Rawa enters the written record in the 13th century and becomes a castellan's seat later; in 1200 it is at most a village or small stronghold of the Masovian country between the Bzura and the Pilica.
Not a town in 1200.
Who holds it
- Name
- Konrad (under his mother Helen's regency); no castle district of Rawa pinned for 1200
- Title
- duke (Masovian ground)
- Since
- 1194
- Born
- about 1187/1188
- Family
- see Masovia and Kuyavia
- Confidence
- low
general knowledge
Lord in 1200
Masovian ground held for Konrad; no castle district of Rawa is pinned for 1200.
How things stand that morning
Masovian ground; nothing 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.
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
Not pinned for 1200.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Rawa's first record is later than 1200.
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.