Silesia 1172–77: Fragmentation begins with Opole (green) and Racibórz (yellow) splitting off
Status
Province of Poland
Capital
Wrocław
Religion
Roman Catholic
Government
Feudal monarchy
Historical era
High Middle Ages
• Established
1138
• Duke Władysław II exiled
1146
• Racibórz split off
1172
• Opole split off
1172
• Legnica split off
1248
• Incorporated by Bohemia
1335
• Land of the Bohemian Crown
1348
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Poland
Duchies of Silesia (Bohemian Crown)
∟Duchy of Racibórz
∟Duchy of Opole
∟Duchy of Legnica
∟Duchy of Brzeg
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław
The Duchy of Silesia (Polish: Księstwo śląskie, German: Herzogtum Schlesien, Czech: Slezské knížectví) with its capital at Wrocław was a medieval duchy located in the historic Silesian region of Poland. Soon after it was formed under the Piast dynasty in 1138, it fragmented into various Silesian duchies. In 1327, the remaining Duchy of Wrocław as well as most other duchies ruled by the Silesian Piasts passed to the Kingdom of Bohemia as Duchies of Silesia. The acquisition was completed when King Casimir III the Great of Poland renounced his rights to Silesia in the 1335 Treaty of Trentschin.
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