Coat of arms of the Prince of Pless, Count of Hochberg, Baron of FürstensteinCoat of arms of the city of Pszczyna.
The Duchy of Pless (or the Duchy of Pszczyna,[1] German: Herzogtum Pleß, Polish: Księstwo Pszczyńskie) was a Duchy of Silesia, with its capital at Pless (present-day Pszczyna, Poland).
^Julian Janczak, "Duchy of Pszczyna" (in) Zarys dziejów kartografii śląskiej do końca XVIII wieku (An outline for the History of Cartography till the End of the 18th century), Opole: 1976, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw: Institute of History of Science, Education and Technology, 1993, ISBN 83-86062-00-2. This contains sections in several European languages, including (in English); Accessed 2008-13-01. ^ Tadeusz Walichnowski, Territorial Provenance of Archival Documents in International Relations (Przynaleznosc terytorialna archiwaliow Panstwa Polskiego w stosunkach miedzynarodowych), Polish Scientific Publishers, Warsaw, 1977. Polish State Archives. ^Nagel's Encyclopedia Guide, Poland by Nagel Publishers, 1989, 399 pages, ISBN 2-8263-0818-1. Accessed 2008-13-01.
The DuchyofPless (or the Duchyof Pszczyna, German: Herzogtum Pleß, Polish: Księstwo Pszczyńskie) was a Duchyof Silesia, with its capital at Pless (present-day...
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and music critic Leonard Liebling. Born into a Jewish family in the DuchyofPless, Silesia, Germany, in what is present-day Pszczyna, Poland, Liebling...
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marriage was discussed by Adolf Friedrich and his friend Daisy, Princess ofPless, however in wartime it was very difficult to arrange a meeting with an...
consisted of the Kingdom of Bohemia, an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire according to the Golden Bull of 1356, the Margraviate of Moravia, the Duchiesof Silesia...
Wenceslaus II became suzerain of some Upper Silesian duchies. Silesia subsequently became a possession of the Crown of Bohemia under the Holy Roman Empire...
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