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For alternative meaning of the term see: Polish Crown Jewels
Polish Crown Jewels

The only surviving original piece of the Poland Crown Jewels from the time of the Piast dynasty is the ceremonial sword - Szczerbiec. It is currently on display along with other preserved royal items in the Wawel Castle, Krak?w....


The Crown of the Polish Kingdom (latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
: Corona Regni Poloniae), or simply the Crown , is the name for the territories under direct Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 administration in the times of the Kingdom of Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 until the end of 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....
 (1795). The term distinguishes those territories from the federated territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was an Eastern and Central European state from the 12th /13th century until the 18th century. It was founded by Lithuanians, at the time one of the Lithuanian mythology Baltic tribes, whose initial lands covered Auk?taitija, the eastern part of present day Lithuania....
 and from vassal territories such as the Duchy of Prussia and the Duchy of Courland, which enjoyed varying degrees of autonomy.

Prior to the 1569 Union of Lublin
Union of Lublin

The Union of Lublin replaced the personal union of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with a real union and an elective monarchy, since Sigismund II Augustus, the last of the Jagiellons, remained childless after three marriages....
, Crown territories may be understood as those of Poland proper, inhabited by Poles
Poles

The Polish people, or Poles , are a West Slavs ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poles are sometimes defined as people who share a common Polish culture and are of Polish descent....
 and/or under Polish administration.






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For alternative meaning of the term see: Polish Crown Jewels
Polish Crown Jewels

The only surviving original piece of the Poland Crown Jewels from the time of the Piast dynasty is the ceremonial sword - Szczerbiec. It is currently on display along with other preserved royal items in the Wawel Castle, Krak?w....


The Crown of the Polish Kingdom (latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
: Corona Regni Poloniae), or simply the Crown , is the name for the territories under direct Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 administration in the times of the Kingdom of Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 until the end of 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....
 (1795). The term distinguishes those territories from the federated territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was an Eastern and Central European state from the 12th /13th century until the 18th century. It was founded by Lithuanians, at the time one of the Lithuanian mythology Baltic tribes, whose initial lands covered Auk?taitija, the eastern part of present day Lithuania....
 and from vassal territories such as the Duchy of Prussia and the Duchy of Courland, which enjoyed varying degrees of autonomy.

Prior to the 1569 Union of Lublin
Union of Lublin

The Union of Lublin replaced the personal union of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with a real union and an elective monarchy, since Sigismund II Augustus, the last of the Jagiellons, remained childless after three marriages....
, Crown territories may be understood as those of Poland proper, inhabited by Poles
Poles

The Polish people, or Poles , are a West Slavs ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. Poles are sometimes defined as people who share a common Polish culture and are of Polish descent....
 and/or under Polish administration. With the Union of Lublin, however, most of present-day Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
 (which had a negligible Polish population and had until then been governed by Lithuania
Grand Duchy of Lithuania

The Grand Duchy of Lithuania was an Eastern and Central European state from the 12th /13th century until the 18th century. It was founded by Lithuanians, at the time one of the Lithuanian mythology Baltic tribes, whose initial lands covered Auk?taitija, the eastern part of present day Lithuania....
) passed under Polish administration, becoming likewise Polish Crown territory.

In that period, a term for a Pole was koroniarz (plural: koroniarze), derived from Korona.

Depending on context, "Crown" may also refer to "The Crown
The Crown

Throughout the Commonwealth realms, the Crown is an abstract metonymy concept which represents the legal authority for the existence of any government....
," a term used to distinguish the personal influence and private assets of the Commonwealth's current monarch from government authority and property. This often meant a distinction between persons loyal to the elected King (royalists) and persons loyal to the magnate
Magnate

Magnate, from the Late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus 'great', designates a noble or other man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities....
s.

Provinces

Crown was divided into two province
Province

A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state....
s: Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
 (Polish: Malopolska) and Greater Poland
Greater Poland

Greater Poland or Great Poland, Polish Wielkopolska is a historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief city is Poznan. Administratively, most of the region now forms Greater Poland Voivodeship , although some parts lie in Lubusz Voivodeship, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and L?dz Voivodeship Voivodeships of Poland....
 (Polish: Wielkopolska) which were further divided into administrative units known as voivodeship
Voivodeship

A voivodeship, also spelled voivodship, voivodina or vojvodina , is a type of administrative division dating to medieval Poland, Romania, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia and Serbia , ruled by a voivode ....
s.

