Duchy of Poznań

Short description: Polish district duchy (1177–1279)

Duchy of Poznań

Księstwo poznańskie (Polish)
Ducatus Posnaniensis (Latin)

1177–1279

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Political division of Greater Poland

Status| Fiefdom within the Duchy of Poland (1177–1227)
Independent state (1227–1279)
Capital| Poznań
Official languages|

* Polish
* Latin

Religion

| Roman Catholic
Government| feudal district 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

Preceded by | Succeeded by

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|  | Duchy of Greater Poland

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| Duchy of Greater Poland |

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The Duchy of Poznań (Polish: Księstwo poznańskie; Latin: Ducatus Posnaniensis) was a feudal district duchy in the Greater Poland, centered on the Poznań Land. Its capital was Poznań. The state was established in 1177, in the partition of the Duchy of Greater Poland, after the rebellion against Mieszko III. 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]

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ Józef Dobosz, Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy, p. 111-113.
2. ↑ Bronisław Nowacki, Przemysł II, p. 97.
3. ↑ Jerzy Wyrozumski, Historia Polski do roku 1505, pp. 104–111.

### Bibliography

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

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