Duchy of Jawor
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Duchy of Jawor (Polish: Księstwo Jaworskie, Czech: Javorské knížectví) was one of the Duchies of Silesia and medieval Poland established in 1274 as a subdivision of the Duchy of Legnica. It was ruled by the Silesian Piasts, with its capital at Jawor in Lower Silesia.
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Duchy of Jawor | |||||||||
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1274–1290 1312–1346 | |||||||||
Status | Silesian duchy | ||||||||
Capital | Jawor | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Partitioned from Legnica | 1274 | ||||||||
• Lwówek split off | 1281 | ||||||||
• Lwówek reintegrated | 1286 | ||||||||
1291 | |||||||||
• Expanded westwards up to Zły Komorów | 1319[1][2] | ||||||||
• Reunited with Świdnica | 1346 | ||||||||
• Annexed by Bohemia | 1392 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Poland Germany¹ | ||||||||
¹ Portion of Lusatia, including the towns of Zittau (Polish: Żytawa), Görlitz (Zgorzelec), Ostritz (Ostrowiec), Reichenbach/O.L. (Rychbach) and Senftenberg (Zły Komorów) |
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It was the southwesternmost duchy of Poland at the time, with the exception of the 1281–1286 period, when the more southwestern was the temporarily split off Duchy of Lwówek. At various times, it also bordered the fellow Polish duchies of Głogów, Legnica, Wrocław and Świdnica, and via the latter also Nysa, Brzeg and Ziębice.