Interrex (Poland)

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Interrex (Poland)

The institution of interrex existed in 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....
, whose ruling classes

Szlachta

Szlachta refers to the nobility social class in the Kingdom of Poland , the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the increasingly polonized territories under their control ....
liked to view their Republic (Rzeczpospolita) or Commonwealth as an heir to Roman republic

Roman Republic

The Roman Republic was the phase of the Ancient Rome characterized by a republican form of government; a period which began with the overthrow of the Roman Roman Kingdom, c....
an traditions. The Commonwealth's smonarch helding a double title of the Two Nations King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania entered upon their office by free election

Free election

Free election was the election of individual monarchs, rather than of dynasties, to the Poland throne between 1572 and 1791, when "free election" was abolished by the Constitution of May 3, 1791....
, which often led to a relatively long interregnum

Interregnum

An interregnum is a period of discontinuity of a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next , and the concepts of interregnum and Regent therefore overlap....
. Traditionally the role of interrex fell since 1572 to the Archbishop of Gniezno and Primate of Poland

Archbishops of Gniezno and Primates of Poland

Archbishops of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno and simultaneously primate of Poland since 1418. They also served as Interrex in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
of the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

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The institution of interrex existed in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Szlachta

Roman Republic

Free election

Interregnum

Archbishops of Gniezno and Primates of Poland

Roman Catholic Church

The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
. The Archbishop could nominate a replacement (traditionally he would chose the bishop of Kujawy).

Interrex would represent the country on the international scene and oversee the internal administration until a new king was elected

Free election

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 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....
s, the gathering of nobility that elected the king. He also announced the election of the king.

Interreges of the Commonwealth
Took the office of interrex in	Gave up the office of interrex in	Interrex
1572	1573	Jakub Uchanski Jakub Uchanski Jakub Uchanski of Radwan Coat of Arms was a Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno and primate of Poland from 1562 to 1581, Interrex from 1572 to 1573 and from 1574 to 1575....
1575	1576	Jakub Uchanski Jakub Uchanski Jakub Uchanski of Radwan Coat of Arms was a Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gniezno and primate of Poland from 1562 to 1581, Interrex from 1572 to 1573 and from 1574 to 1575.... (again)
1586	1587	Stanislaw Karnkowski Stanislaw Karnkowski Stanislaw Karnkowski , from Junosza Coat of Arms, was the Great Referendary of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom , the Great Secretary of the Crown , bishop of Wloclawek , archbishop of Gniezno - Primate of Poland ....
1632	1633	Jan Wezyk Jan Wezyk Jan Wezyk of Waz Coat of Arms was the bishop of Przemysl and archbishop of Gniezno, , Primate of Poland and Interrex after the death of king Sigismund III Vasa in 1632, before the free election of Wladyslaw IV Waza....
1648	1648	Maciej Lubienski Maciej Lubienski Maciej Lubienski , of Pomian Coat of Arms, was a primate of Poland, archbishop of Gniezno, bishop of Poznan, bishop of Kujawy and Interrex in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth....
1668	1669	Mikolaj Prazmowski
1673	1674	Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski
1674	1674	illness and death of Kazimierz Florian Czartoryski led to him being replaced by the bishop of Kraków, Andrzej Trzebicki and bishop of Poznan, Stefan Wierzbowski
1696	1697	Michal Stefan Radziejowski Michal Stefan Radziejowski Michal Stefan Radziejowski was as an List of archbishops of Gniezno and primates of Poland and Cardinal Primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland....
1704	1705	Michal Stefan Radziejowski Michal Stefan Radziejowski Michal Stefan Radziejowski was as an List of archbishops of Gniezno and primates of Poland and Cardinal Primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland.... (again)
1704	1705	Michal Stefan Radziejowski was stripped of his authority by the Pope and went into hiding. He was replaced by bishop of Poznan, Mikolaj Swiecicki
1733	1734	Teodor Andrzej Potocki Teodor Andrzej Potocki Teodor Andrzej Potocki was a Poland nobleman , Primate of Poland, Interrex in 1733.Teodor was Rector of Przemysl, Poland and canon of Krak?w since 1687, Bishop of Chelmno since 1699 and Bishop of Warmia since 1711....
1763	1764	Wladyslaw Aleksander Lubienski Wladyslaw Aleksander Lubienski Wladyslaw Aleksander Lubienski was an archbishop of Lw?w and primate of Poland . Ally of Czartoryski Familia and Russian Empire, opponent of religious tolerance....

Interrex (Poland)

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