The Duchy of Rawa[a] was a feudal district duchy in Masovia, centered on the Rawa Land. Its capital was Rawa.[1] It existed during the High Middle Ages era, from 1313 to 1370,[1][2] and from 1381 to 1442.[3][4]

The state was established in April 1313, in the partition of the Duchy of Płock, with duke Siemowit II of Masovia becoming its first leader.[1] It existed until 5 November 1370, when, under the rule of duke Siemowit III, duchies of Czersk, Rawa, and Warsaw were unified into the Duchy of Masovia.[2][5] It was again reestablished in June 1381, in the partition of the Duchy of Masovia, with duke Siemowit IV as its first leader.[3][6][7] It existed until 1488, when it got incorporated into the Duchy of Czersk.[4]

From 1310 to 1320, it was a fiefdom within the Kingdom of Poland, and from 1320 to 1385, a fiefdom of the United Kingdom of Poland, and from 1386 to 1442, a fiefdom of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.

List of rulers

First state

Second state

Citations

Notes

  1. ^ Polish: Księstwo rawskie; Latin: Ducatus Ravensis

References

  1. ^ a b c Janusz Grabowski, Dynastia Piastów Mazowieckich, p. 62-63.
  2. ^ a b Anna Suprunik, Mazowsze Siemowitów, p. 29.
  3. ^ a b Janusz Grabowski, Dynastia Piastów Mazowieckich, p. 98.
  4. ^ a b O. Balzer, Genealogia Piastów.
  5. ^ Janusz Grabowski, Dynastia Piastów Mazowieckich, p. 89-90.
  6. ^ Anna Suprunik, Mazowsze Siemowitów. p. 40.
  7. ^ J. Krzyżaniakowa, J. Ochmański, Władysław II Jagiełło, p. 315.

Bibliography

  • Janusz Grabowski, Dynastia Piastów Mazowieckich.
  • Anna Suprunik, Mazowsze Siemowitów.
  • J. Krzyżaniakowa, J. Ochmański, Władysław II Jagiełło.
  • O. Balzer, Genealogia Piastów. Kraków. 1895.