Europe · High and late Middle Ages
Margraviate of Moravia
drawn on the map 1385–1414
raised to a margraviate in 1182 (within the Empire, linked to Bohemia); persisted as a crown land until 1918. Moravia was the eastern Czech land, often granted to junior Přemyslids or held directly by the Bohemian king as margrave.
- Shown on the map
- 1385–1414
- Peak area
- 23k km²
- Region
- Europe
Overview
raised to a margraviate in 1182 (within the Empire, linked to Bohemia); persisted as a crown land until 1918. Moravia was the eastern Czech land, often granted to junior Přemyslids or held directly by the Bohemian king as margrave. It shared Bohemia's dynastic and religious history (Přemyslid, Luxembourg, Jagiellonian, Habsburg; strongly Hussite, then re-Catholicized). It retained a distinct diet and identity throughout.
Common questions
- What was the Margraviate of Moravia?
- raised to a margraviate in 1182 (within the Empire, linked to Bohemia); persisted as a crown land until 1918. Moravia was the eastern Czech land, often granted to junior Přemyslids or held directly by the Bohemian king as margrave.
- When is the Margraviate of Moravia shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Margraviate of Moravia 1385–1414. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Margraviate of Moravia?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Margraviate of Moravia covered about 23,000 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 — Margraviate of Moravia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margraviate_of_Moravia
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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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