Duchy of Świecie explained

Conventional Long Name:Duchy of Świecie
Era:High Middle Ages
Government Type:Duchy
Life Span:1248/1264–1270
Year Start:1248/1264
Event Start:Partition from the Duchy of Gdańsk
Event1:Conquest of the Duchy of Lubiszewo
Date Event1:1269
Event End:Conqust of the Duchy of Gdańsk and re-establishment as the Duchy of Pomerelia
Date End:1270
P1:Duchy of Gdańsk
P2:Duchy of Kuyavia
P3:Duchy of Lubiszewo
S1:Duchy of Eastern Pomerania
Religion:Roman Catholic
Capital:Raciąż (before 1264)
Świecie
Today:Poland
Official Languages:Polish, Latin
Title Leader:Duke
Leader1:Mestwin II
Year Leader1:1248/1264–1270

Duchy of Świecie (Polish: księstwo świeckie) was a duchy in Pomerelia centred around Świecie. Its only ruler was duke Mestwin II of the Samboride dynasty.

History

The state was established between 1248 and 1264, with duke Mestwin II being given the lands by his father, Swietopelk II, from the Duchy of Gdańsk.[1] He was originally given the lands around Raciąż and Szczytno, and around 1264, he incorporated into his territories Świecie, conquered from the Duchy of Kuyavia, which become the capital of the state.[2] In 1269, it incorporated the Duchy of Lubiszewo, and the year later, in 1270, it conquered the Duchy of Gdańsk, uniting its lands into the Duchy of Pomerelia.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mściwój II. poczet.com.
  2. Web site: POCZET WŁADCÓW POMORZA - DYNASTIA SOBIESŁAWICÓW. kaszebsko.com. pl.
  3. Aleksander Swieżawski: Przemysł II. Król Polski, Warsaw. 2006, p. 87.