Duchy of Gniezno explained

Native Name:
Conventional Long Name:Duchy of Gniezno
Era:High Middle Ages
Status:Fiefdom within the Duchy of Poland (1177–1227)
Independent state (1227–1279)
Government Type:feudal duchy
Year Start:1177
Event Start:Partition of the Duchy of Greater Poland
Event End:Unification of the Duchy of Greater Poland
Year End:1279
P1:Duchy of Greater Poland
S1:Duchy of Greater Poland
Religion:Roman Catholic
Flag Border:no
Image Map Caption:Map of the Greater Poland with the political division.
Capital:Gniezno
Title Leader:Duke
Leader1:Casimir II the Just
Year Leader1:1177–1181 (first)
Leader2:Przemysł II
Year Leader2:1273–1279 (last)

The Duchy of Gniezno was a feudal district duchy in the Greater Poland, centered on the Kalisz Region. Its capital was Gniezno. The state was established in 1177, in the partition of the Duchy of Greater Poland, after the rebellion against Mieszko III. Duke Casimir II the Just of the Piast dynasty become its first ruler.[1] It existed until 1279, when, it got united with duchies of Kalisz and Poznań, under the rule of Przemysł II, forming the Duchy of Greater Poland.[2] It remained a fiefdom within the Duchy of Poland, until 1227, and after that, it become an independent state.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Józef Dobosz, Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy, p. 111-113.
  2. Bronisław Nowacki, Przemysł II, p. 97.
  3. Jerzy Wyrozumski, Historia Polski do roku 1505, pp. 104–111.