The chief castle of northern Masovia on the Łydynia, facing the forests toward the Prussian lands of Sasinia and Galindia.
A castle with a market settlement, not a chartered town in 1200.
Who holds it
- Name
- Konrad (under his mother Helen's regency); castellan not named for 1200
- Title
- duke, through his castellan
- Since
- 1194
- Born
- about 1187/1188
- Family
- see Masovia and Kuyavia
- Confidence
- medium
Wikipedia (en): Duchy of Masovia; Wikipedia (en): Old Prussians
Lord in 1200
The duke through his castellan (not named for 1200).
How things stand that morning
Held for Konrad; no raid recorded that winter.
Charter
None in 1200: a ducal castle (gród) with a market settlement (podgrodzie) under Polish law, not a chartered town.
Council
None: the castellan and the duke's officers govern the settlement.
Communities
Polish townsfolk.
Fairs and markets
Not pinned; a weekly market under the castle by Polish custom.
Militia
The castle levy; the settlement's men serve under the castellan.
Walls and castle
Earth-and-timber castle.
Trade and crafts
Regional market; forest goods.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: General knowledge.
Primary sources for Masovia and Kuyavia
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Chronicle of the Poles, by Master Vincent (Wincenty Kadłubek), Wincenty Kadłubek (about 1190 to 1208). Book 4 is a contemporary's account of the fight for the senior throne of Kraków. Read online
- The annals of the Kraków chapter and the other Polish annals (kept from the 11th century; the Kraków chapter annals continued to 1266). Short dated entries that fix the chronology Kadłubek blurs: the deaths of dukes and bishops, Mieszko the Old's captures of Kraków, Prussian raids on Masovia, church consecrations. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.