Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Duchy of Łęczyca
drawn on the map 1139–1146
A central Polish duchy, often held as a widow's or junior portion (Salomea of Berg held it). Alternated with Sieradz and was reincorporated into the Crown lands under the reunification.
- Shown on the map
- 1139–1146
- Peak area
- 9k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
A central Polish duchy, often held as a widow's or junior portion (Salomea of Berg held it). Alternated with Sieradz and was reincorporated into the Crown lands under the reunification.
Common questions
- What was the Duchy of Łęczyca?
- A central Polish duchy, often held as a widow's or junior portion (Salomea of Berg held it). Alternated with Sieradz and was reincorporated into the Crown lands under the reunification.
- When is the Duchy of Łęczyca shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Duchy of Łęczyca 1139–1146. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Duchy of Łęczyca?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Duchy of Łęczyca covered about 9,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, academic works (John Fine on the Balkans, Halperin and Martin on Muscovy, Rady and Veszprémy on Hungary) and, for a few entries, the medieval Livonian Chronicle of Henry itself. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Łęczyca Voivodeship en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81%C4%99czyca_Voivodeship
This entry was last updated .
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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