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Duchy of Bytom Księstwo Bytomskie (pl) | |||||||||
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| 1281–1498 | |||||||||
 Silesian duchies in 1284, Bytom in violet | |||||||||
| Status | Silesian duchy | ||||||||
| Capital | Bytom | ||||||||
| Religion | Catholicism | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
| 1281 | |||||||||
• Casimir sole ruler | 1284 | ||||||||
• Vassalized by Bohemia | 1289 | ||||||||
| 1357–1459 | |||||||||
• Merged with Opole | 1498 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Poland | ||||||||
The Duchy of Bytom (Polish: Księstwo Bytomskie, Czech: Bytomské knížectví, German: Herzogtum Beuthen) was a duchy in Upper Silesia, one of the Silesian duchies of fragmented Piast-ruled Poland. It was established in Upper Silesia about 1281 during the division of the Duchy of Opole and Racibórz among the sons of Duke Władysław Opolski.[1] The duchy's capital was Bytom, formerly part of Lesser Poland until in 1177 the Polish High Duke Casimir II the Just had attached it to the Silesian Duchy of Racibórz.
- ^ Emmerling, Ryszard; Zajączkowska, Urszula (2003). Opole. Adan. p. 10. ISBN 9788391537138.