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Świętosława was a Polish princess, the daughter of Mieszko I of Poland and sister of Bolesław I of Poland, who married two Scandinavian kings.. Some chroniclers recount that a princess, whose name is not given, was married first to Eric the Victorious of Sweden and then to Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark, giving the former a son, Olof, and the latter two sons, Harald and Cnut.
The title "Princess of Poland" was never used. King’s daughter or royal daughter was called królewna. Princesses, in Polish księżniczka, ksiėżna were mainly used in Princely and ducal families of Poland. However, legitimate daughters of the kings and royals of Poland are also referred to and translates as Polish princesses in English ...
Princess Anna of Poland (1366–1425) was a Polish princess born into the House of Piast, and by marriage was Countess of Celje, also called Cilli, a medieval feudal dynasty within the Holy Roman Empire. She was an influential woman in the politics of the Kingdom of Poland. [1]
Following the Napoleonic Wars, many sovereigns claimed the title of Polish king, duke or ruler, notably German (the King of Prussia was also the sovereign of the Grand Duchy of Posen 1815-1918), Russian (the Congress Kingdom of Poland was founded in 1815 with the widely unrecognized title of King of Poland to the Emperor of Russia until 1915 ...
Princess Wanda (reputedly lived in 8th century Poland) [1] was the daughter of the Lechitic King Krakus, legendary founder of Kraków. Upon her father's death she became a princess of the Poles, but committed suicide to avoid an unwanted marriage.
Theresa Kunegunda (Polish: Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska, German: Kurfürstin Therese Kunigunde, French: Thérèse-Cunégonde Sobieska) (4 March 1676 – 27 March 1730) was a Polish princess, Electress of Bavaria and of the Electorate of the Palatinate. By birth she was member of the House of Sobieski and by marriage member of the House of ...
Sophia of Poland (Polish: Zofia Jagiellonka, 6 May 1464 – 5 October 1512), was a Polish princess, member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, great-granddaughter of Emperor Sigismund and by marriage Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach and Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
Hedwig Jagiellon (Polish: Jadwiga Jagiellonka; Lithuanian: Jadvyga Jogailaitė, German: Hedwig Jagiellonica; 21 September 1457 – 18 February 1502), baptized as Hedwigis, was a Polish princess and member of the Jagiellonian dynasty. She was Duchess of Bavaria by marriage to George, Duke of Bavaria.