Yuri II Boleslav | |
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King of Ruthenia | |
Reign | 1323–1340 |
Predecessor | Andrew and Leo II of Galicia |
Successor | Liubartas |
Born | c. 1305-10 |
Died | c. 1340 (aged c. 30) |
Spouse | Eufemia (daughter of Gediminas) |
House | Piast |
Father | Trojden I of Masovia |
Mother | Maria of Galicia |
Yuri II Boleslav (Ukrainian: Юрій-Болеслав Тройденович, romanized: Yurii-Boleslav Troidenovych; Polish: Bolesław Jerzy II; c. 1305/1310 – April 7, 1340), was King of Ruthenia and Dominus of the lands of Galicia–Volhynia (1325–1340). A foreigner and a Catholic by birth, he was the son of Trojden I, Duke of Masovia and a member of the Polish Piast dynasty. Highly unpopular in Orthodox Ruthenia, his murder prompted a war of succession, known as the Galicia–Volhynia Wars.