Maria of Galicia (also Mary) (before 1293- 11 January 1341) was a princess of Galicia-Volhynia and a member of the Rurik Dynasty.[1][2] She was sister to Leo II of Halych and Andrew of Halych, daughter of Yuri I of Galicia and his second wife, Euphemia of Kuyavia (d. 1308).[3] She assisted her son king Boleslaus George II of Halych in ruling Galicia.[1]
In 1323 her brothers Andrew of Galicia and Volynia and Lev II of Lutsk were killed, and she and her niece, Eufemia, Heiress of Volynia-Lutsk, inherited the lands. Her grandfather, Leo of Halych, had been king of Galicia 1269-1301 and he moved his capital from Galich (Halicz) to the newly founded city of Lviv (Lwow, Lemberg). She lived (before -1293-1341)
Her mother, Euphemia of Kuyavia, was the daughter of Casimir I of Kuyavia. Before 1310, she married Duke Trojden I of Masovia with whom she had four children:
- Euphemia (1310-after 1373) married Casimir I, Duke of Cieszyn and had issue
- Boleslaw-Yuri II of Galicia (1308 - April 7, 1340), became King of Halych-Volhynia
- Siemowit III of Masovia (c1320-16 June 1381), became Duke of Masovia
- Casimir (1314-26 November 1355), Prince of Ciechanów and Warsaw
References
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- ^ Basilevsky, Alexander (2016-04-11). Early Ukraine: A Military and Social History to the Mid-19th Century. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-9714-0.
- ^ Vernadsky, George; Karpovich, Michael (1943). A History of Russia: The Mongols and Russia, by George Vernadsky. Yale University Press.
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