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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 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 ...
Władysław I Łokietek, in English known as the "Elbow-high" or Ladislaus the Short (c. 1260/1 – 2 March 1333), was King of Poland from 1320 to 1333, and duke of several of the provinces and principalities in the preceding years.
Poland (red) at the end of the reign of Casimir III (1370); Silesia (yellow) had been lost, but the kingdom was expanding to the east Casimir was born on 30 April 1310 in Kowal, Kuyavia, [4] the third son of Ladislaus the Short and Jadwiga of Kalisz. [5]
967 – 17 June 1025: Duke: 992 King: 18 April 1025: Duke: 18 April 1025 King: 17 June 1025: Son of Mieszko I and Dobrawa of Bohemia.First to be crowned king. Regnum Sclavorum, Gothorum sive Polonorum
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 ...
Władysław IV Vasa [a] or Ladislaus IV of Poland (9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648) was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and claimant of the thrones of Sweden and Russia. Born into the House of Vasa as a prince of Poland and of Sweden, Władysław IV was the eldest son of Sigismund III Vasa and Sigismund's first wife, Anna of Austria.