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Masovia

Masovia or Mazovia is a geographic and historic region

Historical regions of Central Europe

There are many historical regions of Central Europe. For the purpose of this list, Central Europe is defined as the area contained roughly within the south coast of the Baltic Sea, the Elbe River, the Alps, the Danube River, the Black Sea and the Dnepr River....
situated in eastern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
's Masovian Plain

Masovian Plain

Masovian Plain is a large geographical region in central Poland, roughly covering the historical region of Masovia. It is located in the valleys of three large rivers: Vistula, Western Bug and Narew....
. Its historic capitals include Plock

Plock

Plock is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, with 131,011 inhabitants. It is located in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of the Plock Voivodeship ....
and Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
. Contemporary borders of the Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Poland provinces, or Voivodeships of Polands, created in 1999. It occupies of...
do not follow historical boundaries of the region. Lomza

Lomza

Lomza [] is a town in north-eastern Poland, approximately 90 miles from Warsaw and 50 miles from Bialystok. It is situated alongside the Narew river and has been in the Podlaskie Voivodeship since 1999; previously, it was the capital of the Lomza Voivodeship ....
, a Masovian city, belongs to the Podlasie Voivodeship, while Radom

Radom

Radom is a city in central Poland with 227,309 inhabitants. It is located on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of Radom Voivodeship , 100 km south of Poland's capital, Warsaw....
(historically part of Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
) is now part of Masovian Voivodeship.

via probably became part of Poland by the reign of Mieszko I

Mieszko I of Poland

Mieszko I was a duke of the Polans and the first historical ruler of Poland. Member of the Piast dynasty, he was son of the legendary Siemomysl, grandchild of Lestek and father to Boleslaw I of Poland, the first crowned prince of Poland, and Swietoslawa-Sygryda, a Nordic queen....
in the 10th century, the first historically known Piast

Piast dynasty

Piast dynasty was the first Polish historical Royal dynasty that ruled Poland from its beginnings starting with the semi-legendary Piast the Wheelwright....
duke of the Polans

Polans (western)

The Polans were a West Slavs tribe inhabiting the Warta river basin. Previously more eastern around the Dnjpr River, by 963 AD they are as far west as the Vurta River ....
in the 10th century.

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Masovia or Mazovia is a geographic and historic region

Historical regions of Central Europe

Poland

Masovian Plain

Plock

Warsaw

Masovian Voivodeship

Lomza

Radom

Lesser Poland

History

Early history

Masovia probably became part of Poland by the reign of Mieszko I

Mieszko I of Poland

Piast dynasty

Piast dynasty was the first Polish historical Royal dynasty that ruled Poland from its beginnings starting with the semi-legendary Piast the Wheelwright....
duke of the Polans

Polans (western)

The Polans were a West Slavs tribe inhabiting the Warta river basin. Previously more eastern around the Dnjpr River, by 963 AD they are as far west as the Vurta River ....
in the 10th century. After the death of Mieszko II

Mieszko II Lambert

This article is about a Polish king. See also Duke Mieszko II the Fat.Mieszko II Lambert ruled from 1025-1034 as duke and short-term king of Poland....
in 1034, the local governor Mieclaw

Mieclaw

Mieclaw , in the Medieval Latin of Gallus Anonymus Meczzlavus, was a pincera of Duke Mieszko II of Poland, and a rebel who tried to detach himself and Masovia from the power of the Polish duke....
supported an anti-Christian

Christianity

Christianity is a Monotheistic religion #Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus as New Testament view on Jesus' life....
rebellion, which was subsequently subdued by Casimir I

Casimir I of Poland

Casimir I the Restorer , was a Duke of Poland of the Piast dynasty and the de facto monarch of the entire country. He is known as the Restorer mostly because he managed to reunite all parts of the Polish Kingdom after a period of turmoil....
, Duke of Poland

Kingdom of Poland (1025–1138)

The Kingdom of Poland was the Polish state from the coronation of the first King for one year Boleslaw I the Brave in 1025. Three more short-term attempts followed and actual kings started with Przemysl II in 1295 to the Union of Krewo with Lithuania and the rule of the Jagiellon dynasty in 1385....
, in 1047 with help from Ruthenian

Ruthenians

The term Ruthenians is a culturally loaded term and has different meanings according to the context in which it is used. Initially it was the ethnonym used for the Ukrainians people....
units.

