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Europe · High and late Middle Ages

Duchy of Racibórz

drawn on the map 1285–1304

Upper Silesian duchy, often paired with Opole. Passed to the Přemyslid dukes of Opava (Troppau) and thence into the Bohemian orbit.

Shown on the map
1285–1304
Peak area
3k km²
Region
Europe

Overview

Upper Silesian duchy, often paired with Opole. Passed to the Přemyslid dukes of Opava (Troppau) and thence into the Bohemian orbit.

Common questions

What was the Duchy of Racibórz?
Upper Silesian duchy, often paired with Opole. Passed to the Přemyslid dukes of Opava (Troppau) and thence into the Bohemian orbit.
When is the Duchy of Racibórz shown on the map?
The border data draws the Duchy of Racibórz 1285–1304. 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 Racibórz?
At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Duchy of Racibórz 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:

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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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