State · 1335 – 1742
Duchies of Silesia
A state of 1335 – 1742 — 407 years in Europe. The atlas records 35 things within it — people 35. Its line of rulers holds 46 people, 27 with dated terms. Its own article says it was conquered by King of Prussia.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 407 years
- 1335 – 1742
- Rulers
- 46
- the duke
- Within it
- 35
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
How it ended, as its article says
Conquered by King of Prussia, 1742. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
Most of Silesia was annexed by the King of Prussia under the Treaty of Berlin in 1742.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
The line of duke.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudolf I of Saxe-Wittenberg | 1298 – 1356 | 58 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Otto, Duke of Austria | 1330 – 1339 | 9 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Bagrat I of Imereti | 1330 – 1372 | 42 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Otto V of Bavaria | 1349 – 1351 | 2 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Alexander I of Imereti | 1372 – 1387 | 15 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| William, Duke of Austria | 1386 – 1406 | 20 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Frederick IV of Austria | 1406 – 1439 | 33 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Antonio II Acciaioli | 1439 – 1441 | 2 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Sigismund, Archduke of Austria | 1446 – 1490 | 44 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| George, Duke of Saxony | 1500 – 1539 | 39 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, 4th Duke of Medina Sidonia | 1507 – 1513 | 6 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Guidobaldo II della Rovere | 1538 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Pier Luigi Farnese | 1545 – 1547 | 2 years | killedWikidata's manner of death | |
| Ottavio Farnese | 1547 – 1586 | 39 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Paolo Giordano I Orsini | 1560 – 1585 | 25 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Alexander Farnese | 1586 – 1592 | 6 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Ranuccio I Farnese | 1592 – 1622 | 30 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg | 1611 – 1633 | 22 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Charles Paris d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville | 1663 – 1672 | 9 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Gaspar Juan Pérez de Guzmán, 10th Duke of Medina Sidonia | 1664 – 1667 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Francesco Farnese | 1694 – 1727 | 33 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Adolphus Frederick II | 1701 – 1708 | 7 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Adolphus Frederick III | 1708 – 1752 | 44 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Ernst Ludwig II | 1724 – 1729 | 5 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Antonio Farnese | 1727 – 1731 | 4 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria | 1733 – 1799 | 66 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| József Rákóczi | 1734 – — | no end recorded | ending not on record | |
| Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria | 1742 – 1799 | 57 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone |
46 rulers, 27 with terms dated as terms, covering 1298 – 1799. Median reign 21 years. 13 of 27 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of the Duchy of Silesia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Samhanin 
flag, undatedBanner of the Duchy of Silesia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Samhanin
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1300 – 13999 rows
- William, Duke of Austria · ruler · 1369 – 1406
- Frederick IV of Austria · ruler · 1382 – 1439
- Alexander I of Imereti · ruler · 1350 – 1389
- Bagrat I of Imereti · ruler · 1350 – 1372
- Antonio II Acciaioli · ruler · 1350 – 1441
- Konrad III the Old · ruler · 1350 – 1412
- Bolesław of Bytom · ruler · 1330 – 1355
- Casimir I of Warsaw · ruler · 1320 – 1355
and 1 more in the atlas.
1400 – 14997 rows
- Sigismund, Archduke of Austria · ruler · 1427 – 1496
- George, Duke of Saxony · ruler · 1471 – 1539
- Janusz II of Płock · ruler · 1455 – 1495
- Konrad IX the Black · ruler · 1415 – 1471
- Bolesław V of Warsaw · ruler · 1453 – 1488
- Casimir II of Zator · ruler · 1450 – 1490
- George I of Brieg · ruler · 1481 – 1521
1500 – 159911 rows
- Alexander Farnese · ruler · 1545 – 1592
- Pier Luigi Farnese · ruler · 1503 – 1547
- Ottavio Farnese · ruler · 1524 – 1586
- Ranuccio I Farnese · ruler · 1569 – 1622
- Anna Sophia of Prussia · ruler · 1527 – 1591
- Guidobaldo II della Rovere · ruler · 1514 – 1574
- John Albert I · ruler · 1526 – 1576
- Frederick II of Holstein-Gottorp · ruler · 1568 – 1587
and 3 more in the atlas.
1600 – 16995 rows
- Antonio Farnese · ruler · 1679 – 1731
- Francesco Farnese · ruler · 1678 – 1727
- Adolphus Frederick II · ruler · 1658 – 1708
- Adolphus Frederick III · ruler · 1686 – 1752
- Charles Paris d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville · ruler · 1649 – 1672
1700 – 17993 rows
- Ernst Ludwig II · ruler · 1709 – 1729
- John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach · ruler · 1700 – 1733
- József Rákóczi · ruler · 1700 – 1738
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood407 years
stood longer than 81% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median22 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 68% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record46
has more rulers on record than 97% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1294 – 1783, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1539, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q691981 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.