Duchy of Poznań
Duchy of Poznań | |||||||||
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| 1177–1279 | |||||||||
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| Status | Fiefdom within the Duchy of Poland (1177–1227) Independent state (1227–1279) | ||||||||
| Capital | Poznań | ||||||||
| Official languages | Polish, Latin | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
| Government | duchy | ||||||||
| Duke | |||||||||
• 1177–1193 (first) | Odon of Poznań | ||||||||
• 1273–1279 (last) | Przemysł II | ||||||||
| Historical era | High Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Partition of the Duchy of Greater Poland | 1177 | ||||||||
• Unification of the Duchy of Greater Poland | 1279 | ||||||||
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The Duchy of Poznań[a] was a district duchy in the Greater Poland, centered on the . Its capital was Poznań. The state was established in 1177, in the partition of the Duchy of Greater Poland, after the . Duke Odon of the Piast dynasty become its first ruler.[1] It existed until 1279, when, it got united with duchies of Gniezno and Kalisz, under the rule of Przemysł II, forming the Duchy of Greater Poland.[2] It remained a fiefdom within the Duchy of Poland, until 1227, and after that, it become an independent state.[3]
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- Józef Dobosz, Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy
- Bronisław Nowacki, Przemysł II
- Jerzy Wyrozumski, Historia Polski do roku 1505
Categories:
- Former countries in Europe
- Former monarchies of Europe
- Duchies of Poland
- Fiefdoms of Poland
- History of Poland during the Piast dynasty
- History of Poznań
- History of Greater Poland
- 12th-century establishments in Poland
- 13th-century disestablishments in Poland
- States and territories established in 1177
- States and territories disestablished in 1279