Regency Kingdom

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The Regency Kingdom was the short-lived Polish state established under German and Austro-Hungarian occupation during World War I, serving as a precursor to the reestablished independent Poland in 1918.

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Regency Kingdom canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Polish state
client state
puppet state
actualStatus puppet state of the Central Powers
aimedTo recreate a Polish kingdom
alsoKnownAs Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)
Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)
surface form: Królestwo Polskie (1917–1918)

Regency Kingdom of Poland
capital Warsaw
coatOfArms White Eagle coat of arms
surface form: White Eagle of Poland
controlledBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

German Empire
country Poland
createdByDocument Act of 5th November 1916
currency Polish marka
dateEstablished 1917-09-12
datePowerTransferred 1918-11-11
dissolutionCause defeat of the Central Powers in World War I
endDate 1918-11-11
establishedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

German Empire
flagUsed white and red horizontal bicolor
followedBy Second Polish Republic
surface form: Republic of Poland (1918–1939)

Second Polish Republic
governmentType constitutional monarchy (nominal)
hadInstitution Council of Ministers
Regency Council
headOfState Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland
headOfStateTitle Regency Council
historicalEra World War I
influencedEvent restoration of Polish independence in 1918
issued provisional constitution
legalStatus nominally independent state
locatedIn Central Powers-occupied Polish territories
militaryStatus under occupation of Central Powers
officialLanguage Polish
partOf history of Poland during World War I
precededBy German and Austro-Hungarian military occupation administration in Poland
surface form: Austro-Hungarian occupation of Polish territories

German–Soviet partition of Poland
surface form: German occupation of Congress Poland
recognizedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

German Empire
regent Aleksander Kakowski
Józef Ostrowski
Zdzisław Lubomirski
religionMajority Roman Catholicism
roleInHistory precursor to reestablished independent Poland in 1918
startDate 1917-09-12
territoryClaimed former Congress Poland
transferredPowerTo Józef Piłsudski

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