Sochaczew

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

Lord in 1200

The duke through his castellan (not named for 1200).

How things stand that morning

Held for Konrad.

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

Bzura crossing and market.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: General knowledge of the castle network.

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