Principality of Halych
Archaeologists have demonstrated that the Lviv area was settled by the 5th century. The area between Stilsko and Lviv was settled by White Croats and the area between the Castle Hill and the river Poltva was settled by the Lendians ("Lędzianie"), a West Slavic tribe since the 9th century. The city of Lviv was founded in 1250 by King Daniel of Galicia (1201–1264) in the Principality of Halych of Kingdom of Rus' and named in honour of his son Lev as Lvihorod which is consistent with names of other Ukrainian cities, such as Myrhorod, Sharhorod, Novhorod, Bilhorod, Horodyshche, and Horodok.