Volodymyrko Volodarovych

Volodymyrko Volodarovych (1104–1153), younger son of Volodar Rostislavich, was the first prince of a united Halych. He received Zvenyhorod in 1124, failed to take Peremyshl from his brother in 1125–1126 before inheriting it in 1128, and after adding Terebovlia and Halych made Halych his capital in 1141, defending the new principality against Kiev.

Allied with Yuri Dolgorukiy, he defeated the Kievan prince Izyaslav Mstislavich. In alliance with Emperor Manuel Komnenos against Hungary, he made peace with King Géza in 1152. He died in 1153 and was succeeded by Yaroslav Osmomysl.