Duchy of Poznań explained

Native Name:
Conventional Long Name:Duchy of Poznań
Era:High Middle Ages
Status:Fiefdom within the Duchy of Poland (1177–1227)
Independent state (1227–1279)
Government Type:feudal district duchy
Event Start:Partition of the Duchy of Greater Poland
Year Start:1177
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:Political division of Greater Poland
Capital:Poznań
Title Leader:Duke
Leader1:Odon of Poznań
Year Leader1:1177–1193 (first)
Leader2:Przemysł II
Year Leader2:1273–1279 (last)

The Duchy of Poznań (Polish: Księstwo poznańskie; Latin: Ducatus Posnaniensis) was a feudal district duchy in the Greater Poland, centered on the Poznań Land. Its capital was Poznań. The state was established in 1177, in the partition of the Duchy of Greater Poland, after the rebellion against Mieszko III. Duke Odon of the Piast dynasty become its first ruler.[1] It existed until 1279, when, it got united with duchies of Gniezno and Kalisz, 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.