Galician-Hungarian relations
Medieval Galicia’s relationships with Hungary are an important aspect of the region’s history and a considerable literature has grown up on this subject. After reaching the crest of the Carpathian Mountains, Hungary’s kings considered expanding into Galicia.
Their intervention began in the late eleventh century. Then in 1205 Hungary’s ruler Andras II (reigned 1205-1235), taking advantage of the disarray in Galicia after the death of Prince Roman, added to his royal title- King of Galicia and Lodomeria- a designation that remained part of Hungarian title until the fall of the Habsburgs in 1918. On the basis of this claim, Andras II, in cooperation with the Polish grand duke, Leszek the White (reigned 1202-1227), had his son Kalman placed on the Galician throne where the son ruled briefly in 1215-1216 and again in 1220-1221. Hungarian efforts to dominate Galician princes or to annex the region outright were to continue, often with the cooperation of local Galician boyars and Polish rulers, for the next century and a half.The first period of extensive Hungarian intervention in Galicia during the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries has received the most attention. There are a few documents from this era published in two multivolume collections on Hungarian diplomacy compiled by Gyorgy Fejer and Gusztav Wenzel.[215] Also, all sections pertaining to Hungary that appear in the Kievan and Galician-Volhynian chronicles have been collected into one volume, which includes the original Slavonic texts as well as Hungarian translations.[216]
As for secondary works, Hungarian-Galician relations during the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries have been surveyed by the Subcarpathian scholar Ivan Haraida, while the interaction between Polish and Hungarian interests in Galicia during this same period are discussed in works by Bronislaw Wtodarski and Ludwik Droba.[217] There are also specific studies devoted to Prince Danylo’s mid-century accord with Hungarians and to the familial ties between the Galician and Hungarian royal houses.[218]