Map of Europe in 1279
For 1279, IntMap draws the Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent map of that year: 121 names within Europe. The map also draws 34 outlines here that the source gives no name.
Names on the map
As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn inside this view. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate.
| Name | Drawn area in view (km²) |
|---|---|
| Mongol Empire | 3,100,000 |
| Holy Roman Empire | 975,000 |
| Kingdom of France | 656,000 |
| Holy Roman Empire Minor States | 517,000 |
| Sámi | 490,000 |
| Kingdom of England | 428,000 |
| Old Kingdom of Norway | 414,000 |
| Novgorod | 390,000 |
| Crown of Castile | 354,000 |
| Kingdom of Hungary | 348,000 |
| Byzantine Empire | 278,000 |
| Duchies of Poland | 236,000 |
| Kingdom of Denmark | 202,000 |
| Kingdom of Sweden | 182,000 |
| Sweden | 180,000 |
| Kingdom of Bohemia | 161,000 |
| Hafsid Dynasty | 157,000 |
| Zayyanid dynasty | 124,000 |
| Teutonic Order | 112,000 |
| Mamluk Sultanate | 107,000 |
| Principality of Minsk | 98,300 |
| Second Bulgarian Empire | 96,300 |
| Sicily | 94,400 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 91,800 |
| Crown of Aragon | 91,600 |
| Grand Duchy of Lithuania | 90,700 |
| Kingdom of Alba | 85,300 |
| Norway | 84,900 |
| House of Habsburg | 79,400 |
| Kingdom of Serbia | 73,700 |
| English territory | 52,300 |
| Hafsid Caliphate | 51,300 |
| Capetian House of Anjou | 49,400 |
| Papal States | 46,300 |
| Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia | 43,700 |
| Margraviate of Brandenburg | 41,300 |
| Duchy of Brittany | 37,400 |
| Duchy of Bavaria | 35,200 |
| Emirate of Granada | 31,400 |
| House of Anjou-Sicily | 31,300 |
| Duchy of Masovia | 31,200 |
| Duchy of Sandomierz | 30,600 |
| County of Flanders | 29,100 |
| House of Ascania | 28,600 |
| Teutonic Knights | 28,500 |
| Republic of Pisa | 27,800 |
| Grand Duchy of Kraków | 26,700 |
| Duchy of Greater Poland | 25,700 |
| County of Champagne | 25,300 |
| Viking settlements | 21,300 |
| Kingdom of Arles | 20,800 |
| Despotate of Epirus | 20,400 |
| County of Auvergne | 19,400 |
| Banate of Bosnia | 19,300 |
| Duchy of Silesia | 19,100 |
| House of Wittelsbach | 17,700 |
| Republic of Venice | 17,700 |
| County of Savoy | 15,000 |
| Empire of Trebizond | 14,900 |
| Republic of Genoa | 14,600 |
| Kingdom of Gwynedd | 14,500 |
| Brythonic Kingdoms | 14,500 |
| Thessaly | 14,400 |
| Bulgar Khanate | 13,300 |
| Kingdom of Majorca | 12,600 |
| Duchy of Opole | 12,200 |
| County of Brabant | 11,900 |
| Kingdom of Cyprus | 11,500 |
| Siberians | 10,600 |
| Republic of Florence | 10,100 |
| County of Touraine | 10,100 |
| Kingdom of Navarre | 10,000 |
| Duchy of Aquitaine | 9,560 |
| Dauphiné | 9,260 |
| Patriarchate of Aquileia | 8,990 |
| County of Périgord | 8,570 |
| County of Holland | 8,470 |
| Duchy of Athens | 8,360 |
| County of Blôis | 8,060 |
| County of Artois | 7,560 |
| Khanate of the Golden Horde | 7,550 |
| Seljuk Caliphate | 7,180 |
| France | 7,070 |
| County of Armagnac | 6,970 |
| Venice | 6,970 |
| House of Luxembourg | 5,790 |
| Aragón | 5,360 |
| County of Foix | 4,580 |
| Hungary | 4,480 |
| Giudicato of Arborea | 3,880 |
| Serbia | 3,800 |
| Ryazan | 3,490 |
| Castile | 3,390 |
| Duchy of Głogów | 2,940 |
| Ilkhanate | 2,540 |
| Duchy of Legnica | 2,360 |
| Granada | 2,210 |
| Denmark | 2,180 |
| Comtat Venaissin | 2,100 |
| Mamluke Sultanate | 1,710 |
| Duchy of the Archipelago | 1,240 |
| Merinides | 1,200 |
| Duchy of Jawor | 1,090 |
| Trebizond | 1,010 |
| Corsica | 859 |
| County of Ampuria | 832 |
| Scotland | 720 |
| Kingdom of Sicily | 565 |
| Navarre | 529 |
| County of Tripoli | 455 |
| Georgia | 387 |
| County of Urgell | 379 |
| Abdelouadides | 308 |
