page_title: Belz
section_title: Notable residents
hierarchical_section_title: Belz / Notable residents
context_page_description: Belz is a small city in Sokal Raion of Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, is located between the Solokiya river and the Richytsia stream. Its population is approximately 2,308.
context_section_description: Vsevolod Mstyslavych of Volhynia, prince of Belz (1170–1196)
  Vasylko Romanovych, prince of Belz (1207–1211)
  Alexander Vsevolodovych, prince of Belz (1212–1234)
  Daniel of Galicia, prince of Belz (1234–1245)
  Lev I of Galicia, prince of Belz (1245–1264)
  Yuri I of Galicia, prince of Belz (1264–1301)
  Andrew of Galicia, prince of Belz (1308–1323)
  Boleslaw-Yuri II of Galicia, Polish-Lithuanian-Ruthenian prince of Belz (1323–1340)
  Yuri Narimuntovich (Jurgis Narimantaitis), Lithuanian, prince of Belz (1340–1377)
  Władysław Opolczyk, Silesian duke, Hungarian governor (1377–1378)
  Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia, prince of Belz (1388–1426)
  Jaśko Mazowita, prefect of Belz (14th–15th centuries)
  Casimir II of Belz, prince of Belz (1434–1442)
  Jan Kamieniecki (1463–1513), starost of Belz
  Mikołaj Sieniawski (c. 1489–1569), voivode of Belz
  Jan Firlej (c. 1521–1574), voivode of Belz
  Jan Zamoyski (1542–1605), starost of Belz
  Yoel Sirkis (1561–1640), great Rabbi, one of Achronim
  Rafał Leszczyński (1579–1636), voivode of Belz
  Jakub Sobieski (1580–1646), voivode of Belz
  Dymitr Jerzy Wiśniowiecki (1631–1682), voivode of Belz
  Marcin Zamoyski (c.1637–1689), starost of Belz
  Stefan Aleksander Potocki, voivode of Belz
  Adam Mikołaj Sieniawski (1666–1726), voivode of Belz
  Stanisław Mateusz Rzewuski (1642–1728), voivode of Belz
  Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki (1753–1805), starost of Belz
  Sholom Rokeach (1779–1855), the first Rebbe of Belz
  Malka Rokeach (1780–1853), the first rebbetzin of Belz
  Yehoshua Rokeach (1825–1894), the second Rebbe of Belz
  Yissachar Dov Rokeach (1854–1926), the third Rebbe of Belz
  Aharon Rokeach (1877–1957), the fourth Rebbe of Belz
  Mordechai Rokeach (1902–1949), son of Yissachar Dov Rokeach, the third Belzer Rebbe, and father of Yissachar Dov Rokeach, the fifth Belzer Rebbe
caption: Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach of Belz
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