Duchy of Jawor

Duchy of Jawor
Księstwo Jaworskie (Polish)
1274–1290
1312–1346
Coat of arms of Jawor
Coat of arms
  Duchy of Jawor
Silesia in 1274: Jawor Duchy in red
StatusSilesian duchy
CapitalJawor
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Partitioned from Legnica
1274
• Lwówek split off
1281
• Lwówek reintegrated
1286
• Acquired Świdnica and
    Ziębice
1291
• Expanded westwards up to Zły Komorów
1319[1][2]
• Reunited with Świdnica
1346
• Annexed by Bohemia
1392
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Legnica
Kingdom of Bohemia
Today part ofPoland
Germany¹
¹ Portion of Lusatia, including the towns of Zittau (Polish: Żytawa), Görlitz (Zgorzelec), Ostritz (Ostrowiec), Reichenbach/O.L. (Rychbach) and Senftenberg (Zły Komorów)

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.

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.

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