| Duchy of Styria | 276 |
| Lithuania | 195 |
| Portugal | 184 |
| Principality of Orange | 140 |
| Cyprus | 45.4 |
| Britany | 31.4 |
| Poland | 28.5 |
| Sardinia | 27.5 |
What changed since 1200
Now drawn
Mongol Empire, Holy Roman Empire Minor States, Novgorod, Crown of Castile, Kingdom of Bohemia, Hafsid Dynasty, Zayyanid dynasty, Teutonic Order, Mamluk Sultanate, Sicily, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, House of Habsburg, English territory, Hafsid Caliphate, Capetian House of Anjou, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Duchy of Brittany, Duchy of Bavaria, Emirate of Granada, House of Anjou-Sicily, Duchy of Masovia, House of Ascania, Teutonic Knights, Grand Duchy of Kraków, Despotate of Epirus, County of Auvergne, House of Wittelsbach, County of Savoy, Empire of Trebizond, Thessaly, Kingdom of Majorca, County of Brabant, Siberians, Republic of Florence, County of Touraine, Duchy of Aquitaine, Dauphiné, Patriarchate of Aquileia, County of Périgord, County of Holland, Duchy of Athens, County of Artois, Khanate of the Golden Horde, Seljuk Caliphate, France, County of Armagnac, House of Luxembourg, County of Foix, Hungary, Serbia, Ryazan, Castile, Duchy of Głogów, Ilkhanate, Duchy of Legnica, Granada, Comtat Venaissin, Mamluke Sultanate, Duchy of the Archipelago, Merinides, Duchy of Jawor, Trebizond, Abdelouadides, Duchy of Styria, Lithuania, Principality of Orange
No longer drawn
Kievan Rus', Almohad Caliphate, Novgorod Republic, Kimek-Kipchak confederation, Angevin Empire, Halych-Volhynia occupation, Ayyubid Sultanate, Sultanate of Rum, Finno-Ugric taiga hunter-gatherers, Principality of Rostov-Suzdal, Principality of Chernigov, Principality of Smolensk, Cuman Khanates, Kingdom of León, Icelandic Commonwealth, Kingdom of Castile, Principality of Halych, Principality of Pereyaslavl, Kingdom of Georgia, Principality of Volhynia, Principality of Kiev, Principality of Turov and Pinsk, Principality of Ryazan, Celtic kingdoms, County of Toulouse, Great Seljuk Empire, Volga Bulgars, Principality of Jersika, Principality of Drutsk, County of Vermandois, Principality of Vladimir-Suzdal, County of Nevers, County of Berga, Giudicato of Logudoro, Brythons, Duchy of Kuyavia, Kingdom of Mann, Duchy of Wrocław, Comté de Toulouse, Principality of Antioch, Giudicato of Gallura, Croatia, Kingdom of Powys Wenwynwyn, County of Pallars Sobirà, León, Principality of Koknese, Kingdom of Powys Fadog, Principality of Galicia-Volhynia, Burgandy, County of Boulogne, Castilla, Other Rus Principalities
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1279 Map of the Middle East · 1279 Map of Africa · 1279 Map of South Asia · 1279 Map of East Asia · 1279 Map of Southeast Asia · 1279 Map of Central Asia · 1279 Map of North America · 1279 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1279 Map of South America · 1279 Map of Oceania · 1279
Source and method
Borders and names: Cliopatria v0.2.1 (Seshat Global History Databank, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by IntMap: simplified, BC years made astronomical, and the ground OpenHistoricalMap (1689–1885, and from 1886 where CShapes is silent) and CShapes (1886–2019) state removed on their own dates + aourednik/historical-basemaps (github.com/aourednik/historical-basemaps) · GPL-3.0 · adapted by IntMap: each sheet before 1886 less the ground OpenHistoricalMap and Cliopatria state at that sheet's year.
Listed: every name whose outline IntMap draws inside 25°W–45°E, 34°N–72°N on this date, with the name the map writes on it. The list is worked out when the site is built, from the same records and the same code the map uses, so it says what the map shows — not more. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation.