Duke of Greater Poland

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The Duke of Greater Poland was a medieval Polish ruler who governed the historic region of Greater Poland, a core area around Poznań that played a central role in the early Polish state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ducal title ⓘ
medieval noble title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Greater Poland ⓘ
associatedWith Christianization of Poland ⓘ
Piast monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Piast dynasty
country Poland ⓘ
dissolved late Middle Ages ⓘ
followedBy King of Poland (for some holders) ⓘ
hasCapital Poznań ⓘ
hasCoreTerritory Gniezno region ⓘ
linked to: Poznań region

Kalisz region ⓘ
linked to: Kalisz Land

Poznań region ⓘ
hasCulturalCenter Gniezno Cathedral ⓘ
Poznań Cathedral ⓘ
hasEconomicBase agricultural lands of Greater Poland ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Poles ⓘ
hasFeudalStatus vassal of the Polish crown (in some periods) ⓘ
hasFirstKnownHolder Mieszko I of Poland ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm hereditary duchy ⓘ
hasHistoricalRegion Greater Poland ⓘ
hasLanguage Polish ⓘ
hasMilitaryFunction defense of western Polish frontiers ⓘ
hasNotableHolder Bolesław I the Brave ⓘ
Mieszko I of Poland ⓘ
Mieszko III the Old ⓘ
Przemysł I of Greater Poland ⓘ
Przemysł II of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Przemysł II

Władysław Odonic ⓘ
hasReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasRole regional princeps during Polish fragmentation ⓘ
ruler of Greater Poland ⓘ
hasSeatOfPower Gniezno (periodically) ⓘ
Poznań stronghold ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance core area of the early Polish state ⓘ
hasTitleHolderType male hereditary ruler ⓘ
inception 10th century ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Greater Poland ⓘ
partOf Piast-ruled Poland ⓘ
early Polish state ⓘ
replacedBy voivode of Kalisz ⓘ
voivode of Poznań ⓘ
significantEvent fragmentation of Poland (12th–13th centuries) ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
usedByDynasty Piast dynasty ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

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

Henry II the Pious → title → Duke of Greater Poland ⓘ
Casimir I the Restorer → positionHeld → Duke of Greater Poland ⓘ
Władysław I the Elbow-high → positionHeld → Duke of Greater Poland ⓘ
Przemysł II → positionHeld → Duke of Greater Poland ⓘ
Przemysł II → positionHeld → Duke of Poznań ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Greater Poland
Przemysł II → title → Duke of Greater Poland ⓘ
Władysław III Spindleshanks → positionHeld → Duke of Greater Poland ⓘ
Senior line of the Piast dynasty → claimedPrecedenceOver → Dukes of Greater Poland ⓘ
linked to: Duke of Greater Poland
Władysław II the Exile → positionHeld → Duke of Greater Poland ⓘ
Duchy of Greater Poland → rulerTitle → Duke of Greater Poland ⓘ
Ladislaus the Short → positionHeld → Duke of Greater Poland ⓘ
Ladislaus the Short → title → Duke of Greater Poland ⓘ
Duke of Łęczyca → follows → Duke of Greater Poland ⓘ
Przemysł I of Greater Poland → positionHeld → Duke of Greater Poland ⓘ