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]

Holy Roman Empire

Bavaria

Mecklenburg

Palatinate

Pomerania

Saxony and Thuringia

Poland

Original division

Seniorate Province (later reformed into the Duchy of Kraków)
Duchy of Greater Poland
Duchy of Sandomierz
Duchy of Masovia
Duchy of Silesia

Greater Poland

Sandomierz

Duchy of Wiślica

Masovia

Kuyavia

Silesia

Pomerelia

References

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

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[one-1] "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.

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