Crown of the Polish Kingdom
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- For alternative meaning of the term see: Polish Crown Jewels
Crown of the Polish Kingdom, or just colloquially the Crown (Polish:Korona) is the name for the territories under Polish direct administration in the times of Kingdom of Poland until the end of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795. As such it is distinguishing them from federated territories of Grand Duchy of Lithuania or vassal territories like Duchy of Prussia or Duchy of Courland, which had varying degrees of autonomy.
Before the 1569 Union of Lublin, territories of the Crown can be understood as the territories of Poland proper, inhabited by Poles and under Polish administration. However after the Union of Lublin, most of the present-day Ukraine (which had a negligible Polish population) and was until then controlled by Lithuania, passed under Polish administration, becoming the territory of the Polish Crown as well.
One of the contemporary terms for Poles was the term koroniarz (plural: koroniarze), derived from the term Korona.
Depending on context, this term can also refer to The Crown, the term used to separate the government authority and property of the government from the personal influence and private assets held by the current monarch of the Commonwealth. In the Commonwealth, that often meant to distinguish between people loyal to the elected king (royalists) and people loyal to powerful magnates.
[edit] Voivodeships of the Crown
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.
[edit] Greater Poland
- Brześć Kujawski Voivodeship (województwo brzesko-kujawskie, Brześć Kujawski)
- Gniezno Voivodeship (województwo gnieźnieńskie, Gniezno) from 1768
- Inowrocław Voivodeship (województwo inowrocławskie, Inowrocław)
- Kalisz Voivodeship (województwo kaliskie, Kalisz)
- Łęczyca Voivodeship (województwo łęczyckie, Łęczyca)
- Mazovian Voivodeship (województwo mazowieckie, of Mazowsze, Warsaw) consisting of
- County of Ciechanów (ziemia ciechanowska, Ciechanów)
- County of Czersk (ziemia czerska, Czersk)
- County of Liw (ziemia liwska, Liw)
- County of Łomża (ziemia łomżyńska, Łomża)
- County of Nur (ziemia nurska, Nur)
- County of Różan (ziemia różańska, Różan)
- County of Warszawa (ziemia warszawska, Warsaw)
- County of Wisk (ziemia wiska, Wizna)
- Poznań Voivodeship (województwo poznańskie, Poznań)
- Płock Voivodeship (województwo płockie, Płock) consisting of
- County of Płock (ziemia płocka, Płock)
- County of Wyszogród (ziemia wyszogrodzka, Wyszogród)
- County of Zawkrzeń (ziemia zawkrzeńska, Zawkrzeń)
- Podlasie Voivodeship (województwo podlaskie, Drohiczyn) consisting of:
- Rawa Voivodeship (województwo rawskie, Rawa) consisting of
- Sieradz Voivodeship (województwo sieradzkie, Sieradz)
- County of Dobrzyń (ziemia dobrzyńska, Dobrzyń)
- County of Michałów (ziemia michałkowicka, Michałów)
- County of Wieluń (ziemia wieluńska, Wieluń)
- County of Wschów (ziema wschowska, Wschów)
[edit] Lesser Poland
- Bełz Voivodeship (województwo bełzkie, Bełz)
- Bracław Voivodeship (województwo bracławskie, Bracław)
- Czernichów Voivodeship (województwo czernichowskie, Czernichów)
- Kijów Voivodeship (województwo kijowskie, Kijów)
- Kraków Voivodeship (województwo krakowskie, Kraków)
- Lublin Voivodeship (województwo lubelskie, Lublin)
- Podole Voivodeship (województwo podolskie, Kamieniec Podolski)
- Ruś Voivodeship (województwo ruskie, Lwów), divided into
- Sandomierz Voivodeship (województwo sandomierskie, Sandomierz)
- Wołyń Voivodeship (województwo wołyńskie, Łuck)
- Duchy od Siewierz (księstwo Siewierskie, Siewierz)
- County of Chełm (ziemia chełmska, Chełm)
- Principality of Oświęcim and Zator (Oświęcim, Zator)
See administrative division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for more details on the historical administrative division of Poland.
