[[File:Detko cr.jpg|thumb|Illustration ("History of cities and villages of Soviet Ukraine". [[Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia]], 1978)]] '''Dmytro Dedko''' ({{langx|uk|Дмитро Дедько}}; [[Latin language|Latin]]: ''Demetrius Dedko''<ref>{{Cite book|title=Акти та документи Галицько-Волинського князівства ХІІІ - першої половини XIV століть.|author=Олег Купчинський|date=2004|publisher=[[Shevchenko Scientific Society]]|isbn=9667155854|page=199}} [https://irbis-nbuv.gov.ua/cgi-bin/ua/elib.exe?Z21ID=&I21DBN=UKRLIB&P21DBN=UKRLIB&S21STN=1&S21REF=10&S21FMT=online_book&C21COM=S&S21CNR=20&S21P01=0&S21P02=0&S21P03=FF=&S21STR=ukr0000624 Link]</ref>) was a [[King of Ruthenia|Lord of Ruthenia]] in 1340 (1323) &ndash; 1349. Commonly thought to be a [[Galicia (Eastern Europe)|Galician]] [[boyar]], he could be one of sons of [[Yuri I of Galicia|Yuriy I]] and Varvara (Barbara). Dmytro is possibly the progenitor of [[Ostrogski family|Ostrozky family]].

==Life== Dmytro is mentioned in number of scientific works on history of that period such as "History of Ukraine-Ruthenia" by [[Mykhailo Hrushevsky]], "Die polnische Geschichtschreibung des Mittelalters" by [[Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg]] and others. The Russian historian [[Alexander Presnyakov]] argues Hrushevsky's claims that Dmytro was representative of [[Liubartas|Liubart]] in Galicia, rather in his declarations Dmytro states that Galician princes are his ancestors.<ref>[[Alexander Presnyakov|Presnyakov, A]]. ''[http://www.e-reading.me/chapter.php/1032433/23/Presnyakov_-_Litovsko-Russkoe_gosudarstvo_v_XIII-XVI_vv..html Lithuanian-Russian State in 13th-16th centuries]''. {{ISBN|9789852002240}}</ref>

Among the most solid historical benchmarks signed by Dmytro in 1341 is a document "Letter to residents of Torun" that survived to our days where he calls to revive economical and social relationships between the city of [[Toruń]] and [[Halychyna]].

During the [[Galicia–Volhynia Wars|Polish-Hungarian aggression]] against the Kingdom of Ruthenia, Dmytro successfully defended his territory, serving simultaneously as a vassal of three rulers: [[Lithuanians|Lithuanian]] [[Liubartas]], [[Casimir the Great]] and [[Louis I of Hungary]]. Nevertheless, in 1344-1345 Casimir succeeded in annexing [[Sanok]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=An Outline History of Medieval and Early Modern Ukraine|author=[[Natalia Yakovenko|Natalya Yakowenko]]|date=2006|publisher=[[Krytyka]]|page=107|isbn=9667679829}}</ref>

With the death of Dmytro and agreement with the Khan of [[Golden Horde]] [[Janibeg]], Casimir occupied Halychyna in 1349. In return for the Halychyna occupation, Poland promised a tribute to [[Golden Horde]].

==Dmytro, son of Yuriy== Ukrainian writer Volodymyr Bilinsky argues that Dmytro Dedko is not a "Galician boyar", but rather a true Lord of Ruthenia and a son of [[Yuri I of Galicia|Yuriy I of Galicia]]. Bilinsky also claims that Dmytro is a father of [[Danylo Ostrozky]].

The writer also says that in the Kingdom of Ruthenia there was a [[diarchy]] where one ruler governed in [[Volhynia]], while another governed in [[Halychyna]]. Bilinsky states that Dmytro governed Halychyna not since 1340, but rather 1323 after the death of both Andriy and Yuriy II and along with Yuriy-Boleslav Troidenovych ([[Yuri II Boleslav|Bolesław Jerzy II of Mazovia]]).

==See also== * [[Ostrogski family|Ostrozky family]]

==References== <references/>

==External links== * [http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CD%5CE%5CDedkoDmytro.htm Dedko, Dmytro in the Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine] * {{in lang|uk}} [http://history.franko.lviv.ua/dovidnyk.htm Handbook on history of Ukraine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410032820/http://history.franko.lviv.ua/dovidnyk.htm |date=2009-04-10 }} * {{in lang|uk}} [http://www.history.vn.ua/book/great/325.html Dmytro Dedko] * {{in lang|uk}} [http://www.litopys.com.ua/encyclopedia/ki-vshchina-bukovina-volin-galichina-zakarpattya-/galichina-v-1341-r/ Letter of Dmytro Dedko to residents of Torun] * Bilinsky, V. ''[http://www.e-reading.me/chapter.php/1023209/7/Bilinskiy_-_Ukraina-Rus._Kniga_persha.html Ukraine-Ruthenia. Book I: Ancestral land]''. "Olena Teliha publishing". Kyiv 2013

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