Duchy of Łęczyca

Duchy of Łęczyca
*Księstwo łęczyckie* (pl)
Duchy of Łęczyca Księstwo łęczyckie (pl)
1231–1352
	Coat of arms
	The Fragmentation of the Poland in 1138: Seniorate Province (Łęczyca Province replaced in 1231 by the Duchy of Łęczyca; the area corresponds to borders of the Duchy of Łęczyca in years 1231-1263)
	Poland 1275-1300, Duchy of Łęczyca marked in violet (area of the Duchy of Łęczyca in years 1263-1352 was as shown in the map)
Status	Province of Poland
Capital	Łęczyca
Religion	Roman Catholic
Government	Duchy
Historical era	High Middle Ages
• Established	1231
• Incorporated by the; Polish Kingdom	1352
	Succeeded by
Łęczyca Voivodeship

Duchy of Łęczyca (Polish: Księstwo łęczyckie) was one of the duchies of Poland. It was created around 1231 from Province of Łęczyca, a part of the Seniorate Province by Konrad I of Masovia. Province of Łęczyca existed since turn of the 11th/12th century.^[1]

In 1264 the Duchy of Sieradz was split from it. The last duke of this duchy was Władysław the Hunchback. After his death in 1352 the duchy became part of the Kingdom of Poland and was reorganized into the Łęczyca Voivodeship.

References

^ Marek Koter [in Polish] (2016). "Historyczno-geograficzne podstawy oraz proces kształtowania się regionu łódzkiego" (PDF). Miasto – region – gospodarka w badaniach geograficznych. W stulecie urodzin Profesora Ludwika Straszewicza (in Polish). Tomasz Marszał (red.). Łódź: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego. pp. 131–142. ISBN 9788380881228. Retrieved 2022-06-16.