Roman Daniilovich of Halych (c1230-1258)

Roman Danilovich prince of slonim Prince Lutsky ? - 1254 prince of novogrudok 1254 - 1258 Birth	OK. 1230 Death	1258 or 1260 Genus	Romanovichi (Rurikovichi) Father	Daniil Galitsky Roman Danilovich (about 1230 (?) - 1258 [1] or 1260 [2] ) - Prince of Slonim, Lutsky (until 1254 ), Prince of Novogrudok ( 1254 - 1258 ). The fourth son of the King of Halych Daniel Romanovich.

Contents 1	Biography 2	Family and children 3	Notes 4	References Biography In 1252, under contract with the Hungarian King White IV, Daniil married his son, Lutsk Prince Roman, on the niece of the Austrian Duke Friedrich Babenberg, the daughter of his brother Henry, Gertrude (died 1299 ). Gertrude was the heir to the Austrian throne, which gave Roman the right to make claims to Austria and Styria.

The Czech prince Ottokar, who at the end of 1251 joined the army in Austria, forced the Austrian barons to elect him as duke. Ottokar believed that he had some dynastic rights to the Austrian throne, since Gertrude was the first time married to his brother Vladislav, who died in 1247. In February 1252, Ottokar officially consolidated his position in Austria, marrying the elderly Margarita Babenberg, the eldest among the sisters of the late Duke, who was also the widow of the German King Henry VII of Hohenstaufen.

Soon Roman was besieged by the superior forces of the Czech king Ottokar in the castle of Gimberga, located not far from Vienna. Convinced that Roman's case was lost, the Hungarian King Bela IV himself began to claim the Austrian lands that still remained under the power of Gertrude. In late 1253, Roman had to flee hastily from Austria and return to Novgorod [3].

In 1255, after the seizure of Lithuanian land by Daniel Halytsky , Prince Voyoshelk, on his own behalf and on behalf of his father Mindovg, gave Roman all the cities and Mindovg - Novogrudok from Mindovg, Volkovysk and Slonim from himself.

In 1258 Voyoshelk and Tovtivil conspired and killed Roman Danilovich.

Family and children Father

Daniil Romanovich ( 1201 - 1264 ), the Grand Duke of Kiev ( 1240 ), the prince ( 1238 - 1264 ), the 1st King of the Galician ( 1254 - 1264 ) Mother

Anna, the daughter of Mstislav Udatny, (died 1252 ) Wife

Elena Glebovna Volkovskaya Gertrude Babenberg (died 1299 ), daughter of Henry of Austria ( 1208 - 1228 ) Sons

Michael (circa 1252 -?) - there is a suggestion that from the Romanovs son - Roman's son and his wife Elena Volkovskaya - the princely family of Drutsky leads the history. This is one of the versions of the origin of the Drutsky family. Vasilko (the middle of the 13th century ) - prince of Slonim Daughter

Maria (born in 1253 ), married  to Joachim Gutkeled from  1270, the son of  Ban  Stephen IV of Zagreb, the former Hungarian governor of Styria