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{{Short description|Former duchy in Poland}}
{{Infobox country
|native_name        = {{native name|pl|Księstwo warszawskie}}<br>{{native name|la|Ducatus Varsoviensis}}
|conventional_long_name = Duchy of Warsaw
|common_name        = 
|era                = High Middle Ages
|status             = Fiefdom within the [[Place:Kingdom of Poland (1300–1320)|Kingdom of Poland]] (1310–1320)<br>Fiefdom of the [[Place:United Kingdom of Poland|United Kingdom of Poland]] (1320–1385)<br>Fiefdom of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (1386–1488)
|government_type    = [[Social:Feudalism|Feudal]] duchy
|life_span          = 1310–1370<br>1381–1488
|event_start        = Partition of the Duchy of Masovia
|date_start         = 1310
|event1             = Unification of the Duchy of Masovia
|date_event1        = 5 November 1370
|event2             = Partition of the Duchy of Masovia
|date_event2        = June 1381
|event_end          = Incorporation into the [[Place:Duchy of Czersk|Duchy of Czersk]]
|date_end           = 1488
|p1                 = Duchy of Masovia
|flag_p1            = Chorągiew księcia mazowieckiego Siemowita.svg
|border_p1          = no
|s1                 = Duchy of Masovia
|flag_s1            = Chorągiew księcia mazowieckiego Siemowita.svg
|border_s1          = no
|s2                 = Duchy of Czersk
|flag_s2            = POL księstwo czerskie COA.svg
|border_s2          = no
|religion           = [[Organization:Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]
|image_flag         = Chorągiew Mazowsza.svg
|flag_type          = Banner
|flag_border        = no
|image_coat         = Księstwo Mazowieckie COA.svg
|alt_coat           = 
|image_map          = Mazowsze1313.png
|image_map_caption  = The map of the political division of Masovia between 1313 and 1345, including the Duchy of Warsaw.
|capital            = [[Place:Warsaw|Warsaw]]
|footnotes          = 
|official_languages = [[Social:Polish language|Polish]], [[Social:Latin|Latin]]
|title_leader       = Duke
|leader1            = Siemowit II of Masovia
|year_leader1       = 1310–1313 (first of the first state)
|leader2            = Siemowit III
|year_leader2       = 1355–1370 (last of the second state)
|leader3            = Janusz I of Warsaw
|year_leader3       = 1381–1429 (first of the second state)
|leader4            = Bolesław V of Warsaw
|year_leader4       = 1471–1481 (last of the last state)
}}
The '''Duchy of Warsaw'''{{efn|Polish: ''Księstwo warszawskie''; [[Social:Latin|Latin]]: ''Ducatus Varsoviensis''}} was a [[Social:Feudalism|feudal]] district duchy in Masovia, centered on the Warsaw Land. Its capital was [[Place:Warsaw|Warsaw]].<ref name=one/>

The state was established in 1310, in the partition of the Duchy of Masovia, with duke Siemowit II of Masovia becoming its first leader.<ref name=one>Janusz Grabowski, ''Dynastia Piastów Mazowieckich'', p. 56.</ref> It existed until 5 November 1370, when, under the rule of duke Siemowit III, duchies of [[Place:Duchy of Czersk|Czersk]], [[Place:Duchy of Rawa|Rawa]], and Warsaw were unified into the Duchy of Masovia.<ref>Anna Suprunik, ''Mazowsze Siemowitów'', p. 29.</ref><ref>Janusz Grabowski, ''Dynastia Piastów Mazowieckich'', p. 89-90.</ref> It was again re-established in June 1381, in the partition of the Duchy of Masovia, with duke Janusz I of Warsaw as its first leader.<ref>Janusz Grabowski, ''Dynastia Piastów Mazowieckich'', p. 98.</ref><ref>Anna Suprunik, ''Mazowsze Siemowitów''. p. 40.</ref><ref>J. Krzyżaniakowa, J. Ochmański, ''Władysław II Jagiełło'', p. 315.</ref> It existed until 1488, when it got incorporated into the [[Place:Duchy of Czersk|Duchy of Czersk]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poczet.com/rudy.htm|title=Konrad III Rudy|website=poczet.com|language=pl}}</ref>

From 1310 to 1320, it was a fiefdom within the [[Place:Kingdom of Poland (1300–1320)|Kingdom of Poland]], and from 1320 to 1385, a fiefdom of the [[Place:United Kingdom of Poland|United Kingdom of Poland]], and from 1386 to 1488, a fiefdom of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.

== List of rulers ==
=== First state ===
* Siemowit II of Masovia (1310–1313)
* Trojden I (1313–1341)
* Siemowit III and Casimir I of Warsaw (1341–1349)
* Casimir I of Warsaw (1349–1355)
* Siemowit III (1355–1370)

=== Second state ===
* Janusz I of Warsaw (1381–1429)
* Bolesław IV of Warsaw (1429–1454) ({{Ill|Anna Fiodorówna|pl}} as the regent from 1429 to 1436)
* Casimir III of Płock, Konrad III Rudy, and Bolesław V of Warsaw (1454) (Barbara Aleksandrówna and {{Ill|Paweł Giżycki (bishop)|pl|Paweł Giżycki (biskup)|lt=Paweł Giżycki}} as regents)
* Casimir III of Płock, Konrad III Rudy, Bolesław V of Warsaw and Janusz II of Płock (1455–1471) (Barbara Aleksandrówna and Paweł Giżycki as regents from 1455 to 1462)
* Bolesław V of Warsaw (1471–1481)

== Citations ==
=== Notes ===
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=== References ===
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=== Bibliography ===
*Janusz Grabowski, ''Dynastia Piastów Mazowieckich''.
*Anna Suprunik, ''Mazowsze Siemowitów''.
*J. Krzyżaniakowa, J. Ochmański, ''Władysław II Jagiełło''


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