Duchy of Krakow

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Duchy of Krakow (Seniorate Province) around 1138 (red)
The Duchy of Krakow (Seniorate Province) from 1177 under the control of Senior Duke Casimir II (1177–1194) and his home country: the Duchy of Wiślica with further territorial expansions, for example Mazovia-Kujawia (1186).
In the following decades after 1138 the seniorate province of Krakow shrank to the fortress Krakow with the surrounding area (around 1250).
Duchy of Krakow 1295 (pink)

The Duchy of Krakow (Polish Księstwo krakowskie , Latin ducatus Cracoviensis ) was a dominion in Poland from 1138 to 1320 with the main fortress Krakow .

history

1138 divided Bolesław III. Wrymouth raised the Kingdom of Poland among his sons. The newly formed Duchy of Krakow went to the eldest son Władysław II and was supposed to be the seat of the Senior Duke (Princeps) of Poland.

In 1320 the duchy was dissolved and transformed into the Krakow Voivodeship .

area

The rulership of the duchy comprised the area around Krakow with western Kujawy , parts of Greater Poland around Gniezno and Kalisz , Pomerania and the Supremat over Pomerania in 1138 . In 1173 Kujawien, 1181 eastern Wielkopolska and 1227 Pomeranians were detached.

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