Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Duchy of Opole
drawn on the map 1177–1304
An Upper Silesian duchy (Opole-Racibórz) under a distinct Piast line. Vladislaus II of Opole was a major magnate in 14th-century Hungary and Poland.
- Shown on the map
- 1177–1304
- Peak area
- 94k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
An Upper Silesian duchy (Opole-Racibórz) under a distinct Piast line. Vladislaus II of Opole was a major magnate in 14th-century Hungary and Poland. Held under Bohemian suzerainty.
Common questions
- What was the Duchy of Opole?
- An Upper Silesian duchy (Opole-Racibórz) under a distinct Piast line. Vladislaus II of Opole was a major magnate in 14th-century Hungary and Poland.
- When is the Duchy of Opole shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Duchy of Opole 1177–1304. 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 Opole?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Duchy of Opole covered about 94,000 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 — Duchy of Opole en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Opole
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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