Coronation sejm

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Coronation sejm

Coronation sejm as one of three kinds of special sejm in pre-partition

Partitions of Poland

The Partitions of Poland or Partitions of the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in the second half of the 18th century and ended the existence of the Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth....
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth was one of the largest and most populous countries in 16th and 17th-century Europe, formed by a Union of Lublin of Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania in 1569....
. It took place before the coronation

Coronation

A coronation is a ceremony marking the investiture of a monarch with regal power, specifically involving the placement of a coronation crown upon his or her head, and the presentation of other items of regalia....
of the king-elect. It commonly took place in Kraków

Kraków

Krak?w , in English also spelled Krakow or Cracow , is one of the largest and oldest cities in Poland, with a population of 756,336 in 2007 ....
(with the exception being the Warsaw coronation sejm of Stanislaw August Poniatowski. During that sejm, the king-elect finished various ceremonies and formalities, such as swearing an oath to uphold pacta conventa
Pacta conventa

Pacta conventa may mean:*Pacta conventa , a contractual agreement between the Polish nobility and king, in force from 1573 to 1764*Pacta conventa , a contractual agreement between the Croatian nobility and the Hungarian king, in force from 1102 to 1918...
and Henrician Articles

Henrician Articles

The Henrician Articles, or Henrycian Articles , or more often stated in English literature as King Henry's Articles, were a permanent contract that stated the fundamental principles of governance and constitutional law in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the form of 21 Articles written and adopted by the szlachta in 1573 at t...
.

The coronation would take place in the Wawel Cathedral

Wawel Cathedral

Wawel Cathedral is a church located on Wawel Hill in Krak?w, which is Poland's national sanctuary. It has a 1,000-year history and was the traditional coronation site of Polish monarchs....
.

The other two kinds of special sejm--likewise concerned with the filling of the throne--were the "convocation sejm

Convocation sejm

Convocation sejm was a special sejm in pre-Partitions of Poland Poland that, upon vacancy of the throne, was summoned to Warsaw by the Primate of Poland, acting as Interrex ....
" and the "election sejm

Election sejm

Election sejm was one of three kinds of special sejm in partitions of Poland Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Upon vacancy of the throne, the election sejm, meeting at Wola outside Warsaw, elected a new king....
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