State · 1281 – 1918
Duchy of Teschen
A state of 1281 – 1918 — 637 years in Europe. Its line of rulers holds 3 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 637 years
- 1281 – 1918
- Rulers
- 3
- the Dukes
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mieszko I, Duke of Cieszyn | 1290 – 1315 | 25 years | ending not on record | |
| Elizabeth Lucretia, Duchess of Cieszyn | 1625 – 1653 | 28 years | ending not on record | |
| Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen | 1895 – 1918 | 23 years | ending not on record |
3 rulers, 3 with terms dated as terms, covering 1290 – 1918. Median reign 25 years. 0 of 2 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, undatedCieszyn Piast dynasty COA · Public domain 
flag, from 2016Flag of Cieszyn Silesia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fundacja Volens, Portal Księstwo Cieszyńskie
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 stood637 years
stood longer than 91% 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 median25 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 75% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record3
has more rulers on record than 48% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1217 – 1982, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1600, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q671899 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.