Polish principalities

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The Polish principalities were fragmented medieval states that emerged from the division of the Kingdom of Poland, each ruled by different branches of the Piast dynasty.

All labels observed (13)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal polity ⓘ
historical political entity ⓘ
medieval state ⓘ
basedOn seniority principle ⓘ
capital Kraków (seniorate capital) ⓘ
linked to: Kraków

Poznań (Greater Poland duchies) ⓘ
linked to: Poznań

Płock (Masovian duchies) ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Płock

Wrocław (Silesian duchies) ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Wrocław
country Poland ⓘ
currency denar ⓘ
endTime 14th century ⓘ
early 16th century ⓘ
followedBy Crown of the Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
Kingdom of Poland (reunified under Władysław I the Elbow-high) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Poland
governmentForm feudal monarchy ⓘ
hasCause Piast succession customs ⓘ
Testament of Bolesław III Wrymouth ⓘ
fragmentation of the Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
hasEffect increased influence of neighboring powers (Bohemia, Teutonic Order) ⓘ
rise of regional Piast branches ⓘ
weakening of central royal authority in Poland ⓘ
hasPart Duchy of Bielsk ⓘ
Duchy of Brzeg ⓘ
Duchy of Cieszyn ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Teschen

Duchy of Gniewkowo ⓘ
Duchy of Greater Poland ⓘ
Duchy of Głogów ⓘ
Duchy of Inowrocław ⓘ
Duchy of Kraków ⓘ
Duchy of Kuyavia ⓘ
Duchy of Legnica ⓘ
Duchy of Masovia ⓘ
Duchy of Opole ⓘ
Duchy of Oświęcim ⓘ
Duchy of Pomerelia (Gdańsk) ⓘ
linked to: Duchy of Pomerelia

Duchy of Płock ⓘ
Duchy of Racibórz ⓘ
Duchy of Sandomierz ⓘ
Duchy of Sieradz ⓘ
Duchy of Silesia ⓘ
Duchy of Warsaw (Piast period) ⓘ
Duchy of Wrocław ⓘ
Duchy of Zator ⓘ
Duchy of Łęczyca ⓘ
Seniorate Province ⓘ
hasRulingDynasty Piast dynasty ⓘ
historicalPeriod Fragmentation of Poland ⓘ
language Old Polish ⓘ
legalSystem Piast customary law ⓘ
locatedInTime High Middle Ages ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
notableRuler Bolesław III Wrymouth ⓘ
Casimir III the Great ⓘ
Henry II the Pious ⓘ
Henry the Bearded ⓘ
Przemysł II ⓘ
Władysław I the Elbow-high ⓘ
Władysław II the Exile ⓘ
partOf Piast-ruled Poland ⓘ
linked to: early Piast realm
politicalStructure fragmented duchies ⓘ
precededBy Kingdom of Poland (1025–1138) ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Poland
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent division of Poland among sons of Bolesław III Wrymouth ⓘ
gradual territorial fragmentation into numerous duchies ⓘ
reunification efforts in the 13th and 14th centuries ⓘ
startTime 1138 ⓘ
territoryIncludes Greater Poland ⓘ
Kuyavia ⓘ
Lesser Poland ⓘ
Masovia ⓘ
linked to: Mazovia

Silesia ⓘ
parts of Pomerelia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

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

Mongol invasion of Poland → conflict → Polish principalities ⓘ
Kuyavian Piasts → politicalAffiliation → Piast principalities of medieval Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Łęczyca Piasts → memberOf → Piast principalities ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Łęczyca Piasts → politicalAffiliation → Piast-ruled Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Piasts of Sandomierz → memberOf → Piast principalities ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Constance of Wrocław → partOf → Piast-ruled Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Seniorate Province of Kraków → appliesToJurisdiction → Piast dynasty realm ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Poland (seniorate system) → governsSuccessionOf → Greater Poland duchies ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Sandomierz Piasts → subdivisionOf → Seniorate Kingdom of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Grzymisława of Łuck → participatedIn → Piast dynastic politics ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Duke of Greater Poland → partOf → Piast-ruled Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Duke of Sandomierz → subdivisionOf → Kingdom of Poland (fragmentation period) ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Duke of Sandomierz → partOf → Lesser Polish principalities ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Jawor → partOf → Piast-ruled Poland (medieval period) ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Duke of Kuyavia → partOf → Piast-ruled duchies of Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Duke of Brześć Kujawski → usedIn → medieval Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Duchy of Greater Poland → partOf → Piast-ruled Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Duke of Masovia → partOf → Piast-ruled Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Duchy of Kuyavia → partOf → Piast-ruled Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Duchy of Płock → partOf → Piast-ruled Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Duchy of Czersk → partOf → Piast-ruled Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities
Duchy of Łęczyca → historicalPeriod → Piast-ruled Poland ⓘ
linked to: Polish principalities