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[edit]
Bavaria[edit]
Mecklenburg[edit]
Palatinate[edit]
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken
- Palatinate-Kleeburg
- Palatinate-Landsberg
- Palatinate-Lautern
- Palatinate-Mosbach
- Palatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt
- Palatinate-Neuburg
- Palatinate-Neumarkt
- Palatinate-Simmern
- Palatinate-Simmern and Zweibrücken
- Palatinate-Simmern-Kaiserslautern
- Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim
- Palatinate-Sulzbach
- Palatinate-Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein
- Palatinate-Zweibrücken
- Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
- Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein
Pomerania[edit]
- Pomerania-Demmin
- Pomerania-Stettin
- Pomerania-Schlawe
- Pomerania-Wolgast
- Pomerania-Stolp
- Pomerania-Neustettin
- Pomerania-Stargard
- Pomerania-Barth
- Pomerania-Rügenwalde
- Pomerania-Wolgast-Stolp
Saxony and Thuringia[edit]
- Saxe-Altenburg
- Saxe-Coburg
- Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach
- Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
- Saxe-Eisenberg
- Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- Saxe-Eisenach
- Saxe-Gotha
- Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
- Saxe-Hildburghausen
- Saxe-Jena
- Saxe-Marksuhl
- Saxe-Meiningen
- Saxe-Römhild
- Saxe-Saalfeld
- Saxe-Weimar
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Poland[edit]
Original division[edit]
- Seniorate Province (later reformed into the Duchy of Kraków)
- Duchy of Greater Poland
- Duchy of Sandomierz
- Duchy of Masovia
- Duchy of Silesia
Greater Poland[edit]
Masovia[edit]
Kuyavia[edit]
- Duchy of Łęczyca
- Duchy of Sieradz
- Duchy of Brześć Kujawski
- Duchy of Inowrocław
- Duchy of Bydgoszcz and Wyszogród
- Duchy of Gniewkowo
- Duchy of Dobrzyń
Silesia[edit]
Others[edit]
- Duchy of Wiślica (from the Duchy of Sandomierz)
Pomerelia[edit]
- Duchy of Gdańsk
- Duchy of Świecie and Lubiszewo
- Duchy of Białogarda
- Duchy of Lubiszewo
- Duchy of Świecie
References[edit]
- ^ 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.