High Duke of Poland

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The High Duke of Poland was the senior ruler in the fragmented Polish realm during the Piast dynasty, holding nominal supremacy over other regional dukes and often governing from Kraków.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
High Duke of Poland canonical 27
Duke of Poland 5
Duke of Kraków 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical title ⓘ
monarchical office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
associatedWithSystem seniorate principle ⓘ
basedOnDocument Testament of Bolesław III Wrymouth ⓘ
coreTerritory Duchy of Kraków ⓘ
Seniorate Province ⓘ
country Poland ⓘ
createdBy Bolesław III Wrymouth ⓘ
endCause restoration of Polish royal crown ⓘ
endTime late 13th century ⓘ
firstHolder Władysław II the Exile ⓘ
governsFrom Kraków ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Duchy of Greater Poland ⓘ
Duchy of Kraków ⓘ
Duchy of Masovia ⓘ
Duchy of Sandomierz ⓘ
Duchy of Silesia ⓘ
hasCapital Kraków ⓘ
hasRole guardian of royal prerogatives ⓘ
overlord of regional dukes ⓘ
senior ruler of Poland ⓘ
historicalContext feudal fragmentation of the Piast realm ⓘ
LatinName dux maximus Poloniae ⓘ
notableHolder Bolesław IV the Curly ⓘ
Casimir II the Just ⓘ
Henry I the Bearded ⓘ
linked to: Henry the Bearded

Henry II the Pious ⓘ
Leszek I the White ⓘ
Mieszko III the Old ⓘ
Przemysł II ⓘ
Władysław III Spindleshanks ⓘ
PolishName książę zwierzchni ⓘ
positionHeldInPeriod Fragmentation of Poland ⓘ
powerCharacter nominal supremacy ⓘ
precededBy Duke of Poland ⓘ
relativeRank above regional dukes of Poland ⓘ
replacedTitle Duke of Poland ⓘ
linked to: High Duke of Poland
responsibleFor defense of the realm ⓘ
foreign policy of fragmented Poland ⓘ
representation of Poland in relations with the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
seatOfPower Wawel Castle ⓘ
linked to: Wawel Hill
startTime 1138 ⓘ
succeededBy King of Poland ⓘ
titleLanguage Latin ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
typeOfMonarchy feudal monarchy ⓘ
usedByDynasty Piast dynasty ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bolesław V the Chaste → title → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
subject linked to: Duke Bolesław V the Chaste
Bolesław V the Chaste → title → Duke of Kraków ⓘ
subject linked to: Duke Bolesław V the Chaste
linked to: High Duke of Poland
Henry II the Pious → positionHeld → Duke of Kraków ⓘ
linked to: High Duke of Poland
Henry II the Pious → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Henry II the Pious → title → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Leszek II the Black → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Leszek II the Black → positionHeld → Duke of Kraków ⓘ
linked to: High Duke of Poland
Leszek II the Black → title → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Leszek II the Black → title → Duke of Kraków ⓘ
linked to: High Duke of Poland
Casimir I the Restorer → positionHeld → Duke of Poland ⓘ
linked to: High Duke of Poland
Bolesław III Wrymouth → positionHeld → Duke of Poland ⓘ
linked to: High Duke of Poland
Bolesław III Wrymouth → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Leszek I the White → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Leszek I the White → title → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Duke of Silesia → predecessor → Duke of Poland ⓘ
linked to: High Duke of Poland
Duke of Silesia → follows → Duke of Poland ⓘ
linked to: High Duke of Poland
Piasts of Kraków → positionHeld → Senior Duke of Poland ⓘ
linked to: High Duke of Poland
Piasts of Łęczyca → ruledUnderSuzeraintyOf → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Bolesław V the Chaste → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
subject linked to: the Chaste
High Duke of Poland → replacedTitle → Duke of Poland ⓘ
linked to: High Duke of Poland
Henry the Bearded → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Władysław III Spindleshanks → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Władysław III Spindleshanks → title → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Bolesław II of Masovia → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Bolesław V the Chaste → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
subject linked to: Stary Korczyn
Leszek Czarny → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Duke of Cracow → positionHeldBy → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Bolesław IV the Curly → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Bolesław I the Tall → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Bolesław I the Tall → title → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Princess of Poland → typicalFatherTitle → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Bolesław III Wrymouth → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
subject linked to: Wrymouth
Władysław II the Exile → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Władysław II the Exile → title → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Casimir II the Just → positionHeld → High Duke of Poland ⓘ
Casimir II the Just → title → High Duke of Poland ⓘ