the Principality of Halych, but the Galicians poisoned him and invited Roman to be their prince. When accepting their offer, Roman gave his patrimony of Volhynia to his brother, Vsevolod Mstislavich. But Béla marched against Roman, intending to reinstate Vladimir, and the Hungarians seized the principality. Instead of returning Halych to Vladimir, Béla proclaimed his own son, Andrew, its ruler. Roman was forced to flee to Volhynia, but Vsevolod refused him entry. He therefore went to the Poles for help, but when they refused as well. Finally Roman rode to his father-in-law, Ryurik Rostislavich, in Belgorod and solicited military aid from him. Nonetheless, the Hungarian troops repelled his attack. Ryurik did help Roman drive his brother Vsevolod out of Volhynia and reclaim his patrimony. Meanwhile, Vladimir succeeded in escaping from his dungeon in Hungary, and in 1190 Duke Casimir II sent Polish troops to the Principality of Halych to support his claims. At the approach of the expedition, the boyars rose up against the Hungarians and expelled the unpopular Andrew. Vladimir asked his uncle Prince Vsevolod III Yuryevich of Vladimir to support his rule. Vsevolod Yuryevich demanded that all the Rus’ princes, Roman among them, pledge not to challenge Vladimir in Halych, and they agreed. On 17 May 1195, Roman's father-in-law Grand Prince Ryurik allocated domains in the Kievan lands to the princes in Monomakh's dynasty, and Roman received Torchesk, Trypillia, Korsun, Bohuslav, and Kaniv. Vsevolod Yuryevich, however, threatened to wage war when he learnt of the allocations. Therefore, Roman agreed to relinquish the towns in exchange for comparable domains or a suitable payment in kuny. Ryurik gave the five towns to Vsevolod Yuryevich, who in turn handed over Torchesk to his son-in-law Rostislav, the brother of Roman's wife Predslava. On learning that his brother-in-law had received Torchesk, Roman accused his father-in-law of having contrived to give the town to his son from the very start. Ryurik warned Roman that they could not afford to alienate Vsevolod Yuryevich because all the princes in Monomakh's dynasty recognized him as their senior prince. Roman refused to be mollified and conspired against his father-in-law, turning to Prince Yaroslav II Vsevolodovich of Chernigov, who agreed to join him. When Ryurik learnt that Roman had persuaded Yaroslav to seize Kiev, he informed Vsevolod Yuryevich. Fearing retribution, Roman rode to the Poles, where he was wounded in battle, and he was forced to ask Ryurik Rostislavich