Eldership of Spisz was a non-castle eldership territory of Kingdom of Poland from 1412 to 1569 and Lesser Poland Province,

Crown of the Kingdom of Poland The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland ( pl, Korona Królestwa Polskiego; Latin: ''Corona Regni Poloniae''), known also as the Polish Crown, is the common name for the historic Late Middle Ages territorial possessions of the King of Poland, includ ...

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and, after 1791, as the Commonwealth of Poland, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Crown of the Kingdom of ...

from 1569 to 1772. Its seat was located in the Stará Ľubovňa. It was located in the Spiš, and its area consisted of a salient connected to the rest of the Kingdom of Poland, and 5

exclaves An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the territory of one other state or entity. Enclaves may also exist within territorial waters. ''Enclave'' is sometimes used improperly to deno ...

.Julia Radziszewska, ''Studia spiskie''.''Terra Scepusiensis. Stan badań nad dziejami Spiszu''. It was formed on 8 November 1412, after the signing of Spiš Pledge between

Władysław II Jagiełło Jogaila (; 1 June 1434), later Władysław II Jagiełło ()He is known under a number of names: lt, Jogaila Algirdaitis; pl, Władysław II Jagiełło; be, Jahajła (Ягайла). See also: Names and titles of Władysław II Jagiełło. w ...

king of Poland Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries). During the latter period, a tradition of free election of monarchs made it a uniquely electable position in Europe (16t ...

and Sigismund, king of Hungary, in which the

Kingdom of Hungary The Kingdom of Hungary was a monarchy in Central Europe that existed for nearly a millennium, from the Middle Ages into the 20th century. The Principality of Hungary emerged as a Christian kingdom upon the coronation of the first king Stephen ...

had pledges part of

Szepes County Szepes ( sk, Spiš; la, Scepusium, pl, Spisz, german: link=no, Zips) was an administrative county of the Kingdom of Hungary, called Scepusium before the late 19th century. Its territory today lies in northeastern Slovakia, with a very small are ...

to the Kingdom of Poland in exchange for 2 220 000

Prague groschen The Prague groschen ( cz, pražský groš, la, grossi pragenses, german: Prager Groschen, pl, grosz praski) was a groschen-type silver coin that was issued by Wenceslaus II of Bohemia since 1300 in the Kingdom of Bohemia and became very common ...

. The area was meant to remain in Poland until Hungary would pay the loan back, however, it was permanently incorporated as Polish possession in 1489 after Hungary had made a failed attempt to regain the area with military force. In 1569, after the formation of

, it became a part of Lesser Poland Province,

. The eldership was conquered by the

Habsburg monarchy The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...

between 1769 and 1770 and remained under

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until 1772 when it was formally incorporated into the

Subdivisions and borders

It was subdivided into the

Dominion of Lubowla The Dominion of Lubowla, also known as the Dominion of Lubowla and Podoliniec, was an administrative division of the Eldership of Spisz, that until 1568 belonged to the Kingdom of Poland, and from 1569 to 1772, to the Crown of the Kingdom of Pol ...

and Province of 13 Spisz Towns. Dominion of Lubowla consisted of the towns of Stará Ľubovňa,

Podolínec Podolínec ( pl, Podoliniec, german: Pudlein, hu, Podolin) is a town in the Stará Ľubovňa District of the Prešov Region in northern Slovakia. Etymology The etymology is straightforward, the name means in Slovak "place between the hills". ...

and

Hniezdne Hniezdne (german: Kniesen, hu, Gnézda) is a village and municipality in Stará Ľubovňa District in the Prešov Region of northern Slovakia. Etymology The name is derived from Slavic ''gnězdo'' - a nest (modern pl, gniazdo, modern sk, hn ...

, and the souranding area. Its capital was Stará Ľubovňa. The dominion bordered the Kingdom of Poland to the north and Podoliniec District, Province of 13 Spisz Towns to the south. The Province of 13 Spisz Towns consisted of the towns of

Spišská Nová Ves Spišská Nová Ves (; hu, Igló; german: (Zipser) Neu(en)dorf) is a town in the Košice Region of Slovakia. The town is located southeast of the High Tatras in the Spiš region, and lies on both banks of the Hornád River. It is the biggest tow ...

Spišské Vlachy Spiśské Vlachy ( hu, Szepesolaszi, german: Wlachi, ''Wlachy'' or ''Wallendorf'', Latin: ''Villa Latina'') is a town in eastern Slovakia. It is in the Spiš region (''Szepes'' in Hungarian or ''Zips'' in German). It is now administratively in th ...

, Spišské Podhradie, Poprad, Veľká,

Spišská Sobota Spišská Sobota (German ''Georgenberg'', Hungarian ''Szepesszombat'') is a historic Slovak town that was absorbed in 1946 as a borough of the city of Poprad. It is located in the northeastern part of the city above the Poprad river. The popul ...

, Stráže pod Tatrami, Matejovce,

Spišská Belá Spišská Belá (german: Zipser Bela; hu, Szepesbéla; pl, Biała Spiska) is a town in the Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region in Spiš in northern Slovakia. Prior to World War I, it was in Szepes county in the Kingdom of Hungary. Histor ...

Vrbov Vrbov (German: ''Menhardsdorf'') is a village and municipality in the Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked ...

Ľubica Ľubica ( hu, Leibic, german: Leibitz, rue, Любіца) is a large village and municipality in Kežmarok District in the Prešov Region of north Slovakia. It is now a mostly housing development district with many panel block houses. History In ...

, Ruskinovce, and Tvarožná, and 15 villages. It consisted of 6 separate parts, of which Podoliniec District bordered the Dominion of Lubowla, while 5 others were the

surrounded by the Kingdom of Hungary. Additionally, Spiš Castle in Spišské Podhradie was an exclave of Hungary surrounded by the Eldership. The area of Eldership of Spisz was .

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* ''Encyklopédia Slovenska'', , Bratislava, 1980. * Julia Radziszewska, ''Studia spiskie''. Katowice. 1985. * ''Terra Scepusiensis. Stan badań nad dziejami Spiszu''. Lewocza-Wrocław. 2003. {{DEFAULTSORT:Spisz, Eldership, of Eldership of Spisz Subdivisions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Fiefdoms of Poland Eldership of Spisz Eldership of Spisz 18th-century disestablishments in Poland States and territories established in 1412 States and territories disestablished in 1772 Former exclaves