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He was the second son of
Mstislav II Izyaslavich. His mother was Mstislav's
wife, the daughter (probably Gudifia) of Boleslav III Krivoysta, King of
Poland. His sons were Aleksandr,
Vsyevolod prince of Bel'sk, and his daughter was
Elyena. They are shown in this family chart.
Belz is a town near L'vov in Ukraine. It was first mentioned in the chronicle
under 1030 when it was numbered in the Cherven towns and was taken back from
Poland by Yaroslav the Wise. About 986 Vladimir I conquered the Cherven lands
and united them under his rule. In 1016 Boleslaw Khrabri, allied with
Svyatopolk I, took Belz and brought it into Polish control until his death.
Then in 1030 Yaroslav I took them from Boleslaw's son, Meychislav. In 1054 as
part of the first division of the Rus lands Belz together with Volin was taken
by Igor Yaroslavich and for a long while was without its own prince, until in
1097 by decision of the family conference at Lubich it went to Vasil'ko
Rostislavich. In the middle 12th century Belz was ruled by Vsyevolod
Mstislavich, whose daughter, Yelena, was married to the Polish king Casimir
Spravedlivishestva. On the death of Vsyevolod Mstislavich Belz was given to his
son Alexandr who ruled it until 1207. After the death of Aleksandr's uncle,
Roman Mstislavich in 1205, he took Volin and transfered his udel to Vasil'ko
Romanovich until 1214. On the death of Aleksandr the Bel'zski principality went
to his cousin, the Galich king Daniil Romanovich and entered the composition of
the Galicia-Volinia lands. On the death of Daniil his rule passed to his son,
Lev until 1301. Then it went under control of the Masovia prince Boleslav until
1340 and finally it fell to Lithuania andPoland. In 1482 Fedor Ivanovich
Bel'ski fled from Lithuania andwent to Moscow where he began service t oIvan
III. In 1543 his son, Semyon fearing execution fled to Lithuania and his
brother Dmitrii was executed in 1541. In 1571 his last son, Ivan Dmitriyevich,
died without heirs.
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