Duke of Greater Poland

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The Duke of Greater Poland was a medieval Polish ruler who governed the historic region of Greater Poland, a core area around Poznań that played a central role in the early Polish state.

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Label Occurrences
Duke of Greater Poland canonical 6
Duke of Poznań 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ducal title
medieval noble title
appliesToJurisdiction Greater Poland
associatedWith Christianization of Poland
Piast dynasty
surface form: Piast monarchy
country Poland
dissolved late Middle Ages
followedBy King of Poland (for some holders)
hasCapital Poznań NERFINISHED
hasCoreTerritory Gniezno region NERFINISHED
Kalisz region NERFINISHED
Poznań region NERFINISHED
hasCulturalCenter Gniezno Cathedral
Poznań Cathedral
hasEconomicBase agricultural lands of Greater Poland
hasEthnicGroup Poles
hasFeudalStatus vassal of the Polish crown (in some periods)
hasFirstKnownHolder Mieszko I of Poland NERFINISHED
hasGovernmentForm hereditary duchy
hasHistoricalRegion Greater Poland
hasLanguage Polish
hasMilitaryFunction defense of western Polish frontiers
hasNotableHolder Bolesław I the Brave NERFINISHED
Mieszko I of Poland NERFINISHED
Mieszko III the Old NERFINISHED
Przemysł I of Greater Poland
Przemysł II
surface form: Przemysł II of Poland

Władysław Odonic NERFINISHED
hasReligion Roman Catholicism
hasRole regional princeps during Polish fragmentation
ruler of Greater Poland
hasSeatOfPower Gniezno (periodically)
Poznań stronghold
hasStrategicImportance core area of the early Polish state
hasTitleHolderType male hereditary ruler
inception 10th century
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Greater Poland
partOf Polish principalities
surface form: Piast-ruled Poland

early Polish state
replacedBy voivode of Kalisz
voivode of Poznań
significantEvent fragmentation of Poland (12th–13th centuries)
timePeriod Middle Ages
usedByDynasty Piast dynasty

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry II the Pious title Duke of Greater Poland
Casimir I the Restorer positionHeld Duke of Greater Poland
Władysław I the Elbow-high positionHeld Duke of Greater Poland
Przemysł II positionHeld Duke of Greater Poland
Przemysł II positionHeld Duke of Greater Poland
this entity surface form: Duke of Poznań
Przemysł II title Duke of Greater Poland
Władysław III Spindleshanks positionHeld Duke of Greater Poland