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Duchy of Siewierz
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Duchy of Siewierz
The
Duchy of Siewierz
was a
Silesian duchy
with its capital in
Siewierz
. The area was part of the original
Duchy of Silesia
established after the death of Duke
Boleslaw III Wrymouth
in 1138 during the times of the
fragmentation of Poland
. Siewierz in
Upper Silesia
was ruled by the
Silesian Piasts
as part of the
Duchy of Bytom
under Duke
Casimir
. In 1312 he granted the town to his youngest son
Mieszko
, who renounced it in favour of his brother
Wladyslaw
. In 1337 it was acquired by
Casimir I, Duke of Cieszyn
, whose scion
Wenceslaus I
sold it to the
Archbishop of Kraków
in 1443.
Zygmunt Gloger
in his book "Historical geography of lands of ancient Poland" ("Geografia historyczna ziem dawnej Polski"), published in 1900, writes that the Duchy of Siewierz belonged to
Lesser Poland
, after it was bought by the Archbishops of Kraków.
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