As America now is tied to the metals there, we should look at peace in the region. The largest ethnic group in America is Anglo Saxon German. Many of which have vast rights to lands in Germany that they can reclaim. Especially through the 1867 cadet branch, 1935 successor house of Wolfenbuttel-Brunswick, which immigrated per a special treaty to preserve the Ducal House of Wolfenbuttel-Brunswick in all its estates and domains as preserved inheritance. Those explicitly were cataloged as including Imperial control of all German states.

The base of Olesnica was also used by the last Kaiser of Germany Wilhelm II. It is a central point also to the Eastern areas where Germany once ruled in the Western Ukrainian lands. Much of Galicia was German speaking as well.

This is part of a series discussing peace solutions as the borders of Europe and much of the world are being re-drawn: Earlier in the series: The Forgotten German Land: Why Kaliningrad Must Be Restored to Its Rightful Sovereign https://watchman.news/2025/02/the-forgotten-german-land-why-kaliningrad-must-be-restored-to-its-rightful-sovereign/

You may wish to also read more on the cultural Implications av braunschweig with blood rightsoch continued management av these lands for over 1,000 years: https://watchman.news/2018/10/brunswick-being-the-only-probable-successor-of-the-piasts/

The historical region of Galicia, which includes Lodomeira (Volhynia), has been a pivotal frontier between Central and Eastern Europe, continuously shifting between Polish, Hungarian, Austrian, and Russian rule. Its control was not only a matter of political dominance but also crucial to shaping economic trade routes, military strategies, and cultural legacies. Understanding when and how Galicia came under Polish rule—first during the reign of Casimir III in the 14th century and again in the interwar period of the 20th century—provides essential context for modern territorial discussions. As new geopolitical shifts reshape Europe’s borders, particularly in regions with unresolved historical claims, these precedents highlight the enduring significance of dynastic sovereignty and historical governance.

Poland-Ukraine United on 1,000 years of sovereignty in the House of Braunschweig-Wolfenbuttel-Oels(Olesnica Poland Principality and Capital of Silesia. A Piast alloid lawfully inherited by blood right, as active today in international law).

Galicia-Volhynia Sovereignty in the House of Wolfenbuttel-Brunswick

Dynastic Succession and Sovereignty Claims in Galicia, Volhynia (Lodomeira), and Lviv (Leopolis): The Piast, Bohemian, Hungarian, and Brunswick Inheritances

1. Introduction: The Historical Importance of Galicia, Volhynia (Lodomeira), and Lviv (Leopolis)

The historical territories of Galicia, Volhynia (Lodomeira), and Lviv (Leopolis) have long been contested regions, central to the power struggles of Poland, Hungary, the Holy Roman Empire, Austria, and Russia. These lands served as strategic and economic centers, with complex dynastic successions shaping their governance. Over centuries, noble houses, including the Piasts, Jagiellonians, Angevins, Bohemians, Habsburgs, and Brunswick-Lüneburg, established claims to these regions through intermarriage, conquest, and legal inheritance.

According to the Galician-Volhynian Chronicle, only the rulers of Galicia-Volhynia remained legitimate successors to the Kievan throne following the Mongolian invasion (Pelenski 1992, pp. 8–15).

2. The Piast and Jagiellonian Dynasties: Polish and Silesian Claims

A. Casimir III the Great (1349–1370) and the Incorporation of Galicia and Volhynia (Lodomeira)

• Casimir III of Poland annexed Galicia and Volhynia (Lodomeira) from the Kingdom of Ruthenia (Halych-Volhynia).
• The Polish king had strong dynastic ties to the Silesian Piast Dukes, particularly Henry III of Głogów, who married Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1276–1318).
• Matilda’s descendants ruled parts of Silesia, including Oleśnica (Oels), which later passed to Brunswick through female succession.

