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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 ...
titular king 1281–1306–1307: Elisabeth Richeza of Poland 1286–1335: Wenceslaus II of Bohemia 1271–1296–1305: Judith of Habsburg 1271–1297: Hedwig of Kalisz 1266 – 1339: Władysław I the Elbow-high 1261–1306–1333: Euphemia of Kuyavia 1265–1308: Yuri I of Galicia 1252–1308: John of Bohemia titular king 1296–1346 r. 1310 ...
This article lists the Polish titled families. This list is not complete because in the 19th century Poland was a divided kingdom , between the Russian, the Austrian and the German Empires. Polish-Lithuanian magnates 1576-1586
The early dukes and kings of Poland are said to have regarded themselves as descendants of the semi-legendary Piast the Wheelwright (Piast Kołodziej), [5] first mentioned in the Cronicae et gesta ducum sive principum Polonorum (Chronicles and deeds of the dukes or princes of the Poles), written c. 1113 by Gallus Anonymus. However, the term ...
Rz.O. – Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth R – Russia. RP – Republic of Poland (Contemporary Poland) S – Saxony S.A. – Papal State S.I.R. – Holy Roman Empire.
Another family legend said that they were the descendants of Duke Sobiesław, the son of Leszko III, a legendary ruler of the Popielids dynasty. The family reached the height of its power and importance in the late 16th and 17th centuries, when one of its members was elected King of Poland: John III Sobieski (Jan III Sobieski).
Among the descendants of Stanislaw Leszczyński were four Kings of France and Navarre, two Kings of the Two Sicilies, two Kings of Etruria, two Kings of Italy (simultaneously one Emperor of Ethiopia and one King of the Albanians), six Kings and one Queen of Spain, two Emperors of Brazil (simultaneously one King of Portugal and Algarve), five ...
His descendants (including all Kings of Saxony) have since been Catholic. Old Saxony ... Took the Polish crown 1697, opposed by Stanisław Leszczyński, in 1704 ...