The district duchy, also known as the district principality, was a type of the state under the patrimonial system, such as duchy or principality, formed in the feudal system, as a result of land partition between the members of a royal family. It occurred in the Middle Ages and early modern period, notably in Europe, in states such as the Holy Roman Empire, Duchy of Poland, and Kievan Rus'.
Holy Roman Empire
Bavaria
Further information: Duchy of BavariaMecklenburg
Main article: Partitions of Mecklenburg Further information: Duchy of MecklenburgPalatinate
Further information: Electorate of Palatinate- Palatinate-Birkenfeld
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Bischweiler
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen
- Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken
- Palatinate-Kleeburg
- Palatinate-Landsberg
- Palatinate-Lautern
- Palatinate-Mosbach
- Palatinate-Mosbach-Neumarkt
- Palatinate-Neuburg
- Palatinate-Neumarkt
- Palatinate-Simmern
- Palatinate-Simmern and Zweibrücken
- Palatinate-Simmern-Kaiserslautern
- Palatinate-Simmern-Sponheim
- Palatinate-Sulzbach
- Palatinate-Sulzbach-Hilpoltstein
- Palatinate-Zweibrücken
- Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
- Palatinate-Zweibrücken-Vohenstrauss-Parkstein
Pomerania
Main article: Partitions of the Duchy of Pomerania Further information: Duchy of Pomerania- Pomerania-Demmin
- Pomerania-Stettin
- Pomerania-Schlawe
- Pomerania-Wolgast
- Pomerania-Stolp
- Pomerania-Neustettin
- Pomerania-Stargard
- Pomerania-Barth
- Pomerania-Rügenwalde
- Pomerania-Wolgast-Stolp
Saxony and Thuringia
Main article: Saxon duchies Further information: House Wettin- Saxe-Altenburg
- Saxe-Coburg
- Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach
- Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
- Saxe-Eisenberg
- Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
- Saxe-Eisenach
- Saxe-Gotha
- Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
- Saxe-Hildburghausen
- Saxe-Jena
- Saxe-Marksuhl
- Saxe-Meiningen
- Saxe-Römhild
- Saxe-Saalfeld
- Saxe-Weimar
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
Poland
Original division
Main article: Duchy of Poland (1138–1227)- Seniorate Province (later reformed into the Duchy of Kraków)
- Duchy of Greater Poland
- Duchy of Sandomierz
- Duchy of Masovia
- Duchy of Silesia
Greater Poland
Main article: Duchy of Greater PolandSandomierz
Main article: Duchy of SandomierzMasovia
Main article: Duchy of MasoviaKuyavia
Main article: Duchy of Kuyavia- Duchy of Łęczyca
- Duchy of Sieradz
- Duchy of Brześć Kujawski
- Duchy of Inowrocław
- Duchy of Bydgoszcz and Wyszogród
- Duchy of Gniewkowo
- Duchy of Dobrzyń
Silesia
Main article: Duchies of SilesiaPomerelia
Main article: Duchy of Pomerelia- Duchy of Gdańsk
- Duchy of Świecie and Lubiszewo
- Duchy of Białogarda
- Duchy of Lubiszewo
- Duchy of Świecie
References
- ^ "Rozbicie dzielnicowe". encyklopedia.pwn.pl (in Polish).
- Kyra T. Inachin, Die Geschichte Pommerns, Hinstorff Rostock, 2008, p. 30, ISBN 978-3-356-01044-2.
- Jerzy Wyrozumski: Historia Polski do roku 1505, pp. 104–111
- Tadeusz Manteuffel: Historia powszechna. Średniowiecze. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, 1990, p. 250. ISBN 83-01-08685-8.
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