District duchy

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The district duchy, also known as the district principality, was a type of the state under the patrimonial system, such as duchy or principality, formed in the feudal system, as a result of land partition between the members of a royal family. [1] It occurred in the Middle Ages and early modern period, notably in Europe, in states such as the Holy Roman Empire, [2] Duchy of Poland, [1] [3] and Kievan Rus'. [4]

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Holy Roman Empire

Bavaria

Mecklenburg

Palatinate

Pomerania

Saxony and Thuringia

Poland

Original division

Greater Poland

Sandomierz

Masovia

Kuyavia

Silesia

Pomerelia

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rozbicie dzielnicowe". encyklopedia.pwn.pl (in Polish).
  2. Kyra T. Inachin, Die Geschichte Pommerns, Hinstorff Rostock, 2008, p. 30, ISBN 978-3-356-01044-2.
  3. Jerzy Wyrozumski: Historia Polski do roku 1505, pp. 104–111
  4. Tadeusz Manteuffel: Historia powszechna. Średniowiecze. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1990, p. 250. ISBN 83-01-08685-8.