Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)

Kingdom of Poland
Królestwo Polskie (pl)
Regnum Poloniae (la)
1385–1569
Motto: "Nic o nas bez nas"
"Nothing about us without us"
Anthem: "Bogurodzica"
"Mother of God"

"Gaude Mater Polonia"[1]
"Rejoice, oh Mother Poland"
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
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385)
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Today part of  Belarus
 Moldova
 Poland
 Romania
 Transnistria
 Ukraine

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

References

  1. "Gaude Mater Polonia Creation and History". Retrieved 14 November 2017.
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