Maria of Galicia


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.
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 to the newly founded city of Lviv. She lived
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:
  1. Euphemia married Casimir I, Duke of Cieszyn and had issue
  2. Boleslaw-Yuri II of Galicia, became King of Halych-Volhynia
  3. Siemowit III of Masovia, became Duke of Masovia
  4. Casimir, Prince of Ciechanów and Warsaw