Feudal fragmentation is usually associated with European history around the Middle Ages.

Feudal fragmentation is related to the concepts of agnatic seniority and principate.

The "senioral principle" was soon broken, leading to a period of nearly 200 years of Poland's feudal fragmentation.

After the feudal fragmentation of Poland it had a certain amount of autonomy, before becoming part of the Hapsburg Empire in 1526.

In the period of Poland's feudal fragmentation, it was believed that Poland would one day reintegrate as had the members of Saint Stanisław's body.

Henry the Bearded is considered by historians as one of the most prominent Piast Princes from the period of Poland's feudal fragmentation.

Aga Muhammad khan Qajar's goal was to end with the feudal fragmentation and to restore the old Safavid State in Iran.

Whatever the exact circumstances of, or the responsibility for, the event, it is generally accepted that the crime contributed to the deepening of the feudal fragmentation of Poland.

According to Samir Amin, feudal fragmentation has been mostly a European phenomenon and did not occur in the history of China or Islamic Middle Eastern states.

As a result of the feudal fragmentation of Pomerania, Belgard was part of Pomerania-Wolgast from 1295 and Pomerania-Stolp from 1368.

After the death of Andrey's brother Vsevolod the Big Nest in 1212 Russian North-East entered a continuos stage of feudal fragmentation.

At the same time, the term feudal fragmentation has been used in the context of history of China (the Warring States Period) and history of Japan (the Sengoku period).

One of the richest towns of Greater Poland, during the feudal fragmentation of Poland it formed a separate duchy ruled by a local branch of the Piast dynasty.

History of Silesian Piasts began with the feudal fragmentation of Poland in 1138 following the death of Bolesław III Wrymouth - Duke of Poland.

After his death and the resulting Feudal fragmentation of Poland among his descendants, the region passed to the Mieszko III the Old of the Duchy of Greater Poland.

Feudal fragmentation occurs after the death of the legitimate ruler leaves no clear heirs, and rulers of various subdivisions of the original state fail at electing or agreeing on a new leader for the previous, larger entity.

In 1246, during the period known as Fragmentation of Poland (see Feudal fragmentation), Prince Konrad I of Masovia initiated construction of the town, in the location of the ancient gord.

His last, and perhaps the most momentous act, was his will and testament known as "The Succession Statute" in which he divided the country among his sons leading to almost 200 years of feudal fragmentation of the Polish Kingdom.

Influence of Russian Orthodox church steadily grew in 11th-14th centuries, its influence as a consolidating religious force after Mongol invasion of Rus and during period of feudal fragmentation in Kiev Rus became especially important.

The Duchy of Silesia was first split into lower and upper parts in 1172 during the period of Poland's feudal fragmentation, when the land was divided between two sons of former High Duke Władysław II.

It was formed in 1202 from the union of the Upper Silesian duchies of Opole and the Racibórz, in a rare exception to the continuing feudal fragmentation of the original Duchy of Silesia.

The duchy formed in 1170 because of the feudal fragmentation of Kievan Rus' when the Volhynia region (centered at Volodymyr-Volynsky) was passed to Mstislav II of Kiev who later split it between his sons.

Feudal fragmentation is a stage in the development of certain feudal states, in which it is split into smaller regional state structures, each characterized by significant autonomy if not outright independence and ruled by a high-ranking noble such as a prince or a duke.

This led to a period of nearly 200 years of Poland's feudal fragmentation; the estrangement of the Silesian Piasts deepening after the death of Duke Henry II the Pious at the disastrous Battle of Legnica in 1241.

During the period of feudal fragmentation of Poland it was initially part of the Duchy of Greater Poland and then subject of fighting between the Duchy and the Margraviate of Brandenburg, which took control of it after 1296.