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After the death of the last Jagiellonian king, the united Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth became an elective monarchy with mostly foreigners elected as monarchs such as Henry III of France, who witnessed the introduction of the Golden Liberty system and Stephen Báthory, a capable military commander who strengthened the nation.
Chościsko: Piast the Wheelwright: Siemowit: Lestek: Siemomysł died ca. 950–960: Mieszko I 930–960–992: Judith of Hungary 969–988: Bolesław I Chrobry
20th-century Polish monarchs (1 P) D. Dukes of Poland (10 C, 11 P) L. Legendary Polish monarchs (15 P) P. ... List of Polish monarchs; Family tree of Polish monarchs;
Princely (grand ducal) roots of this family are older, but only connected with Lithuania. Previously also known as the Gediminid dynasty in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . The dynasty takes its name from Władysław II Jagiełło who was the Grand Duke of Lithuania between 1377–1434 and then alongside his wife queen regnant Jadwiga of Poland ...
A – Habsburg monarchy / Austrian Empire / Kingdom of Hungary Ang. – England B – Belgium Baw. – Bavaria F – France G – Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria I – Italy K.P. – Kingdom of Poland (1815–1918) P – Prussia Rz.O. – Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth R – Russia. RP – Republic of Poland (Contemporary Poland) S ...
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 . Branches of the Piast dynasty continued to rule in the Duchy of Masovia (until 1526) and in the Duchies of Silesia until the last male Silesian Piast died in 1675.
Family Image; Lech I: 6th century: 6th century: 6th century: Legendary founder of the Polish nation: ... Regarded as one of the greatest Polish monarchs: Piast: Anjou ...
Polish Nobleman, by Rembrandt, 1637. The szlachta (Polish: szlachta, ⓘ) was a privileged social class in the Kingdom of Poland.The term szlachta was also used for the Lithuanian nobility after the union of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with Poland as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Union of Lublin, 1569) and for the increasingly Polonized nobilities of territories controlled by the ...