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Battle of Mikulin (1205)
Daniel of Galicia and Mstislav Mstislavovich on the Shitnaya street on the Millennium of Russia Monument. Veliky Novgorod, Russia
Date 1205 Location Mikulin area Result Hungarian victory
Belligerents
Duchy of Galicia-Volhynia Kingdom of Hungary	Olgovichs
Commanders and leaders
Daniel of Galicia	Rurik Rotislavich
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Heavy

Battle of Mikulin (1205) — an armed clash on the Seret River in the Mikulin area, which took place as part of war of the Galician succession after the death of Roman the Great.

The combined forces of Rurik Rostislavovich, who had seized the Kyiv throne, and the Olegovichs from Chernihiv advanced on Halych to overthrow the young Romanovichs, Daniel of Galicia and Vasylko Romanovich. The allied armies encountered Halych and Vladimir troops supporting the Romanovichs. After day-long fighting, Daniel's forces retreated to Halych. The support of Hungarian troops, which King Andrew II of Hungary sent to the aid of the Romanovichs, proved decisive. Thanks to this, Halich was successfully defended and the army of Rurik and the Olegovichs abandoned the siege. Hungarian assistance not only strengthened the city's defences, but also prevented the Halych boyars, opposed to the Romanovichs' rule, from cooperating with the invaders.

References

1. Dąbrowski 2013, p. 39—40.
2. Foryt 2021, p. 145.

Notes

1. They finally defended Halych and repulsed the Olgovich's claims to the throne

Bibliography

• Dąbrowski, Dariusz (2013). Daniel Romanowicz. Król Rusi (ok. 1201–1264). Biografia polityczna. Avalon. ISBN 9788377300695.
• Foryt, Artur (2021). Zawichost 1205 (in Polish). Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Bellona. ISBN 978-83-11-16068-2.

• Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia
• Kingdom of Hungary
• Conflicts in 1205