Roman Danylovich
Roman Danylovich, Prince of Black Ruthenia 1254-1258, Prince of Slonim?.
He was born as a younger son of Danylo of Halych, a powerful prince of lands east from Poland and later king of those regions, which was most of the times called Volhynia or Ruthenia. His mother was Anna Mstislavna of Novgorod, daughter of Mstislav the Bold.
In 1252 he was married to Gertrude, Duchess of Austria as her third husband. He, in Western Europe, participated in her attempts to get the power in her duchy, under rivaling claimants. However, already next year they ended up in divorce and Roman returned to Ruthenia where he was 1254-58 Prince of Navahradak.Marriage and issue
Roman was married twice:
- Gertrude, Duchess of Austria, married 27 June 1252
- Elena Glebovna of Volkovysk, married c. 1255
He had the following issue:
- Vasilko Romanovich , Prince of Slonim; he may have been grandfather of Prince Daniel Ostrogski
- Mikhail Romanovich , Prince of Drutsk; his alleged descendants include Princes Drutski, Drutskoy-Sokolinski, Konoplya-Sokolinski, Drutski-Ozeretski, Drutski-Prikhabski, Babichev, Drutski-Lubetski, Drutski-Gorski, and Putyatin.
- Maria Romanovna , married Joachim, son of Baron Stefan of Zagreb
- Maria, married Prince of Turov Yaroslav Yuriyovych