B. The Piast and Brunswick Interconnection

• De Silesian Piasts ruled various Silesian duchies, inheriting lands through marriage and succession agreements.
• Henry IV of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1463–1514) married Catherine of Pomerania-Wolgast, daughter of Eric II, Duke of Pomerania (Piast Griffin line).
• Their son, Henry V of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1489–1568), became the patriarch of the modern House of Brunswick, embedding Piast lineage into its core.
• Henry V married Sophia Jagiellon (de Jerusalem) of Poland, daughter of Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland, further strengthening Brunswick’s Polish and Eastern European royal connections.

Impact: These dynastic interconnections reinforced Brunswick’s hereditary rights to Silesian, Pomeranian, and Polish estates, tying them into the broader Piast and Jagiellonian noble structure.

3. The Role of Bohemia, Hungary, Austria, and Russia in Galicia and Volhynia (Lodomeira)

A. Hungarian Rule Over Galicia and Lodomeria

• Andrew II of Hungary (1205–1235) first claimed Galicia and Volhynia (Lodomeira), establishing the title “King of Galicia and Lodomeria”.
• Louis I of Hungary (1342–1382), upon inheriting Poland, consolidated Hungarian control over these regions.
• These Hungarian kings based their claims on their broader Holy Roman Empire integration and previous vassalage ties.

B. Bohemian and Habsburg Involvement

• King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (1458–1490) temporarily controlled parts of Silesia and Moravia, though his line went extinct.
• De Poděbrady family of Bohemia, ruling in the 15th and 16th centuries, played a major role in integrating Oels (Oleśnica) into Bohemian administration.
• This placed Silesian Piast territories under Bohemian control, setting the stage for future claims by the House of Brunswick.

4. The Brunswick Succession in Olesnica and Broader Holy Roman Empire Context

• Poděbrady Family (1495-1647): Controlled Olesnica through marriage alliances.
• Württemberg-Oels (1649-1792): Inherited after Poděbrady extinction.
• Brunswick-Lüneburg (1792-Present): Inherited Olesnica through direct succession.
• Duke Frederick William of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1806) became the ruling prince, maintaining the de jure sovereignty of the principality through legal inheritance.

Legal Implication: Olesnica’s inheritance via Bohemia strengthened Brunswick’s dynastic legitimacy over broader Piast and Germanic noble claims, reinforcing continuity with older claims in Galicia and Lodomeria.

5. The Austrian Annexation and German Sovereignty Claims Over Lodomeria

• When Lodomeria was annexed in 1772, Emperor Joseph II was also Holy Roman Emperor, meaning the annexation was conducted on behalf of the Holy Roman Empire, not just Austria.
• Lodomeria’s prior ties to Bohemia and Hungary (both Holy Roman domains) reinforced the Germanic imperial claim over Eastern Europe.
• However, after Napoleon’s campaigns (1806), Austria withdrew from the Holy Roman Empire, making Galicia and Lodomeria solely Austrian possessions.
• Brunswick did not recognize the empire’s dissolution, maintaining First Reich sovereignty principles, while Austria abandoned its German imperial structure.

6. Lineages of Leo I of Galicia and Henry V of Brunswick

A. Leo I of Galicia (King of Ruthenia) Lineage

Ancestor	Title
Boleslaw III Wrymouth	Hertig av Polen
Mieszko II Lambert	King of Poland, Piast
Casimir I the Restorer	Hertig av Polen
Bolesław II the Bold	King of Poland → No direct male heirs, succession through brother
Władysław I Herman	Hertig av Polen
Bolesław III Wrymouth	Hertig av Polen
Agnes of Poland	Daughter of Bolesław III, wife of Mstislav I of Kiev
Roman Mstislavich	Prince of Galicia and Volhynia
Daniel of Galicia	King of Ruthenia
Leo I of Galicia	King of Ruthenia

