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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 ...
K.P. – Kingdom of Poland (1815–1918) P – Prussia Rz.O. – Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth R – Russia. RP – Republic of Poland (Contemporary Poland) S ...
of Poland: Vsevolod IV of Kiev r. 1203, 1206, 1207, 1208–1212: Roman the Great of Halych 1152–1205 r. 1189, 1198–1205: Władysław Odonic 1190–1239: Henry II the Pious 1196–1238–1241: Bolesław V the Chaste 1226–1243–1279: Michael of Chernigov r. 1223–1235, 1242–1246: Daniel of Galicia 1201–1264 r. 1213–1264: Bolesław ...
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 House of Radziwiłł (Polish pronunciation: [raˈd͡ʑiviww]; Lithuanian: Radvila; Belarusian: Радзівіл, romanized: Radzivił; German: Radziwill) is a Polish princely family of Lithuanian origin, and one of the most powerful magnate families originating from the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later also prominent in the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. [1]
Królewicz (Polish: [kruˈlɛ.vit͡ʂ] ⓘ, f. królewna [kruˈlɛv.na] ⓘ; plural forms królewicze and królewny) was the title given to the sons and daughters of the king of Poland (and Grand Duke of Lithuania at the same time), later the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
That order is determined first and foremost by position in the royal family tree. From the late 17th century until 2015, “next in line” after the monarch was the monarch’s eldest son, then ...
Although the Rzewuski family originated in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Catherine had no attachment to Poland and considered herself Russian. On 26 October 1873, at age 15, she married Prince Wilhelm Radziwiłł (1845–1911), son of Prince Wilhelm Radziwill (1797–1870) and Countess Mathilde von Clary und Aldringen (1806–1896), who ...