District duchy

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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.[1] It occurred in the Middle Ages and early modern period, notably in Europe, in states such as the Holy Roman Empire,[2] Duchy of Poland,[1][3] and Kievan Rus'.[4]

Holy Roman Empire

Bavaria

Mecklenburg

Palatinate

Pomerania

Saxony and Thuringia

Poland

Original division

Greater Poland

Sandomierz

Masovia

Kuyavia

Silesia

Pomerelia

References

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