Lodomeria is theLatinized name ofVolodymyr[1] (Old Slavic:Володимѣръ,Volodiměrŭ;Ukrainian:Лодомерія,Lodomeriia;Czech:Vladiměř;German:Lodomerien), aRuthenian principality also referred to as thePrincipality of Volhynia, which was founded by theRurik dynasty in 987[citation needed] in the western parts ofKievan Rus'. It was centered on the region ofVolhynia, straddling the borders of modern-dayPoland,Ukraine andBelarus. The Principality of Volodymyr arose in the course of the 12th century along with thePrincipality of Halych.[1]
"Vladimir" is the Russian form of the name of the city now calledVolodymyr, which was the capital of the Principality.
Upon thefirst partition of Poland in 1772, the name "Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria" (probably[original research?] in reference to theKingdom of Galicia–Volhynia) was given by theHabsburg monarchy to the Polish territories which they acquired, while most of Volhynia (including the city of Vladimir) remained as part of rump Poland until eventually being annexed in 1795 by theRussian Empire in theThird Partition of Poland - though the Habsburgs did receive the small city ofBelz.
Lodomeria - together with Galicia - provided one of the many titles of theEmperor of Austria, "the ruler of theKingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria". However, Lodomeria existed only on paper, had no territory and could not be found on any map.[2]
An item inAmerican Notes and Queries published in 1889 identified Lodomeria as an ancient district of Poland situated in the eastern portion of the country (at that time part of theRussian Empire,Volhynian Governorate).[3]About 988, the Ruthenian Grand PrinceVladimir the Great (Ukrainian:Volodymyr, bornc. 958,Grand Prince of Kiev from 980 to 1015) founded the town of Volodymyr,[4]named after himself. In 1198, one of his descendants,Roman Mstislavich, called his own domain "the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria".[5]In 1340, KingCasimir of Poland annexed Lodomeria to Poland.[6][7][1]
The name "Volhynia" is first mentioned in Ruthenian chronicles as a region inhabited by a tribe called theVolhynians that was conquered by the Grand Prince of Kiev Vladimir the Great. Volhynia changed hands several times throughout the following centuries. About 1199, it was merged with thePrincipality of Halych to form thePrincipality (later Kingdom) of Galicia and Volhynia under PrinceRoman the Great. After the death of Roman the Great in 1205,Andrew II of Hungary adopted the title of "King of Lodomeria" (as well as of Galicia), in reference toVolhynia. Although the Hungarians were driven out from Halych-Volhynia by 1221, Hungarian kings continued to addGalicia et Lodomeria to their official titles.
In 1527, theHabsburgs inherited those titles, together with the Hungarian crown. In 1772, EmpressMaria Theresa, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary, decided to use those historical claims to justify her participation in the first partition of Poland. In fact, the territories acquired by Austria did not correspond exactly to those of former Halych-Volhynia. Volhynia, including the city ofVolodymyr, was taken in 1795 by theRussian Empire, not Austria. On the other hand, much ofLesser Poland did become part of Austrian Galicia. Moreover, despite the fact that the claim derived from the historical Hungarian crown, Galicia and Lodomeria was not officially assigned to Hungary, and after theAusgleich of 1867, it found itself inCisleithania, or the Austrian-administered part of Austria-Hungary.
The full official name of the new Austrian province was "Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria with the Duchies ofAuschwitz andZator". After the incorporation of theFree City of Kraków in 1846, it was extended to "Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, and theGrand Duchy of Kraków with the Duchies of Auschwitz and Zator" (German:Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien mit dem Großherzogtum Krakau und den Herzogtümern Auschwitz und Zator). Therefore, from 1772 to 1918, "Lodomeria" was claimed by the Austrian monarchs, even though Volhynia, the region the name had originally referred to, was part of the Russian Empire.
[...] in 1340 Casimir III. of Poland incorporated Galicia and Lemberg [...].
La Lodomeria esisteva solo sulla carta; non aveva territorio e non poteva essere trovata su alcuna mappa.
Lodomeria or Wladimeria is an ancient district of Poland, situated in the eastern part of the country, so named from Wladimir the Great, who conquered it in 938.
Ca. 988 Prince Volodymyr the Great of Kyiv founded the town of Volodymyr (now Volodymyr-Volynskyi), which became the center of the eponymous principality.
One of [Wladimir the Great's] descendants, Roman Mstislavitch, having seized Halicz (Galicia), gave to his estates the title of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (1198).
In 1340 Casimir, King of Poland, reunited Lodomeria to his estate.