Belz

Who holds it

Name

Alexander Vsevolodovich

Title

Prince of Belz

Since

1195 or 1196

Confidence

medium

Lord in 1200

Prince Alexander Vsevolodovich, Roman's nephew (Alexander of Belz).

How things stand that morning

Alexander's; he follows Roman.

Charter

No written charter: towns of Rus' held no chartered privileges in 1200; the townsmen acted through their assembly (veche) and their elders.

Council

None recorded.

Fairs and markets

None recorded.

Militia

Alexander's retinue.

Walls and castle

Earth-and-timber fort among the marshes of the Solokiya.

Trade and crafts

Grain and cattle of the Bug black earth; the road from Vladimir to Galich.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: Seat of Belz from 1170; prince in 1200 inferred.

Primary sources for The Volhynian princes apart from Roman

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• The Hypatian Chronicle (the Kievan Chronicle compiled about 1200 at the Vydubichi monastery; the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle in the 13th century). The southern record. Read online
• Chronicle of the Poles, by Master Vincent (Wincenty Kadłubek), Wincenty Kadłubek (about 1190 to 1208). Book 4 is a contemporary's account of the fight for the senior throne of Kraków. Read online
• The Tale of Igor's Campaign (about 1187 to 1200 (disputed)). A poem on Igor Sviatoslavich's defeat by the Polovtsians in 1185 that addresses the princes of the day by name: Vsevolod of Vladimir, Rurik and David Rostislavich, Yaroslav of Galich, Roman of Volhynia and the Olgovichi of Chernigov, of whom Igor himself was prince from 1198. Read online