Greater Poland
Greater Poland

Greater Poland or Great Poland, Polish Wielkopolska is a historical region of west-central Poland. Its chief city is Poznan. Administratively, most of the region now forms Greater Poland Voivodeship , although some parts lie in Lubusz Voivodeship, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship and L?dz Voivodeship Voivodeships of Poland....
 Province

Rzeczpospolita Voivodships
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* Brzesc Kujawski Voivodeship
Brzesc Kujawski Voivodeship

Brzesc Kujawski Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795....
 (województwo brzesko-kujawskie, Brzesc Kujawski
Brzesc Kujawski

Brzesc Kujawski [] is a town in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Population - 4,521 , Poland.It has been the seat of one of two small duchy into which Kuyavia has been temporarily divided....
)
  • Gniezno Voivodeship
    Gniezno Voivodeship

    Gniezno Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland for a short time from 1768, when it was cut from the Kalisz Voivodeship, to the partitions of Poland in 1772-1795....
     (województwo gnieznienskie, Gniezno
    Gniezno

    Gniezno is a town in central-western Poland, some 50 km east of Poznan, inhabited by about 73,000 people. Situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship , previously in Poznan Voivodeship....
    ) from 1768
  • Inowroclaw Voivodeship
    Inowroclaw Voivodeship

    Inowroclaw Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795....
     (województwo inowroclawskie, Inowroclaw
    Inowroclaw

    Inowroclaw According to the 2004 Census estimate the town has a total population of 77,641. Situated in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, Inowroclaw was previously in the Bydgoszcz Voivodeship ....
    )
  • Kalisz Voivodeship
    Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793)

    Kalisz Voivodeship 1314?1793 was an administrative unit of Poland from 1314 to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795. It was part of Greater Poland province....
     (województwo kaliskie, Kalisz
    Kalisz

    Kalisz is a city in central Poland with 109,800 inhabitants . Situated on the Prosna river in the southeastern part of the Greater Poland Voivodeship, the city forms a conurbation with the nearby towns of Ostr?w Wielkopolski and Skalmierzyce....
    )
  • Leczyca Voivodeship
    Leczyca Voivodeship

    Leczyca Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century until the partitions of Poland in 1772-1795....
     (województwo leczyckie, Leczyca
    Leczyca

    Leczyca [] is a town of 16,594 inhabitants in central Poland. Situated in the L?dz Voivodeship, it is the county seat of the Leczyca County....
    )
  • Mazovian Voivodeship
    Masovian Voivodeship (1526-1795)

    Masovian Voivodeship, 1526-1795 was an administrative region of the Kingdom of Poland of the Jagiellons, and of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, from the 15th century to the partitions of Poland ....
     (województwo mazowieckie, of Mazowsze, Warsaw
    Warsaw

    Warsaw is the Capital and World's largest cities of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River roughly from both the Baltic Sea coast and the Carpathian Mountains....
    )
  • Poznan Voivodeship
    Poznan Voivodeship (14th century–1793)

    Poznan Voivodeship 14th c.-1793 , ) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from the 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772-1795....
     (województwo poznanskie, Poznan
    Poznan

    Poznan is a city in west-central Poland with over 567,882 inhabitants . Located on the Warta River, it is one of the oldest cities in Poland, making it an important historical centre and a vibrant centre of trade, industry, and education....
    )
  • Plock Voivodeship
    Plock Voivodeship (1495–1793)

    Plock Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from the 15th century till the partitions of Poland in 1795....
     (województwo plockie, Plock
    Plock

    Plock is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, with 131,011 inhabitants. It is located in the Masovian Voivodeship , having previously been the capital of the Plock Voivodeship ....
    )
  • Podlaskie Voivodeship
    Podlaskie Voivodeship (1513–1795)

    The Podlaskie Voivodeship was formed in 1513 by Sigismund I the Old as a voivodeship in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, from a split off part of the Trakai Voivodeship....
     (województwo podlaskie, Drohiczyn
    Drohiczyn

