Vladimir Vasilkovich was a son of Vasilko Romanovich

Vasilko Romanovich

Vasilko Romanovich , Prince of Belz , Prince of Brest , and Prince of Volhynia .He was the son of Roman the Great, and the younger brother of Daniel of Galicia....

, prince of Volhynia

Volhynia

Volhynia, Volynia, or Volyn is a historic region in western Ukraine located between the rivers Prypiat and Southern Bug River, to the north of Galicia and Podolia; the region is named for the former city of Volyn or Velyn, said to have been located on the Southern Bug River, whose name may come...

, now part of Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. He succeeded his father when the latter died in 1269, and was famous for numerous construction and reconstructions of town fortifications in Volhynia.

In the 1270s – 1280 he founded a castle with the Tower of Kamyanets and the town of Kamyanets

Kamyanets

Kamyanets may refer to:* Kamyanyets, Belarus* Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine* Khmelnytskyi Oblast, a province in western Ukraine also known as Kamianets-Podilskyi Oblast* Kamenets, Bulgaria...

, now in Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

, and built a similar tower in the re-built castle of Berestye, now Brest, Belarus

Brest, Belarus

Brest , formerly also Brest-on-the-Bug and Brest-Litovsk , is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the city of Terespol, where the Bug River and Mukhavets rivers meet...

, died in 1289 in Luboml

Luboml

Luboml may refer to:* Liuboml, a city in Ukraine* Luboml: My Heart Remembers, a documentary...

 in Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. Summing up his life, the old chronicle presented him as a booklover and philosopher, that had not been in the whole world before and would never be in the future.