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Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes and princes (10th to 14th centuries) or by kings (11th to 18th centuries). During the latter period, a tradition of free election of monarchs made it a uniquely electable position in Europe (16th to 18th centuries).
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 Princes
King of Poland in tournament attire, ca. 1433-1435. The princely houses of Poland and Lithuania differed from other princely houses in Europe. The Polish and Lithuanian nobility could not be granted noble titles by the King in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as hereditary titles, with some exceptions, were largely forbidden.
Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony 1731–1767: Louis, Dauphin of France 1729–1765: Stanisław August Poniatowski 1732–1798 r. 1764–1795: Catherine the Great 1729–1795–1796: Peter III of Russia 1728–1762: Frederick August duke of Warsaw: Paul I of Russia 1754–1796–1801: Maria Augusta of Saxony 1782–1863: Alexander II 1777–1801 ...
Polish Princes of the Holy Roman Empire (10 P) Princes of Poland (3 P) Pages in category "Polish princes" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
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 ...
Pages in category "Princes of Poland" ... Polish Prince This page was last edited on 18 June 2024, at 21:36 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
List of Polish royal consorts This page was last edited on 21 October 2024, at 02:50 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4. ...