Shvarn [SEP] noble title
Shvarn
Shvarn, Shvarno or Svaromir Daniilovich (, ; c. 1230 – c. 1269), was the knyaz of western parts of Galicia (1264 – c. 1269) and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1267 – c. 1269). An influential leader, he became involved in internal struggles of power within neighboring Grand Duchy of Lithuania. He also held the town of Kholm (modern Chełm, Poland) in his domain.
Name.
Little is known of Shvarn and even his name is not entirely certain. The original
late and not very reliable source), Daumantas received the title of Duke of Utena as his reward.
When Vaišelga, the eldest son of Mindaugas, entered into an alliance with Shvarn of Halych-Volhynia in 1264, he was able to take revenge for his father's death by killing Treniota. Daumantas and his followers fled to Pskov.
Ruler of Pskov.
After arriving in Pskov, Daumantas was baptized into Eastern Orthodoxy, assumed the Christian name Timotheus (Russian: "Timofei") and married a daughter