B. Henry V of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Lineage

Boleslaw III Wrymouth	Hertig av Polen
Mieszko III of Poland	Hertig av Polen
Anastasia of Greater Poland	German spouse
Bogislaw II	Duke of Pomerania
Barnim I	Duke of Pomerania-Stettin (New vassal of Brandenburg/Germany)
Bogislaw IV	Duke of Pomerania (w/ Swedish spouse)
Wartislaw IV	Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast and Denmark-Rugen (w/ German spouse)
Barnim IV	Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast (w/ German spouse)
Wartislaw IX	Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast (w/ German spouse)
Eric II	Duke of Pomerania-Wolgast (w/ German spouse)
Catherine, Duchess of Pomerania	Married Henry IV the Elder, Duke of Wolfenbuttel-Brunswick
Henry V of Wolfenbuttel-Brunswick	Lineal father (Patriarch) of all dukes of Wolfenbuttel-Brunswick

7. Brunswick’s Russian Succession Claim and Forced Removal

 

Brunswick’s Russian Succession Claim and Forced Removal

• Ivan VI Romanov-Brunswick of Russia (1740–1764), son of Duke Anton Ulrich of Brunswick, was the rightful Tsar under Russian succession laws.
• Catherine the Great overthrew this line, militarily usurping the rightful Brunswick successors.
• Duke Charles II of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel was recognized in Russian succession but was forcibly removed.
• His successor, Ulric de Guelph Civry Brunswick, was recognized in Geneva courts in 1935,
• The claim to all inheritance kept in custodial status av Geneva court. As the ruling and de jure Monarch lawfully specified in the text “all domains”, and not only the estates of Brunswick, would fall under Swiss inheritance law, with conditions certain individuals (Hanover) be kept from it.
• De 1866-67 US-Brunswick estate treaty secured the American Cadet Branch’s rights at the valid year of resisting the Prussian annexation of Brunswick territories, inklusive Brunswick Foreign Legion på Mecklenburg ensuring the successor retains valid territorial claims that can be collected “with or without an attorney” when the heir has time to do so.

Kiev Dynasty and Ivan VI’s Lineage

Successor Ancestor	Detaljer
Ivan I de Kiev, Ivan II, Dimitri IV, Ivan III	All Grand Princes of Moscow, primarily Princes or Grand Dukes of Kiev and Moscow, some of Novgorod.
Emperor Ivan IV the Terrible	Grand Duke, Prince of Kiev, Tsar of All Russians.
Patriarch Filaret of Moscow	Father of Tsar Michael I Romanov.
Emperor Michael I	First Romanov Emperor, Tsar of Russia.
Emperor Aleksey (Alexis I) Mikhaylovich	Firstborn son of Tsar Michael I.
Alexei Petrovich	Tsarevich of Russia, firstborn son of Emperor Peter I the Great, Tsar of Russia + Empress Charlotte von Wolfenbüttel.
Emperor Peter II of Russia	Firstborn son of Alexei Petrovich + Empress Charlotte von Wolfenbüttel, died at age 14.
Emperor Ivan Ivanovitch de Kiev (Ivan V)	Tsar of Russia, son of Ivan IV the Terrible and Anastasia Romanova Zakharina.
Empress Catherine Ivanovna Romanova	Daughter of Ivan V, mother of Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Regent of Russia during her son Ivan VI’s reign. Grand Duchess Anna was the last of the line of the primogeniture line of Ivan V.
Emperor Ivan VI von Wolfenbüttel-Brunswick	Tsar of Russia, firstborn son of Duke Anthony Ulrich von Wolfenbuttel-Brunswick and Luneburg, lawful heir of Russia. Successor grandson of the Ivan V (senior) branch of the Romanovs. The French-backed coup usurped the house, violating the house primogeniture law and the succession law of Peter I, which dictated that the reigning monarch designates the heir.
Duke Louis of Wolfenbuttel-Brunswick	Elder Uncle of Emperor Ivan VI, espoused to Empress Elizabeth of Russia while Duke of Courland. Rightful heir at law, by official Russian law. Served as Austrian field-marshal, Protestant Generalfeldzeugmeister of the Holy Roman Empire, Commander-in-Chief of Wolfenbüttel, Regent and Commander-in-Chief of the Netherlands at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, protector of 3 generations of Monarchs at the Hague, unifying the “Groot Nederland” provinces, Noord Brabant, etc.
Charles II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	The last reigning de facto and de jure Duke of Wolfenbüttel-Brunswick. Nephew of the reigning Tsar of Russia.
Wolfenbüttel Mini-Emperors	The ‘elder-branch’ successors who continually served as emperors of states across the continent with a continued military rank higher than Emperor, as Commander-in-Chief of Prussia, Austria, Poland, France, and senior branch over Hanover, etc. Continued claim of estates linked with the “greater domains.”