    Drohiczyn [] is a small historic town in Siemiatycze County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland. The town with population 2,110 is situated on a bank of river Western Bug....
    )
  • Rawa Voivodeship
    Rawa Voivodeship

    Rawa Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland since 15th century till the partitions of Poland in 1795....
     (województwo rawskie, Rawa
    Rawa Mazowiecka

    Rawa Mazowiecka [] is a town in central Poland, with 17,765 inhabitants . It lies in the L?dz Voivodeship and is the capital of Rawa County.From 1562 hosted Rawa Treasury for Polish-Lithuanian army....
    )
  • Sieradz Voivodeship (województwo sieradzkie, Sieradz
    Sieradz

    Sieradz is a town on the Warta river in central Poland with 44,326 inhabitants .It is situated in the L?dz Voivodship , but was previously the eponymous capital of the Sieradz Voivodship , and historically one of the minor duchies in Greater Poland....
    )
  • Prince-Bishopric of Warmia


Lesser Poland
Lesser Poland

Lesser Poland is one of the historical regions of Poland. It forms the southeastern corner of the country. It should not be confused with the modern Lesser Poland Voivodeship, which covers just a part of the historical region of Lesser Poland...
 Province

  • Belz Voivodeship
    Belz Voivodeship

    Belz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795....
     (województwo belzkie, Belz
    Belz

    Belz , a small town in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, is located between the Solokiya river and the Rzeczyca stream....
    )
  • Braclaw Voivodeship
    Braclaw Voivodeship

    The Braclaw Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania since 1566 till 1569 and of the Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth since 1569 till 1793/1795....
     (województwo braclawskie, Braclaw
    Bratslav

    Bratslav is a townlet in Ukraine, located in the Nemyriv raion of Vinnytsya Oblast, by the Southern Bug river. It is a medieval European city having dramatically lost its importance during 19th-20th centuries....
    )
  • Czernichów Voivodeship (województwo czernichowskie, Czernichów
    Czernichów

    Czernich?w may refer to:*Czernich?w, Krak?w County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship *Czernich?w, Proszowice County in Lesser Poland Voivodeship *Czernich?w, Silesian Voivodeship ...
    )
  • Kijów Voivodeship
    Kijów Voivodeship

    The Kiev Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania from 1471 until 1569 and of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland from 1569 until 1793/1795, part of Lesser Poland....
     (województwo kijowskie, Kijów
    Kijów

    Kij?w may refer to:*Polish name for Kiev, the capital of Ukraine*Kij?w, Silesian Voivodeship *Kij?w, Lubusz Voivodeship *Kij?w, Opole Voivodeship ...
    )
  • Kraków Voivodeship
    Kraków Voivodeship (14th century-1795)

    Krak?w Voivodeship 14th c.-1795 - a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772-1795 ....
     (województwo krakowskie, 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 ....
    )
  • Lublin Voivodeship
    Lublin Voivodeship (1474–1795)

    Lublin Voivodeship 15th century – 1795 was an administrative region of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth created in 1474 out of parts of Sandomierz Voivodeship and lasting till the Partitions of Poland in 1795....
     (województwo lubelskie, Lublin
    Lublin

    Lublin is the largest city in Poland east of the Vistula, and the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 355,954 . It is List of cities and towns in Poland....
    )
  • Podole Voivodeship
    Podole Voivodeship

    The Podole Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland , since the 14th century till 1793/1795, except for a short period of Ottoman Empire administration ....
     (województwo podolskie, Kamieniec Podolski)
  • Rus Voivodeship
    Ruthenian Voivodeship

    Ruthenia Voivodeship was an administrative division of the Kingdom of Poland . Together with Belz Voivodeship, it formed Prowincja with its capital city in Krak?w....
     (województwo ruskie, Lwów), divided into
  • Sandomierz Voivodeship
    Sandomierz Voivodeship

    Sandomierz Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland from 14th century to the partitions of Poland in 1772–1795....
     (województwo sandomierskie, Sandomierz
    Sandomierz

    Sandomierz is a city in south-eastern Poland with 25,714 inhabitants .Situated in the Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship , previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship ....
    )
  • Wolyn Voivodeship (województwo wolynskie, Luck
    Luck

