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Lubart

d. c. 1384 · 14th century · Also known as Liubartas, Dmitry Lubart

Lubart was a son of Grand Duke Gediminas of Lithuania who married into the princely house of Galicia-Volhynia and became ruler of Volhynia after 1340. For decades he fought Casimir III of Poland and Louis of Hungary over the former Galician-Volhynian lands, keeping most of Volhynia. He built the brick castle at Lutsk that bears his name and ruled with the support of Orthodox Ruthenian nobles.

Lubart
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Duchy of Volhynia

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