Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)

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The Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918) was a short-lived client state established by the Central Powers during World War I on formerly Russian-held Polish territories, intended as a nominally independent Polish monarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I-era polity
client state
constitutional monarchy
alsoKnownAs Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)
surface form: Królestwo Polskie (1917–1918)

Regency Kingdom
Regency Kingdom of Poland
capital Warsaw
claimedTerritory former Russian partition of Poland
coatOfArms coat of arms of Poland
surface form: White Eagle of Poland
continent Europe
country Poland
createdByDocument Act of 5th November 1916
currency Polish marka
deFactoControlledBy Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
German Empire
deFactoLanguage German
dissolutionCause collapse of the Central Powers in 1918
endDate 1918-11-11
establishedBy Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary

German Empire
executiveBody Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland
flag white and red horizontal bicolour
followedBy Second Polish Republic
surface form: Republic of Poland (1918–1939)

Second Polish Republic
governmentType client monarchy
constitutional monarchy
headOfState Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland
headOfStateTitle King of Poland
historicalEra Interwar transition period
World War I
intendedAs nominally independent Polish monarchy
legalSuccessor Second Polish Republic
legislature Provisional Council of State
Regency Council
locatedIn Central Europe
Eastern Europe
notableEvent proclamation of independence on 7 October 1918
transfer of military authority to Józef Piłsudski on 11 November 1918
officialLanguage Polish
partOf Eastern Front
surface form: Central Powers occupation zone in the Eastern Front
precededBy Congress Poland
Russian Empire
Vistula Land
primeMinister Antoni Ponikowski
Jan Kucharzewski
Józef Świeżyński
Władysław Wróblewski
regent Aleksander Kakowski
Józef Ostrowski
Zdzisław Lubomirski
religion Roman Catholicism
startDate 1917-11-05
status short-lived state
war World War I

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Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918) alsoKnownAs Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)
this entity surface form: Królestwo Polskie (1917–1918)
Polska Krajowa Kasa Pożyczkowa jurisdiction Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Poland (1916–1918)
Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland) successor Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)
this entity surface form: Regency Kingdom of Poland (1916–1918)
Polish marka usedIn Kingdom of Poland (1917–1918)