First named on 20 January 1185 as Novo Wladislaw, in a document for the bishop of Włocławek (en.wikipedia).
A castle and market settlement among the salt springs of northern Kuyavia, with a Romanesque church of St Mary dated to the end of the 12th or start of the 13th century. In 1200 a castle with a market settlement, not a chartered town; town law comes in 1238, and Inowrocław later becomes the capital of the duchy of Kuyavia.
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): Inowrocław; Wikipedia (en): Leszek of Masovia
Lord in 1200
The duke; the castellan of Inowrocław is recorded only in the 13th century.
How things stand that morning
Held for Casimir's sons since 1198.
Charter
None in 1200; town law in 1238 (en.wikipedia).
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
Ducal castle (state in 1200 not pinned).
Trade and crafts
Salt, the market.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: en.wikipedia Inowrocław.
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.