- Mazovia may also refer to Mazovia encoding for DOS. Mazovia encoding is used under MS-DOS to represent Polish texts "Mazowsze" can also refer to a Polish folk group. Mazowsze (in Polish "Państwowy Zespół Ludowy Pieśni i Tańca "Mazowsze"" - "State Folk Group of Song and Dance 'Mazowsze'" is a famous
Masovia or Mazovia (Polish: Mazowsze) is a geographic and historic region situated in eastern Poland's Masovian Plain. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. 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 Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Masovian Plain (Nizina Mazowiecka is a large geographical region in central Poland, roughly covering the historical region of Masovia. Its largest city is Warsaw. Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. Its historic capitals include Płock and Warsaw. Płock is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river with 131011 inhabitants
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History
Early history
Masovia probably became part of Poland by the reign of Mieszko I in 1138, the first historically known Piast duke of the Polans in the 10th century. Life In 965 Mieszko married Dobrawa (Dobrava Dubrawka daughter of Boleslav I, Duke of Bohemia. Piast dynasty is the name used since the 17th century for Polish Royal Dynasty that ruled Poland from its beginnings as Duchy ruled by Mieszko The Polans (also known as Polanes, Polanians or Polians; Polanie were a West Slavic tribe inhabiting the Warta river basin After the death of Mieszko II in 1034, the local governor Miecław supported an anti-Christian rebellion, which was subsequently subdued by Duke Casimir I, Duke of Poland, in 1047 with help from Ruthenian units. This article is about a Polish king See also Duke Mieszko II the Fat. Miecław (also Masław, Mojsław and Miesław, ?-1047 was a cup-bearer of Mieszko II of Poland and a revolter who tried to establish Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings This article is about the 11th century Polish king For other uses please see Casimir. The Kingdom of Poland ( pol Królestwo Polskie, lat Regnum Poloniae, ukr The term Ruthenians (Русини Rusyny) is a culturally loaded term and has different meanings according to the context in which it is used
Duchy of Masovia
Following the death of Bolesław III Wrymouth, Poland was divided in duchies, according to his testament (see fragmentation of Poland). The Duchy of Masovia (Księstwo Mazowieckie was a Duchy formed when the Kingdom of Poland fragmented in 1138. Bolesław III Wrymouth ( Bolesław III Krzywousty) 1085 – 1138) was Duke of Poland from In the first centuries of its existence the Polish nation was led by a series of strong rulers who converted the Poles to Christendom, created a strong Central European After the death of the last Masovian Piast, Janusz III, in 1526, Masovia became a voivodeship of the Kingdom of Poland. Janusz III Mazowiecki or Janusz III of Masovia (1502 &ndash 1526 was a Polish duke of Masovia, last male of the Masovian Piast dynasty. Masovian Voivodeship 1526-1795 (Województwo Mazowieckie was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland, and of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, The Kingdom of Poland of the Jagiellons was the Polish state created by the accession of Wladislaus II Jagiełło, Grand Duke of Lithuania, to
Modern history
Masovia was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia during the 18th century Partitions of Poland and briefly administered within South Prussia and New East Prussia. The Kingdom of Prussia (Königreich Preußen was a German kingdom from 1701 to 1918 and from 1871 was the leading state of the German Empire, comprising 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 South Prussia (Südpreußen Prusy Południowe was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1793 to 1807 New East Prussia (Neuostpreußen Prusy Nowowschodnie was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1795 to 1807 The territory became part of the Duchy of Warsaw in 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars, but was included within Congress Poland, a puppet state of the Russian Empire, in 1815. The Duchy of Warsaw (Księstwo Warszawskie Duché de Varsovie Herzogtum Warschau Варшавское герцогство was a Polish state established by Napoleon The Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815 involved Napoleon's French Empire and a shifting set of European allies and opposing coalitions Congress Poland Kongresówka, officially and formally Kingdom of Poland (Królestwo Polskie {{IPA-pl|'|p|o|l|s|kʲ|e}} Царство Польское Tsarstvo Polskoye The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya
In 1918 following World War I, Masovia was included within the newly formed Second Polish Republic. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Second Polish Republic or interwar Poland is the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II. During World War II, Nazi-occupied Masovia was divided between the General Government and Regierungsbezirk Zichenau in East Prussia. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers The General Government (Generalgouvernement refers to a part of the territories of Poland (and Ostrava Czechoslovakia under German Military occupation Regierungsbezirk Zichenau was a Regierungsbezirk, or administrative region of the Prussian Province of East Prussia from 1939-45 The Province of East Prussia (Provinz Ostpreußen) was a province of Prussia from 1773-1829 and 1878-1945 It was subsequently restored to Poland after the war.
In 1999 the Masovian Voivodeship was created as one of 16 administrative regions of Poland. Masovian Voivodeship (also known as Masovia Province or by its Polish name of województwo mazowieckie or simply Mazowieckie) is the largest and most Voivodeship The voivodeship or province (województwo has been a high-level Administrative subdivision of Poland since the 14th century
See also
- Świdermajer - The characteristic architecture in the area
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