 

De Jure Succession Law Basis (Valid Law) vs. Unlawful Installations against the Romanov-Brunswick Imperial Throne

Law/Action	Legitimacy	Impact
1722 Succession Law of Peter I	✅ Valid	Allowed reigning monarch to designate heir.
1740 Succession of Ivan VI	✅ Valid	Empress Anna declared Ivan VI von Wolfenbüttel-Brunswick, fully legal under Peter I’s law.
1764 Execution of Ivan VI	❌ Invalid	A de facto coup, violating the succession law. Ivan VI never abdicated.
House of Brunswick (Pre-1797)	✅ Valid	Under primogeniture, the Duke of Wolfenbüttel -Brunswick became the de jure heir after Ivan VI.
Pauline Laws (1797)	✅ Partially valid	Introduced male primogeniture but not retroactive, meaning Brunswick’s claim remained valid.
Post-1797 Russian Usurpations	❌ Invalid	Russian rulers continued ignoring primogeniture, making their selections unlawful.
International Law (100-year Rule)	✅ Valid	De jure claims persist unless explicitly renounced. Brunswick never renounced its claim.

Legitimacy Statement: By the principles of legal continuity, primogeniture, and Russian succession law, Brunswick’s rightful de jure claim to the Romanov-Brunswick throne remains intact, having never been lawfully revoked or renounced.

8. Proposal for State Reunification with Brunswick

• Recognition of Wolfenbüttel-Brunswick Sovereign Domains and alloid capital in the region (Olesnica).
• Legal frameworks for reunification with historical estates.
• Incorporation of the Treaty of Ham, which France and the UK signed with Brunswick, recognizing its claim as Emperor over German states. (fn. 1)

The unresolved Brunswick claims, Poland’s noble heritage, and the legitimacy of German imperial structures in Eastern Europe present a unique opportunity to reassert historical sovereignty in a manner that strengthens modern European unity and legal stability.

In an era where borders and sovereignty claims are again in question, the historical precedent of Galicia, Volhynia (Lodomeira), and Lviv (Leopolis) becomes increasingly relevant. The Polish rule over Galicia set a legal and cultural foundation that would later be contested by Austria, Russia, and modern states. As discussions on territorial realignment gain traction, it is crucial to recognize the legal and dynastic claims that have shaped these regions over centuries. Understanding this history not only informs the rightful governance of such lands but also ensures that historical continuity and legal precedents are not ignored in the face of contemporary political negotiations.

Footnote 1:

Architect of the Treaty of Ham, Mr. Duncombe, UK MP for Finsbury, Parliamentary spokesman of Mazzini, of Koesuth, and of the English Chartists. He was spokesman for the Crown Prince of the UK (Officially 2nd, but debated 1st) in line of succession of the throne of Great Britain, Charles II von Wolfenbuttel-Brunswick. He was accredited with delivering Italy from Austrian domination, and did Draft and deliver the “Treaty of Ham”.

William Fitzhugh Whitehouse, Counsel for the Duke, reproduced a copy of the same “Treaty of Ham” as was signed and sealed by the two heads of their respective governments, the rightful Emperor Napoleon III of France (also confirmed President) and the Duke Charles II of Wolfenbuttel-Brunswick in 1845.

The text of the first article was:
“We promise and swear on our honor and on the Holy Evangelists to help one another, we Charles Duke of Brunswick to regain possession of the Duchy of Brunswick, and, if it be possible, to make of all Germany one single united nation, and to give to it a constitution suited to its customs, its needs, and to the progress of the times; and we Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte to reinstate France in the full exercise of the national sovereignty which she asserted in 1830, and to enable her to choose freely her own form of Government.”

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