Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Duchy of Kalisz
drawn on the map 1210–1219
A Greater Poland duchy centered on Kalisz, frequently united with Gniezno or Poznań. Reintegrated into the reunited kingdom in the early 14th century.
- Shown on the map
- 1210–1219
- Peak area
- 3k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
A Greater Poland duchy centered on Kalisz, frequently united with Gniezno or Poznań. Reintegrated into the reunited kingdom in the early 14th century.
Common questions
- What was the Duchy of Kalisz?
- A Greater Poland duchy centered on Kalisz, frequently united with Gniezno or Poznań. Reintegrated into the reunited kingdom in the early 14th century.
- When is the Duchy of Kalisz shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Duchy of Kalisz 1210–1219. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Duchy of Kalisz?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Duchy of Kalisz covered about 3,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for each territory as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia, academic works (John Fine on the Balkans, Halperin and Martin on Muscovy, Rady and Veszprémy on Hungary) and, for a few entries, the medieval Livonian Chronicle of Henry itself. The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Duchy of Kalisz en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy_of_Kalisz
This entry was last updated .
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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).
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