Duchy_of_Kalisz

Duchy of Kalisz

Duchy of Kalisz

Polish duchy (1177–1279)

The Duchy of Kalisz[lower-alpha 1] was a feudal district duchy in the Greater Poland, centered on the Kalisz Region. Its capital was Kalisz.[1] The state was established in 1177, in the partition of the Duchy of Greater Poland, after the rebellion against Mieszko III. Duke Casimir II the Just of the Piast dynasty become its first ruler.[2] It existed until 1279, when, it got united with duchies of Gniezno and Poznań, under the rule of Przemysł II, forming the Duchy of Greater Poland.[3] It remained a fiefdom within the Duchy of Poland, until 1227, and after that, it become an independent state.[4]

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Notes

  1. Polish: Księstwo kaliskie; Latin: Ducatus Calisiensis

References

  1. [1]
    Andrzej Wędzki, Kalisz w państwie wczesnopiastowskim i w okresie rozbicia dzielnicowego. In: Władysław Rusiński (redactor), Dzieje Kalisza. p. 46–48.
  2. [2]
    Józef Dobosz, Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy, p. 111-113.
  3. [3]
    Bronisław Nowacki, Przemysł II, p. 97.
  4. [4]
    Jerzy Wyrozumski, Historia Polski do roku 1505, pp. 104–111.

Bibliography

Andrzej Wędzki, Kalisz w państwie wczesnopiastowskim i w okresie rozbicia dzielnicowego. In: Władysław Rusiński (redactor), Dzieje Kalisza. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie, 1977.

  • Józef Dobosz, Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy
  • Bronisław Nowacki, Przemysł II
  • Jerzy Wyrozumski, Historia Polski do roku 1505
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