The Duchy of Gniezno was a feudal district duchy in the Greater Poland, centered on the

Kalisz Region Kalisz Region ( pl, Kaliskie) is a historical and ethnographical area of Poland, located in central Poland mainly in the Greater Poland Lakes Area and South Greater Poland Plain. It forms the eastern part of Greater Poland proper. Kalisz Region e ...

. Its capital was

Gniezno Gniezno (; german: Gnesen; la, Gnesna) is a city in central-western Poland, about east of Poznań. Its population in 2021 was 66,769, making it the sixth-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship. One of the Piast dynasty's chief cities, ...

. The state was established in 1177, in the partition of the

Duchy of Greater Poland The Duchy of Greater Poland was a district principality in Greater Poland that was a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Poland. It was formed in 1138 from the territories of the Kingdom of Poland, following its fragmentation started by the testament of ...

, after the rebellion against Mieszko III. Duke Casimir II the Just of the Piast dynasty become its first ruler. It existed until 1279, when, it got united with duchies of

Kalisz (The oldest city of Poland) , image_skyline = , image_caption = ''Top:'' Town Hall, Former "Calisia" Piano Factory''Middle:'' Courthouse, "Gołębnik" tenement''Bottom:'' Aerial view of the Kalisz Old Town , image_flag = POL Kalisz flag.svg ...

and

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

, under the rule of

Przemysł II Przemysł II ( also given in English and Latin language, Latin as ''Premyslas'' or ''Premislaus'' or in Polish as '; 14 October 1257 – 8 February 1296) was the Duke of Poznań from 1257–1279, of Greater Poland from 1279 to 1296, of Kraków f ...

, forming the

. It remained a

fief A fief (; la, feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form ...

dom within the Duchy of Poland, until 1227, and after that, it become an independent state.Jerzy Wyrozumski, ''Historia Polski do roku 1505'', pp. 104–111.

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*Józef Dobosz, ''Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy'' *Bronisław Nowacki, ''Przemysł II'' *Jerzy Wyrozumski, ''Historia Polski do roku 1505'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Gniezno, Duchy of Former countries in Europe Former monarchies of Europe Duchies of Poland Fiefdoms of Poland History of Poland during the Piast dynasty History of Greater Poland History of Gniezno 12th-century establishments in Poland 13th-century disestablishments in Poland States and territories established in 1177 States and territories disestablished in 1279