Duchy of Masovia

Following the death of Boleslaw III Wrymouth

Boleslaw III Wrymouth

Boleslaw III Wrymouth was Duke of Poland from 1102 until his death.He was the eldest and only child of Duke Wladyslaw I Herman by his first wife Judith of Bohemia, daughter of Vratislaus II of Bohemia....
, Poland was divided into duchies, according to his testament (see fragmentation of Poland

History of Poland (966–1385)

In the first centuries of its existence, the Poland was led by a series of strong rulers who converted the Poles to Christianity, created a strong Central European state, and integrated Poland into European culture....
). After the death of the last Masovian Piast, Janusz III

Janusz III of Masovia

Janusz III Mazowiecki or Janusz III of Masovia was a Polish Dukes of Masovia, last male of the Masovian Piast dynasty. Son of Konrad III Rudy....
, in 1526, the province became a voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship (1526-1795)

Masovian Voivodeship, 1526-1795 was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland of the Jagiellons, and of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from the 15th century to the partitions of Poland ....
of the Kingdom of Poland

Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)

The Kingdom of Poland of the Jagiellons was the Poland state created by the accession of Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, to the Polish throne in 1386....
. In late XVI century, importance of Masovia within borders of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
significantly grew, due to the decision of King Sigismund III Vasa

Sigismund III Vasa

Sigismund III Vasa was Grand Duke of Lithuania and List of Polish monarchs, a monarch of joined Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 to 1632, and Monarch of Sweden from 1592 until he was deposed in 1599....
, who in 1596 moved capital of the country from Krakow

Kraków

Krak?w , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow , is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, with a population of 756,336 in 2007 ....
to Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
.

Modern history

Masovia was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia

Kingdom of Prussia

The Kingdom of Prussia was a Germany monarchy from 1701 to 1918 and, from 1871, was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising almost two-thirds of the area of the empire....
during the 18th century Partitions of Poland

Partitions of Poland

The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth....
and briefly administered within South Prussia

South Prussia

South Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1793 to 1807. It was created out of territory annexed in the Partitions of Poland of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and included the regions of Greater Poland and Masovia....
and New East Prussia

New East Prussia

New East Prussia was a Provinces of Prussia of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1795 to 1807. It was created out of territory annexed in the Partitions of Poland of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and included parts of Masovia and Podlachia....
. Among others the territory became part of the Duchy of Warsaw

Duchy of Warsaw

The Duchy of Warsaw was a Poland state established by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807 from the Polish lands ceded by the Kingdom of Prussia under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit....
in 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars

Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of conflicts involving Napoleon I of France First French Empire and changing sets of European allies and opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815....
, but was included within Congress Poland

Congress Poland

Congress Poland [], officially and formally Kingdom of Poland and informally known as Russian Poland was a constitutional personal union of the Russian Empire created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna, replaced by the Central Powers in 1915 with the Kingdom of Poland ....
, a puppet state of the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

File:Russian Emperor Flag.jpgFile:Romanov Flag.svgThe Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917....
, in 1815.

In 1918 following World War I

World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, Masovia was included within the newly formed Second Polish Republic

Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland is the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II....
. During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, Nazi

Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the colloquial English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party , which established a Totalitarianism dictatorship that existed from 1933 to 1945....
-occupied Masovia was divided between the General Government

General Government

The General Government refers to a part of the territories of Poland under German military occupation during World War II by Nazi Germany and was an autonomous part of "Greater Germany"....
and Regierungsbezirk Zichenau

Zichenau (region)

Regierungsbezirk Zichenau was a Regierungsbezirk, or administrative region, of the Prussian Province of East Prussia from 1939-45. The regional capital was Ciechan?w....
in East Prussia

Province of East Prussia

The Province of East Prussia was a provinces of Prussia of Prussia from 1773-1829 and 1878-1945. Composed of the historical region East Prussia, the province's capital was Kaliningrad....
. Between October 1939 and June 1941 (see: Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa

Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that commenced on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a 2,900 kilometer front ....
), eastern Masovia, with Lomza

Lomza

Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a Constitution of the Soviet Union socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.The name is a translation of the , romanization of Russian Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated ????, SSSR....
, who were allied with the Nazis. Whole province was subsequently restored to Poland after the war.

In 1999 the Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship is the largest and most populous of the sixteen Poland provinces, or Voivodeships of Polands, created in 1999. It occupies of...
was created as one of 16 administrative regions of Poland

Voivodeships of Poland

The voivodeship or province has been a high-level administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century. Pursuant to the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998, effective January 1, 1999, sixteen new voivodeships were created, replacing the former 49 that had existed from July 1, 1975....
. It is the biggest voivodeship of the country.