Daniel of Galicia

Daniel Romanovich (1201–1266) was the son of Roman the Great. Only four when his father died in 1205, he was exiled and raised at the Hungarian court.

He fought the Mongols at the Kalka River in 1223 and saw Kiev fall in 1240. He reunited Galicia after his victory at Yaroslav in 1245, and in 1246 had to accept Golden Horde overlordship at Sarai. In 1253 he was crowned king of Ruthenia. In 1256 he founded Lviv, named after his son Lev.