Principality of Volhynia

The principality held the lands of the historic region of Volhynia from where it acquired its name. The capital of the principality as well as the largest and most important city of the region was Volodymyr.^[1] Other notable cities in the principality include Kremenets, Lutsk, Busk, Dorogobuzh, Brest, Belz, and Shumsk.

The Principality of Volhynia along with her sister state, the Principality of Halych were formed by sons of the ruling Rurikid clan in Kiev. Iziaslav Mstislavich, the grandson of Vladimir Monomakh, moved to Volodymyr and started ruling it as his own possession, defeating a number of attempts to restore control by Kyivan princes. After Iziaslav's death in 1154, his son Mstislav defeated another attempt to bring his land under Kyiv's control.^[2]

After Mstislav's death, the principality was divided between his sons, one of whom, Roman, managed to reunite the land under his rule. Following the death of the prince of Halych Volodymyr Yaroslavovych in 1199, the Halych line of the Rurikid family had become extinct and the prince of Volhynia, Roman the Great annexed the principality, moved his seat to the city of Old Halych and formed the united Kingdom of Galicia-Volhynia.^[3][4][2]

• 987–1013 Vsevolod Volodymyrovych (brother of Yaroslav the Wise)