Royal Prussia
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Royal Prussia was a semi-autonomous province of the Kingdom of Poland on the Baltic coast, historically significant as a prosperous Hanseatic region and the homeland of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
All labels observed (5)
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former province
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | First Partition of Poland ⓘ |
| capital | Gdańsk ⓘ |
| contains |
Chełmno
ⓘ
Culmerland ⓘ Elbląg ⓘ Gdańsk ⓘ Malbork ⓘ Pomerania ⓘ
surface form:
Pomerelia
Toruń ⓘ Toruń ⓘ
surface form:
Toruń, birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus
Warmia ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of Poland ⓘ |
| currency | Polish złoty ⓘ |
| economy |
Baltic Sea commerce
ⓘ
grain trade ⓘ timber trade ⓘ |
| endTime | 1772 ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
Second Peace of Thorn (1466)
ⓘ
surface form:
Second Peace of Thorn
|
| ethnicComposition |
German-speaking burghers
ⓘ
Kashubians ⓘ Polish-speaking population ⓘ |
| followedBy | West Prussia ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
Hanseatic
ⓘ
commercial center ⓘ prosperous ⓘ self-governing institutions ⓘ semi-autonomous ⓘ urbanized ⓘ |
| hasGovernmentForm |
autonomous province within the Polish Crown
ⓘ
provincial estates ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Culmerland (Chełmno Land)
ⓘ
Prince-Bishopric of Warmia ⓘ Duchy of Pomerelia ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Pomerania (Pomerelia)
|
| historicalRole |
homeland of Nicolaus Copernicus
ⓘ
important member region of the Hanseatic League ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
German
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ Polish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Baltic Sea coast region
ⓘ
surface form:
Baltic coast
Central Europe ⓘ present-day Poland ⓘ |
| partOf |
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
ⓘ
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ
surface form:
Polish Crown lands after 1569
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ⓘ |
| precededBy | State of the Teutonic Order ⓘ |
| religion |
Lutheranism
ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| significantEvent | incorporation into the Polish Crown in 1569 ⓘ |
| startTime | 1466 ⓘ |
Referenced by (42)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Northern Poland
this entity surface form:
Royal Prussia (in some historical periods as Lauenburg–Bütow Land)
this entity surface form:
Royal Prussia (part)
this entity surface form:
Royal Prussia (formal sovereignty)
this entity surface form:
Royal Prussia (indirectly, as neighboring region)