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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 ...
The fragmentation of Poland in 1138. In 1102, Bolesław III Wrymouth became the ruler of Poland. [5] Unlike Władysław I, Bolesław III proved to be a capable leader who restored the full territorial integrity of Poland but ultimately was not able to obtain the royal crown due to continued opposition from the Holy Roman Empire.
titular king 1265–1335 r. 1307–1310: Casimir III the Great 1310–1333–1370: Elisabeth of Poland 1305–1380: Charles I of Hungary 1286–1342: Anastasia of Halych: Alexander prince of Tver 1301–1339: John II of France 1319–1364: Bonne of Luxembourg 1315–1349: William, Count of Celje 1361–1392: Anna of Poland 1366–1425: Louis I ...
The reigns of King Sigismund I the Old (1506–1548) and King Sigismund II Augustus (1548–1572) witnessed an intense cultivation of culture and science (a Golden Age of the Renaissance in Poland), of which the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) [36] is the best known representative.
Casimir III the Great (Polish: Kazimierz III Wielki; 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370) reigned as the King of Poland from 1333 to 1370. He also later became King of Ruthenia in 1340, retaining the title throughout the Galicia-Volhynia Wars.
Designated as King of Poland by the General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland in 1812: Wettin: Republic of Poland (1918–1939) Chief of State. Portrait Name ...
The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. [3] The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (c. 960 –992). [4] The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of King Casimir III the Great.
Stephen Báthory as King of Poland with a Mannerist crown from about 1584, most probably created for him in Gdańsk after Willem van den Blocke's design. [ 5 ] In 1572, the throne of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth , at the time the largest and one of the most populous states in Europe, was vacated when King Sigismund II Augustus died ...