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Poland was ruled by dukes (c.962–1025, 1032–1076, 1079–1295, 1296–1300 and 1306–1320) and kings (1025–1032, 1076–1079, 1295–1296, 1300–1305 and 1320–1795). The best-known dynasties are the Piast (c.962–1370) and Jagiellonian (1386–1572): intervening and subsequent monarchs were often rulers also of neighboring lands, or princes drawn from foreign dynasties. Polish kingship ended after the third Partition in 1795, and independence was restored on a republican basis in 1918.

Contents

1 Early Piast Dynasty

2 Regional division Rozbicie dzielnicowe (1138–1306)

3 Piast unification

4 Angevin dynasty

5 Jagiellonian Dynasty

6 Electoral kings

7 Duchy of Warsaw

8 Congress Kingdom

9 Republic (since 1918)

10 See also

Early Piast Dynasty

Term	Incumbent	Notes
Early Piast dynasty Dynastia Piast�w (962–1138)
870 to 900	Siemowit
900 to 930	Lestko
930 to 960	Siemomysł
962 to 992	Mieszko I
992 to 1025	Boleslaus I the Brave	King in 1025
1025 to 1034	Mieszko II Lambert	King 1025–1031, duke 1032–1034
1039 to 1058	Casimir I the Restorer
1058 to 1079	Boleslaus II the Generous	King 1076–1079, deposed
1079 to 1102	Vladislaus I Herman
1102 to 1107	Zbigniew and Boleslaus III	Together
1107 to 1138	Boleslaus III the Wrymouth

Regional division
Rozbicie dzielnicowe (1138–1306)

Note: only rulers acknowledged as overlords (or high-dukes) of all Poland (usually those who inherited the "royal province of Cracow") are listed.

Vladislaus II the Exile (1138–1146) (Władysław II Wygnaniec, exiled by his brothers)
Boleslaus IV the Curly (1146–1173) (Bolesław Kędzierzawy)
Casimir II the Just (1173–1194) (Kazimierz Sprawiedliwy)
Mieszko III the Old (Mieszko Stary) and Leszek Biały (1194–1202) (Leszek Biały)
Vladislaus III Laskonogi (1202) (Władysław III Laskonogi)
Leszek Biały (the White) (1202–1210)
Mieszko Platonogi (1210–1211)
Leszek the White (1211–1227) Leszek Biały
Vladislaus III Laskonogi (1227–1228)
Konrad of Mazovia (1228–1232) Konrad Mazowiecki
Henry I the Bearded (1232–1238) Henryk I Brodaty
Henry II the Pious (1238–1241) Henryk II Pobożny
Konrad of Mazovia (1241–1243) Konrad Mazowiecki
Boleslaus V the Shy (1243–1279) Bolesław Wstydliwy
Leszek Czarny (the Black) (1279–1288) Leszek Czarny
Henry IV Probus (1288–1290)
Przemysl II, Duke of Poland - duke of Poznan (since 1273), duke of Great Poland (since 1279), duke of Cracow 1290-1291, duke of Pommerania (since 1294), King 1295-1296
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1291–1305) King of Poland 1300–1305
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1305–1306) Assassinated before crowning

Piast unification

Term	Incumbent	Notes
Piast unification (1306–1370)
1306 to 1333	Vladislaus I the Short	until 1320, Duke Vladislaus IV, King of Poland 1320–1333
1333–1370	Casimir III the Great

Angevin dynasty

Term	Incumbent	Notes
Angevin dynasty (House of Capet-Anjou) Dynastia Andegawen�w (1370–1399)
1370 to 1382	Louis I of Hungary
1384 to 1399	Jadwiga of Poland	♀, since 1386 together with her husband Władysław Jagiełło

Jagiellonian Dynasty

Term	Incumbent	Notes
Jagiellonian Dynasty Dynastia Jagiellon�w (1386–1572)
1386 to 1434	Vladislaus II Jagiełło	Until 1399 with his wife, Jadwiga of Poland
1434 to 1444	Vladislaus III of Varna	Killed in the Battle of Varna in 1444, hence the nick-name
1447 to 1492	Casimir IV the Jagiellonian
1492 to 1501	John I Olbracht
1501 to 1506	Alexander the Jagiellonian
1506 to 1548	Sigismund I the Old
1548 to 1572	Sigismund II Augustus

Electoral kings

Term	Incumbent	Notes
de Valois Dynasty Dynastia Walezych (1572–1573)
1572 to 1573	Henry II of Poland	He abandoned the throne and fled to France where he was crowned as Henry III of France
House of B�thory (1576–1586)
1576 to 1586	Stephen Bathory
Vasa Dynasty Dynastia Waz�w (1587–1668)
1587 to 1632	Sigismund III Vasa
1632 to 1648	Vladislaus IV Vasa
1648 to 1668	Jan Kazimierz Vasa	Abdicated and became a monk
Polish szlachta families (1669–1696)
1669 to 1673	Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
1674 to 1696	John III Sobieski
Wettin Dynasty Dynastia Wettin�w (1697–1706 and 1709–1766)
1697 to 1706 1709 to 1733	Augustus II the Strong	also Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I
1733 to 1763	August III Wettin
War of Polish Succession (1733-1738)
1706 to 1709 1733 to 1736	Stanisław Leszczyński
Polish szlachta family (1764–1795)
1764 to 1795	Stanisław August Poniatowski	Abdicated

Duchy of Warsaw

Term	Incumbent	Notes
Duchy of Warsaw Ksiestwo Warszawskie (1807–1815), dependent from France
1807 to 1815	Frederick Augustus I of Saxony	Wettin dynasty

Congress Kingdom

Term	Incumbent	Notes
Kingdom of Poland Kr�lestwo Polskie (1815–1832), in personal union with Russia
1815 to 1825	Alexander I of Russia	Romanov dynasty
1825 to 1831	Nicholas I of Russia	dismissed by Polish parliament on January 25, 1831 during the November Uprising

Republic (since 1918)

Presidents of Poland

John III Sobieski, King of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (853 words)
	Jan was born in 1629 at Olesko, Poland to Jakub (James) Sobieski (1580-1646), Voivod of Ruthenian Voivodship and Castellan of Kraków and Zofia Teofillia (Daniłowicz), granddaughter of Hetman Stanislaw Zolkiewski.
	After a distinguished military career, and following the death of King Jan II Kazimierz's successor, Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki, John Sobieski was elected by the szlachta (nobility) as king of Poland on May 21, 1674 and was crowned on February 2, 1676.
	King John III Sobieski, nicknamed by the Turks the "Lion of Lechistan", and the last great king of Poland, died in Wilanów, Poland on June 17, 1696.

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