Halychyna) Galicja is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine, However the matter was settled only in 1370: Liubartas took advantage of Casimir's death and captured all of Volhynia. ^[1] The territories changed again only in 1569, when Volhynia, including Lutsk, was transferred to Poland by the Union of Lublin. The Union of Lublin (Liublino unija Belarusian: Лю́блінская ву́нія Polish: Unia

In 1382, after death of Louis I of Hungary, Liubartas captured Kremenets, Peremyshl, and other cities from Hungary. Louis I the Great (I (Nagy Lajos Ludwik Węgierski Serbian: Lajoš I/Лајош I Croatian: Ludovik I Czech: Ludvík I Kremenets (Кременець translit Kremenets’ Krzemieniec is a City in the Ternopil Oblast ( province) of western Ukraine Przemyśl (Перемишль Peremyshl, Prömsel פּשעמישל- Pshemishl) is a city in south-eastern Poland with 67847 inhabitants (2005 Hungary (Magyarország 'mɔɟɔrorsaːg) officially in English the Republic of Hungary ( Magyar Köztársaság, literally Magyar (Hungarian Republic ^[4] He supported his brother Kęstutis against nephew Jogaila during the succession fights. Kęstutis (kæsˈtuːtıs born ca 1297 died on August 3 or August 15, 1382 in Kreva) was Monarch of medieval Lithuania Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło (b about 1362 d 1 June 1434 was Grand Duke of Lithuania and King of Poland. He built a castle in Lutsk, that survives to this day. Liubartas died ca. 1385, having ruled Volhynia for roughly sixty years. He married for the second time ca. 1350 to an unnamed daughter of Konstantin of Rostov, a relative of Simeon of Russia. Rostov (Росто́в Old Norse: Rostofa is one of the oldest towns in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden Simeon Ivanovich Gordyi (the Proud (Семён Иванович Гордый in Russian; ( 7 November 1316 - 27 April 1353) ^[4] He had three sons, Fëdor, Symeon, and Lazar. Fëdor inherited Volhynia, and died in 1431.

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See also

• House of Gediminas – family tree of Liubartas