Galicia (; Ukrainian and ; ; ; Czech and ; ; ; ; ) was a historical and geographic region at the crossroad of Central and Eastern Europe. It was once the small Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia and later a crown land of Austria-Hungary, the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, which straddled the modern-day border between Poland and Ukraine. The area, named after the medieval city of Halych, was first mentioned in Hungarian historical chronicles in the year 1206 as "Galiciæ". In 1253, Prince Daniel of Galicia was crowned the King of Rus () or King of Ruthenia following the Mongol invasion of Kievan Rus'. In 1352, the Kingdom of Poland annexed the Kingdom of Galicia and Volhynia as the Ruthenian Voivodeship ().