Duchy of Belz Principality of Belz | |||||||||||
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| 1170–1462 | |||||||||||
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 Duchy of Belz in the beginning of the XV century | |||||||||||
| Status | constituent part of Galicia–Volhynia (Rus), then Hungary, later Masovia | ||||||||||
| Capital | Belz | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Old East Slavic, Old Polish Language among Aristocracy | ||||||||||
| Religion | Orthodoxy | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Duke of Belz | |||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 1170 | ||||||||||
• passes from Duchy of Volhynia to Duchy of Galicia–Volhynia | 1234 | ||||||||||
• passes from Duchy of Galicia–Volhynia to Grand Duchy of Lithuania | 1340 | ||||||||||
• passes from Grand Duchy of Lithuania to Kingdom of Hungary | 1377/1378 | ||||||||||
• passes from Kingdom of Hungary to Kingdom of Poland | 1387 | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | 1462 | ||||||||||
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Duchy of Belz or Principality of Belz was a duchy, formed in the late 12th century in Kievan Rus. During its history the duchy was a constituent part of some other political entities such as the Kingdom of Rus, the Kingdom of Hungary, Duchy of Masovia when eventually in the late 14th century was incorporated into Poland becoming later the Bełz Voivodeship.