…Lesser Poland, the 'senior palatinate', comprising the …
Years: 1300 - 1300
…Lesser Poland, the 'senior palatinate', comprising the areas around Kraków, Łęczyca, and Sieradz.
To prevent his four sons from quarreling, Bolesław had granted one province to each of them, and the fifth one, the senior palatinate, was to be given to the eldest brother on the grounds of primogeniture.
The reason for such a decision was not only to forestall dynastic feuds, but also to prevent the disintegration of the kingdom.
However, it had soon proved an inadequate solution, and started nearly two centuries of what it had sought to counteract -- constant fighting and disorder.
Locations
Groups
- Meissen, March of
- Poland during the period of fragmentation, Kingdom of
- Brandenburg (Ascanian) Margravate of
- Bohemia, Kingdom of
- Ordensstaat (Monastic state of the Teutonic Knights)
- Teutonic Knights of Venice (House of the Hospitalers of Saint Mary of the Teutons in Jerusalem)
- Pommern-Stettin (southern Pomerania), Duchy of
- Pommern-Wolgast (northern Pomerania), Duchy of
Topics
- Ostsiedlung (German: Settlement in the East), a.k.a. German eastward expansion
- Poland, Fragmentation of
- Polish-Bohemian War of 1305-12
