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