According to the statute, constitution or last will of the Polish duke Boleslaus the Wrymouth Poland was divided into the 4-5 hereditary provinces distributed among his sons, and a royal province of Cracow for the eldest to be the high-duke of all Poland.
One of these provinces, Silesia was given to the Ladislaus the Exile the oldest son of Boleslaus, and subsequenly divided among his descendants and successors, until they died out in 1675.
Duchy of Silesia
- 1138-1146 Ladislaus I the Exile exiled by his brothers
- 1146-1163 Boleslaus IV the Curly brother of Wladuslaus
- 1163-1177 Boleslaus I the Long , Mieszko I Platonogi and Konrad , sons of Ladislaus I
Duchies of Lower Silesia
- 1177/1195-1201 Boleslaus I the Long (Boleslaw I Wysoki)
- 1201-1238 Henry I the Bearded (Henryk I Brodaty)
- 1238-1241 Henry II the Pious (Henryk II Pobozny)
- 1241-1248 Boleslaus II the Bald (Boleslaw II Łysy Rogatka)
- 1428-1266 Henry II the White (Henryk II Biały)
- 1266/1270-1290 Henry IV the Righteous (Henryk IV Prawy (Probus))
- 1290-1296 Henry V the Corpulent (Henryk V Brzuchaty)
- 1296-1311 Henry VI, Ladislaus and Boleslaus II
- 1311-1335 Henry VI the Good (Henryk VI Dobry)
1327/1335 Duchy of Wroclaw falls to Bohemia
Duchy of Bierutow
Duchy of Korzuchow
Duchy of Lwowek
Duchy of Scinawa
Duchy of Ziebice
Duchies of Upper Silesia
Upto 1290 Cieszyn belonged to the Duchy of Raciborz
in 1653 Duchy of Cieszyn transferred to the Habsburg domains
Duchy of Glogowek
Duchy of Karniow
Duchy of Namyslow
Duchy of Niemodlin
Eclessiatical Duchy of Nysa
Duchy of Radziejow
Duchy of Strzelce
Duchy of Toszek
See also:
- Guidelines for the spelling of names of Polish rulers
- List of Polish rulers
- Piast_dynasty
- Dukes of Masovia
- Dukes of Greater Poland
- Dukes of Little Poland
- Dukes of Cuiavia
- Dukes of Leczyca
- Dukes of Sieradz
