Polish Crown

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The Polish Crown was the central political entity of the Kingdom of Poland, representing the monarchic state and its territories as a legal and historical institution distinct from the person of the king.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf component of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
historical political entity
monarchic state
abolishedBy Partitions of Poland
alsoKnownAs Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
surface form: Corona Regni Poloniae

Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
surface form: Korona Królestwa Polskiego
capital Kraków
Warsaw
continent Europe
coreTerritory Greater Poland
Lesser Poland NERFINISHED
country Kingdom of Poland
distinctFrom person of the King of Poland
distinguishedFrom royal demesne
emergedFrom Kingdom of Poland
surface form: Kingdom of Poland (Piast and Jagiellonian dynasties)
existedDuring Early modern period
Middle Ages
finalPartitionDate 1795
governmentForm elective monarchy (after 1573)
monarchy
headOfState King of Poland
includedTerritory Kiev Voivodeship
surface form: Kiev Voivodeship (Crown lands after 1569)

Mazovia
Podlasie NERFINISHED
Podolia (Crown lands after 1569)
Ruthenia
surface form: Red Ruthenia

Royal Prussia
Volhynia
surface form: Volhynia (Crown lands after 1569)
influenced concept of the Crown in later Polish constitutional thought
language Latin
Polish
legalDoctrine continuity of the Crown regardless of the monarch
legalNature corporate body of the realm
state separate from the monarch’s private domain
legislature Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
surface form: Sejm of the Polish Crown

Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
nobilityEstate szlachta
partOf Kingdom of Poland
Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
politicalConcept crown as embodiment of the state
politicalSystem nobles’ democracy
religion Roman Catholicism
symbol White Eagle coat of arms
unionCreated Union of Lublin
unionDate 1569
unionType real union
unionWith Grand Duchy of Lithuania
upperHouse Senate of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
surface form: Senate of the Polish Crown

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saltworks Castle (Zamek Żupny) governingAuthorityHistorically Polish Crown
subject surface form: Saltworks Castle
Royal Salt Mines of the Polish Crown (historically) operatedBy Polish Crown
subject surface form: Royal Salt Mines of the Polish Crown
Duke of Prussia titleConfirmedBy Polish Crown
Kalisz Land partOf Polish Crown
this entity surface form: Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
Rawa Piasts followedBy Polish Crown
this entity surface form: Crown domain of the Kingdom of Poland
Duchy of Livonia partOf Polish Crown