Duchy of Łęczyca

Polish duchy (1231–1352)

Duchy of Łęczyca

Księstwo łęczyckie (pl)

1231–1352

Coat of arms

The Fragmentation of the Poland in 1138:

Seniorate Province

(Łęczyca Province replaced in 1231 by the Duchy of Łęczyca; the area corresponds to borders of the Duchy of Łęczyca in years 1231-1263)

Poland 1275-1300, Duchy of Łęczyca marked in violet (area of the Duchy of Łęczyca in years 1263-1352 was as shown in the map)

Status

Province of Poland

Capital

Łęczyca

Religion

Roman Catholic

Government

Duchy

Historical era

High Middle Ages

• Established

1231

• Incorporated by the
Polish Kingdom

1352

Succeeded by

Łęczyca Voivodeship

Duchy of Łęczyca (Polish: Księstwo łęczyckie) was one of the duchies of Poland. It was created around 1231 from Province of Łęczyca, a part of the Seniorate Province by Konrad I of Masovia. Province of Łęczyca existed since turn of the 11th/12th century.^[1]

In 1264 the Duchy of Sieradz was split from it. The last duke of this duchy was Władysław the Hunchback. After his death in 1352 the duchy became part of the Kingdom of Poland and was reorganized into the Łęczyca Voivodeship.

Medieval fiefdoms of Poland

District principalities

Lesser Poland	Seniorate Province Kraków Sandomierz Wiślica
Greater Poland	Greater Poland Poznań Gniezno Kalisz Wieluń
Masovia	Masovia Czersk Płock Warsaw Rawa Belz Wizna
Kuyavia	Kuyavia Brześć Kujawski Inowrocław Bydgoszcz and Wyszogród Gniewkowo Dobrzyń
Łęczyca-Sieradz Land	Łęczyca Sieradz
Silesia	Silesia Opole Racibórz Głogów Legnica Jawor Żagań
Pomerania	Pomerania Pomerania-Stargard Pomerania-Stolp Pomerelia Lauenburg and Bütow Land

Others

Fiefs of the
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland

With the Grand Duchy of Lithuania	Duchy of Courland and Semigallia

References

^ Marek Koter [in Polish] (2016). "Historyczno-geograficzne podstawy oraz proces kształtowania się regionu łódzkiego" (PDF). Miasto – region – gospodarka w badaniach geograficznych. W stulecie urodzin Profesora Ludwika Straszewicza (in Polish). Tomasz Marszał (red.). Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego. pp. 131–142. ISBN 9788380881228. Retrieved 2022-06-16.