    Luck is a chance happening, or that which happens beyond a person's control. Luck can be good or bad ....
    )
  • Duchy of Siewierz
    Duchy of Siewierz

    The Duchy of Siewierz was an old Silesian duchy with its capital in Siewierz, established around 1341 during the times of fragmentation of Poland....
     (Siewierz
    Siewierz

    Siewierz [] is a town in the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland....
    )


Royal Prussia
Royal Prussia

Royal Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Poland from 1466 and then the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1772. Royal Prussia included Pomerelia, Chelmno Land, Malbork Voivodeship, Gdansk, Torun, and Elblag....
 Province (1569 - 1772)

Royal Prussia ) was a province of the Kingdom of Poland
Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)

The Kingdom of Poland of the Jagiellons was the Poland state created by the accession of Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, to the Polish throne in 1386....
 from 1466 and then the 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....
 from 1569 to 1772. Royal Prussia included Pomerelia
Pomerelia

Pomerelia is a Historical regions of Central Europe in northern Poland. Pomerelia was situated in eastern Pomerania on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, centered on the city of Gdansk at the mouth of the Vistula....
, Chelmno Land (Kulmerland)
Chelmno Land

Kulmerland is a German language of a historical region in central Poland bounded by the Vistula and Drweca rivers.Kulmerland is named after the city of Chelmno ....
, Malbork Voivodeship (Marienburg)
Malbork Voivodeship

The Malbork Voivodeship was a unit of administrative division and local government in the Kingdom of Poland from 1454/1466 until the Partitions of Poland in 1772-1795....
, Gdansk (Danzig)
Gdansk

Gdansk is the city at the centre of the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Poland. It is Poland's principal seaport as well as the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship....
, Torun (Thorn)
Torun

Torun is a city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River, with population over 207,190 as of 2006, making it the second largest city of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, after Bydgoszcz....
, and Elblag (Elbing)
Elblag

Elblag is a city in northern Poland with 127,892 inhabitants . It is the capital of Elblag County and has been assigned to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999....
.

Towns in Spisz County (1412 - 1795)

As one of the terms of the Treaty of Lubowla
Treaty of Lubowla

Treaty of Lubowla of 1412 was a treaty between Jogaila, King of Poland, and Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Kingdom of Hungary. Negotiated in the town of Star? Lubovna in modern Slovakia, it was confirmed later that year in Buda....
, the Hungarian crown exchanged, for a loan of sixty times the amount of 37,000 Prague groschen - approximately seven tonnes of pure silver, 16 rich salt-producing towns in the area of Spisz (Zips), as well as a right to incorporate them into Poland until the debt is repaid. The towns affected were: Biala, Lubica
Lubica

Lubica is a large village and municipality in Ke?marok District in the Pre?ov Region of north Slovakia....
, Wierzbów, Spiska Sobota, Poprad, Straze, Spiskie Wlochy
Spišské Vlachy

Spissk? Vlachy is a town in eastern Slovakia. It is in the Spi? region . It is now administratively in the district of Spi?sk? Nov? Ves District, which is part of the Ko?ice Region....
, Nowa Wies
Nowa Wies

Nowa Wies is a very common place name in Poland. It may refer to:*Nowa Wies, Gmina Nowogrodziec in Lower Silesian Voivodeship *Nowa Wies, Gmina Boleslawiec in Lower Silesian Voivodeship ...
, Spiska Nowa Wies, Ruszkinowce, Wielka, Spiskie Podgrodzie
Spišské Podhradie

Spi?sk? Podhradie is a town in Spi? in the Pre?ov Region of Slovakia. Its population is 3,826.Spi?sk? Podhradie is situated at the foot of the hill of Spi? Castle....
, Maciejowce, Twarozne
Tvarožná

Tvaro?n? may refer to several places.*Tvaro?n?, Ke?marok District, Slovakia*Tvaro?n?, Brno-Country District, Czech Republic...
.

See also

  • Administrative division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
    Administrative division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

    The administrative division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was the result of the long and complicated history of the History of Poland and the union of Poland and Lithuania....
     for more details on the historical administrative division of Poland.