Duchy of Rawa explained

Native Name:Księstwo rawskie (Polish)
Ducatus Ravensis (Latin)
Conventional Long Name:Duchy of Rawa
Era:High Middle Ages
Status:Fiefdom within the Kingdom of Poland (1310–1320)
Fiefdom of the United Kingdom of Poland (1320–1385)
Fiefdom of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (1386–1442)
Government Type:Feudal duchy
Life Span:1313–1370
1381–1442
Event Start:Partition of the Duchy of Płock
Date Start:1313
Event1:Unification of the Duchy of Masovia
Date Event1:5 November 1370
Event2:Partition of the Duchy of Masovia
Date Event2:June 1381
Event End:Incorporation into the Duchy of Płock
Date End:1442
P1:Duchy of Płock
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P2:Duchy of Masovia
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S1:Duchy of Masovia
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S2:Duchy of Płock
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Religion:Roman Catholic
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Image Map Caption:The map of the political division of Masovia between 1381 and 1426, including the Duchy of Rawa.
Capital:Rawa
Official Languages:Polish, Latin
Title Leader:Duke
Leader1:Siemowit II of Masovia
Year Leader1:1313–1345 (first of the first state)
Leader2:Siemowit III
Year Leader2:1341–1370 (last of the second state)
Leader3:Siemowit IV
Year Leader3:1381–1426 (first of the second state)
Leader4:Siemowit V of Masovia
Year Leader4:1426–1442 (last of the second state)

The Duchy of Rawa was a feudal district duchy in Masovia, centered on the Rawa Land. Its capital was Rawa. It existed during the High Middle Ages era, from 1313 to 1370, and from 1381 to 1442.

The state was established in April 1313, in the partition of the Duchy of Płock, with duke Siemowit II of Masovia becoming its first leader.[1] It existed until 5 November 1370, when, under the rule of duke Siemowit III, duchies of Czersk, Rawa, and Warsaw were unified into the Duchy of Masovia.[2] [3] It was again reestablished in June 1381, in the partition of the Duchy of Masovia, with duke Siemowit IV as its first leader.[4] [5] [6] It existed until 1488, when it got incorporated into the Duchy of Czersk.[7]

From 1310 to 1320, it was a fiefdom within the Kingdom of Poland, and from 1320 to 1385, a fiefdom of the United Kingdom of Poland, and from 1386 to 1442, a fiefdom of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.

List of rulers

First state

Second state

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Notes and References

  1. Janusz Grabowski, Dynastia Piastów Mazowieckich, p. 62-63.
  2. Anna Suprunik, Mazowsze Siemowitów, p. 29.
  3. Janusz Grabowski, Dynastia Piastów Mazowieckich, p. 89-90.
  4. Janusz Grabowski, Dynastia Piastów Mazowieckich, p. 98.
  5. Anna Suprunik, Mazowsze Siemowitów. p. 40.
  6. J. Krzyżaniakowa, J. Ochmański, Władysław II Jagiełło, p. 315.
  7. O. Balzer, Genealogia Piastów.