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The term distinguishes those territories from federated with the Crown [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] ({{Legend0|plum}}) and from [[fiefdom]] territories (which enjoyed varying degrees of [[Wiktionary:autonomy|autonomy]] or semi-independence from the King) inter alia the [[Duchy of Prussia]] ({{Legend0|lightpink}}), the [[Duchy of Courland]] ({{Legend0|lightgrey}}).
The term distinguishes those territories from federated with the Crown [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] ({{Legend0|plum}}) and from [[fiefdom]] territories (which enjoyed varying degrees of [[Wiktionary:autonomy|autonomy]] or semi-independence from the King) inter alia the [[Duchy of Prussia]] ({{Legend0|lightpink}}), the [[Duchy of Courland]] ({{Legend0|lightgrey}}).


Prior to the 1569 [[Union of Lublin]], Crown territories may be understood as those of Poland proper, inhabited by [[Poles]]{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} and/or under administration of [[szlachta|Polish nobility]]. With the Union of Lublin, however, most of present-day [[Ukraine]] (which had a negligible Polish population and had until then been governed by [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Lithuania]]) passed under Polish nobility administration, becoming likewise Crown territory.
Prior to the 1569 [[Union of Lublin]], Crown territories may be understood as those of Poland proper, inhabited by [[Poles]]{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} or other areas under the sovreignty of [[szlachta|Polish nobility]]. With the Union of Lublin, however, most of present-day [[Ukraine]] (which had a negligible Polish population and had until then been governed by [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania|Lithuania]]) passed under Polish nobility administration, becoming likewise Crown territory.


In that period, a term for a Pole was ''koroniarz''{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} (plural: ''koroniarze''), derived from ''Korona''.
In that period, a term for a Pole was ''koroniarz''{{Citation needed|date=November 2009}} (plural: ''koroniarze''), derived from ''Korona''.

Revision as of 10:10, 28 May 2010

This article is about unit of administrative division,
for "public properties, state properties" of "Polish-Lithuanian" Kings see: "Crown lands" in Poland and Lithuania (Polish: królewszczyzny, dobra królewskie)
for insignia of Polish and "Polish-Lithuanian" Kings see: Polish Crown Jewels
The Crown marked in       on high-level administration map of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and its fiefdoms in 1619. Superimposed on present day political map of Central and Eastern Europe

The Crown of the Polish Kingdom (Polish: Korona, Latin: Corona Regni Poloniae), or simply the Crown, (on the map:      ), is the name for the unit of administrative division, the territories under direct administration of (mostly) Polish nobility from middle-ages to late XVIII century (currently lands of Ukraine, Poland, some border lands of inter alia: Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Slovakia, Romania). Some of them belonged yet to the Kingdom of Poland, then to Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth until its final collapse in 1795.

The term distinguishes those territories from federated with the Crown Grand Duchy of Lithuania (     ) and from fiefdom territories (which enjoyed varying degrees of autonomy or semi-independence from the King) inter alia the Duchy of Prussia (     ), the Duchy of Courland (     ).

Prior to the 1569 Union of Lublin, Crown territories may be understood as those of Poland proper, inhabited by Poles[citation needed] or other areas under the sovreignty of Polish nobility. With the Union of Lublin, however, most of present-day Ukraine (which had a negligible Polish population and had until then been governed by Lithuania) passed under Polish nobility administration, becoming likewise Crown territory.

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

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

Provinces

Crown was divided into two provinces: Lesser Poland (Polish: Małopolska) and Greater Poland (Polish: Wielkopolska) which were further divided into administrative units known as voivodeships (Polish names of voivodships and towns below in brackets).

Greater Poland Province

Template:Pl icon Voivodeships of the Commonwealth of the Two Nations
Template:Pl icon Template:En icon Map showing voivodeships of the Commonwealth of the Two Nations
Template:Pl icon Template:En icon Voivodeships of the Commonwealth of the Two Nations in 1635

Lesser Poland Province

Royal Prussia Province (1569 - 1772)

Main article: Royal Prussia

Royal Prussia Polish: Prusy Królewskie) was a province of the Kingdom of Poland from 1466 and then the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1772. Royal Prussia included Pomerelia, Chełmno Land (Kulmerland), Malbork Voivodeship (Marienburg), Gdańsk (Danzig), Toruń (Thorn), and Elbląg (Elbing).

Towns in Spisz County (1412 - 1795)

As one of the terms of the Treaty of Lubowla, 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: Biała, Lubica, Wierzbów, Spiska Sobota, Poprad, Straże, Spiskie Włochy, Nowa Wieś, Spiska Nowa Wieś, Ruszkinowce, Wielka, Spiskie Podgrodzie, Maciejowce, Twarożne.

See also

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