Лев Данилович: Спроба відтворення справжнього портрету «безчесного князя»
Lev Danylovych: To reproduce the real portrait “Dishonest Prince”

Summary/Abstract: This study attempts to reproduce the real portrait of Prince Leo Danylovych, who was depicted in the first part of the Galicia‑Volyn’ Chronicle as faithful comrade of his father, brave warrior and skilful commander, but in the second part of the Chronicle his image received negative traits of “dishonest prince”. Historians only fragmentarily studied Leo’s image and never managed to resolve this contradiction. The author of the article involves some other sources, primarily Latin, previously unnoficed by scholars and on the basis of this new data evaluates episodes from the life of Prince Leo, especially his role in complicated relations between Hungarian, Bohemian and German kings, Polish princes and rulers of the Golden Horde, which led him to participate in the War of The Austrian Succession, the battle of Dürnkrut and the War of The Polish Succession. The relations between Romanoviches, death of Lithuanian duke Vaišvilkas and the territorial expansion are described in a new way. The book also deals with domestic policy of Lev Danylovych and situation within the Kingdom of Rus’ in the second half of 13th century.

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