Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)
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| Kingdom of Poland | |||||||||
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| 1385–1569 | |||||||||
Motto: "Nic o nas bez nas" "Nothing about us without us" | |||||||||
The Kingdom of Poland between 1386 and 1434 | |||||||||
| Capital | Kraków | ||||||||
| Common languages | Polish, Latin | ||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||||||
| Government | Hereditary Monarchy | ||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||
• 1385–1389 | Jadwiga (first) | ||||||||
• 1548–1569 | Sigismund II (last) | ||||||||
| Legislature | Sejmik | ||||||||
| Senate | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
| 14 August 1385 | |||||||||
| 3 May 1505 | |||||||||
| 1 July 1569 | |||||||||
| Currency | Ducats, Rhenish guilders Polish złoty (from 1496) Red złoty (from 1526) | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | PL | ||||||||
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| Today part of | |||||||||
The Kingdom of Poland (Polish: Królestwo Polskie; Latin: Regnum Poloniae) and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania joined in a personal union established by the Union of Krewo (1385). The union was transformed into a closer one by the Union of Lublin in 1569, which was shortly followed by the end of the Jagiellon dynasty, which had ruled Poland for two centuries.
See also[edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Poland under the Jagiellon Dynasty. |
- Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
- Culture of medieval Poland
- History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty (1386–1572)
References[edit]
- ^ "Gaude Mater Polonia Creation and History". Retrieved 14 November 2017.