Principality of Peremyshl

The Principality of Peremyshl was a medieval principality centered on Peremyshl (Old East Slavic: Перемышль; now Przemyśl, Poland), and encompassing the Przemyśl Land, in the historical region of Red Rus' (Cherven land, or Red Ruthenia). It was one of several minor principalities within Halychyna (medieval Galicia), situated in the most western part of the region, and thus bordering the medieval Polish state. From the 11th and up to the 13th century, Peremyshl was ruled mostly by local princes from collateral branches of the Riurikid dynasty (ruling house of the Kievan Rus'), but on several occasions it also came under influence of neighboring Polish or Hungarian rulers. By the 14th century, the region came under firm Polish control.