Stephen II of Hungary, in agreeing to aid the dethroned Prince Yaroslav, leads his armies against Volhynia and lays siege to its capital, Vladimir.

However, Yaroslav is slain during the siege, and the Hungarian nobles want to abandon the struggle.

Although Stephen wants to continue the war, his barons threaten him with a new king if they do not return home; therefore Stephen is obliged to leave Volhynia.

…Vladimir-in-Volhynia, …

…Volhynia.

One of Gedaminas’s most important territorial accretions, the principality of Halych-Volynia, is obtained by the marriage of his son Liubartas with the daughter of the Galician prince.