Year 1199 (MCXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Vladimir I Sviatoslavich or Volodymyr I Sviatoslavych, nicknamed the Great, was Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Kiev, and ruler of Kievan Rus' from 980 to 1015. Several scholars refer to him as Volodimer I or Volodimir I, and his descendants as Volodimerovichi, while the Eastern Orthodox Church canonised him as Saint Vladimir/Saint Volodymyr.
Galicia is a historical and geographic region spanning what is now southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, long part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It covers much of the other historic regions of Red Ruthenia and Lesser Poland.
Halych is a historic city on the Dniester River in western Ukraine. The city gave its name to the Principality of Halych, the historic province of Galicia (Halychyna), and the Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, of which it was the capital until the early 14th century, when the seat of the local rulers moved to Lviv.
The Principality or, from 1253, Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, historically known as the Kingdom of Ruthenia, was a medieval state in Eastern Europe which existed from 1199 to 1349. Its territory was predominantly located in modern-day Ukraine, with parts in Belarus, Poland, Moldova, and Lithuania. Along with Novgorod and Vladimir-Suzdal, it was one of the three most important powers to emerge from the collapse of Kievan Rus'. The main language was Old East Slavic, the predecessor of the modern East Slavic languages, and the official religion was Eastern Orthodoxy.
Sviatopolk II Iziaslavich was Grand Prince of Kiev for 20 years, from 1093 to 1113. He was not a popular prince, and his reign was marked by incessant rivalry with his cousin Vladimir Monomakh.
Rurik Rostislavich, Prince of Novgorod (1170–1171), Belgorod Kievsky, Grand Prince of Kiev, Prince of Chernigov (1210–1214).
Roman Mstislavich, also known as Roman the Great, was a Rus’ prince and a member of Izyaslavichi of Volhynia branch of the Rurik dynasty. He founded the Romanovichi dynasty, which would rule Volhynia and Halych until 1340.
The inner Principality of Kiev was a medieval East Slavic state, situated in central regions of modern Ukraine around the city of Kiev (Kyiv).
Yaropolk Iziaslavich or Yaropolk Iziaslavych was a Kniaz (prince) during the eleventh-century in the Kievan Rus' kingdom and was the King of Rus (1076–1087). The son of Grand Prince Iziaslav I of Kiev (Kyiv) by a Polish princess named Gertruda, he is visible in papal sources by the early 1070s but largely absent in contemporary Rus sources until his father's death in 1078. During his father's exile in the 1070s, Yaropolk can be found acting on his father's behalf in an attempt to gain the favor of the German emperors and the papal court of Pope Gregory VII. His father returned to Kiev in 1077 and Yaropolk followed.
The Rurik dynasty, also referred to as the Rurikid dynasty or Rurikids, as well as the Volodimerovichi, was a noble lineage allegedly founded by the Varangian prince Rurik, who, according to tradition, established himself in Novgorod around the year AD 862. After the conquest of Kiev by Rurik's successor Oleg in 882, the Rurikids became the ruling dynasty of Kievan Rus' until its disintegration in the 12th and 13th centuries. Over time, the dynasty split into many different branches, with distinct branches ruling regional centers. They continued to rule in many of the principalities and states that succeeded Kievan Rus'.
Gleb Svyatoslavich was a Rus' prince. His baptismal name was Pakhomy. He was prince of Kaniv, of Belgorod (1205–1206), and of Chernigov (1206/1208–1215/1220). He helped to pay for the Church of St. Paraskeva Pyatnitsa in Chernigov.
Oleg III Svyatoslavich was a Rus' prince. His baptismal name was Feodosy. He was prince of Vshchizh, of Novgorod-Seversk (1200–1201), and of Chernigov (1201/1202–1204).
Roman Mikhailovich the Old was a Rus' prince. He was prince of Chernigov, and of Bryansk.
The Principality of Volhynia was a western Kievan Rus' principality founded by the Rurik dynasty in 987 centered in the region of Volhynia, straddling the borders of modern-day Ukraine, Belarus, and Poland. From 1069 to 1118, it belonged to Izyaslavichi who primarily ruled from Turov. After losing Turov to Monomakhovichi in 1105, the descendants of Iziaslav Yaroslavovich for a few years continued to rule in Volhynia. From 1154 to 1199, the Principality was referred to as the Principality of Volodymyr when the Principality of Lutsk (1154–1228) was separated.
Oleg Yaroslavich "Nastasich" was a Rus' prince from the Rostislavichi of Tmutarakan. He was prince of Halych.
Volodymyr II Yaroslavych was a Rus’ prince. He was prince of Halych.
Maria of Galicia was a princess of Galicia-Volhynia and a member of the Rurik Dynasty. 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. She assisted her son king Boleslaus George II of Halych in ruling Galicia.
Anna-Euphrosyne Angelina or Anna-Helena Angelina (?–1253), was a Grand Princess of Galicia and Volhynia by marriage to Roman the Great, in 1199–1205. She was regent of the Principality during the minority of her son Daniel of Galicia from 1205 to 1214.