She found it in the historical claims of the Hungarian kings to the medieval Principality of Galicia-Volhynia. As the Austrian emperors were considered heirs of the Hungarian kings, the new territories became known as the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria—the latter term being the Latinized form of the word “Volodymeria,” referring to the capital of Volhynia, the town of Volodymyr, which remained in Poland for the time being.
