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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.2</span> <span>Reunification attempts in the Kingdom of Poland 1232–1305</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reunification_attempts_in_the_Kingdom_of_Poland_1232–1305-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Piast_kings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Piast_kings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.2.1</span> <span>Piast kings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Piast_kings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Přemyslid_kings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-4"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Přemyslid_kings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2.2.2</span> <span>Přemyslid kings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Přemyslid_kings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reunited_Kingdom_of_Poland,_1314–1569" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reunited_Kingdom_of_Poland,_1314–1569"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Reunited Kingdom of Poland, 1314–1569</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reunited_Kingdom_of_Poland,_1314–1569-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Piast_kings_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Piast_kings_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.1</span> <span>Piast kings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Piast_kings_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Anjou_kings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Anjou_kings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.2</span> <span>Anjou kings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Anjou_kings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Jagiellonian_kings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Jagiellonian_kings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3.3</span> <span>Jagiellonian kings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Jagiellonian_kings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth_(1569–1795)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth_(1569–1795)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth_(1569–1795)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Duchy_of_Warsaw_(1807–1815)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Duchy_of_Warsaw_(1807–1815)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Duchy_of_Warsaw_(1807–1815)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republic_of_Poland_(1918–1939)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republic_of_Poland_(1918–1939)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Republic of Poland (1918–1939)</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Republic_of_Poland_(1918–1939)-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Republic of Poland (1918–1939) subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Republic_of_Poland_(1918–1939)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Chief_of_State" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chief_of_State"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Chief of State</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chief_of_State-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-President_of_the_Republic" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#President_of_the_Republic"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>President of the Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-President_of_the_Republic-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government_of_the_Republic_of_Poland_in_Exile_(1939–1990)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government_of_the_Republic_of_Poland_in_Exile_(1939–1990)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile (1939–1990)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Government_of_the_Republic_of_Poland_in_Exile_(1939–1990)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Polish_People's_Republic_(1944–1989)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Polish_People's_Republic_(1944–1989)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Polish People's Republic (1944–1989)</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Polish_People's_Republic_(1944–1989)-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Polish People's Republic (1944–1989) subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Polish_People's_Republic_(1944–1989)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-President_of_the_State_National_Council" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#President_of_the_State_National_Council"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>President of the State National Council</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-President_of_the_State_National_Council-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-President_of_the_Republic_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#President_of_the_Republic_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>President of the Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-President_of_the_Republic_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Chairman_of_the_Council_of_State" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Chairman_of_the_Council_of_State"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Chairman of the Council of State</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Chairman_of_the_Council_of_State-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-First_Secretaries_of_the_Polish_Workers'_Party_(PPR)/Polish_United_Workers'_Party_(PZPR)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#First_Secretaries_of_the_Polish_Workers'_Party_(PPR)/Polish_United_Workers'_Party_(PZPR)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>First Secretaries of the Polish Workers' Party (PPR)/Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-First_Secretaries_of_the_Polish_Workers'_Party_(PPR)/Polish_United_Workers'_Party_(PZPR)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republic_of_Poland_(1989–present)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republic_of_Poland_(1989–present)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Republic of Poland (1989–present)</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Republic_of_Poland_(1989–present)-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Republic of Poland (1989–present) subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Republic_of_Poland_(1989–present)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-President_of_the_Republic_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#President_of_the_Republic_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.1</span> <span>President of the Republic</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-President_of_the_Republic_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Timeline_since_1918" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Timeline_since_1918"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Timeline since 1918</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Timeline_since_1918-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label 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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente_de_Polonia" title="Presidente de Polonia – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Presidente de Polonia" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llista_de_caps_d%27estat_de_Pol%C3%B2nia" title="Llista de caps d'estat de Polònia – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Llista de caps d'estat de Polònia" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%88%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%87%C4%95%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA%C4%95" title="Польша президенчĕсен списокĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Польша президенчĕсен списокĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seznam_prezident%C5%AF_Polska" title="Seznam prezidentů Polska – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Seznam prezidentů Polska" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polske_pr%C3%A6sidenter" title="Polske præsidenter – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Polske præsidenter" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Pr%C3%A4sidenten_Polens" title="Liste der Präsidenten Polens – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Liste der Präsidenten Polens" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Presidentes_de_Polonia" title="Anexo:Presidentes de Polonia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anexo:Presidentes de Polonia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listo_de_prezidantoj_de_Pollando" title="Listo de prezidantoj de Pollando – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Listo de prezidantoj de Pollando" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_pr%C3%A9sidents_de_la_Pologne" title="Liste des présidents de la Pologne – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Liste des présidents de la Pologne" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidente_de_Polonia" title="Presidente de Polonia – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Presidente de Polonia" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%B4%EB%9E%80%EB%93%9C%EC%9D%98_%EA%B5%AD%EA%B0%80%EC%9B%90%EC%88%98" title="폴란드의 국가원수 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="폴란드의 국가원수" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listo_pri_prezidanti_di_Polonia" title="Listo pri prezidanti di Polonia – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Listo pri prezidanti di Polonia" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daftar_presiden_Polandia" title="Daftar presiden Polandia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Daftar presiden Polandia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" 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Poland">Human rights</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Poland#Legislative" title="Politics of Poland">Legislature</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center; background:lavender; line-height:18px;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Poland" title="Parliament of Poland">Parliament of Poland</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/10th_term_Sejm_and_11th_term_Senate_of_Poland" title="10th term Sejm and 11th term Senate of Poland">Current Parliament</a></li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:10th_Term_Sejm_of_Poland.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/10th_Term_Sejm_of_Poland.svg/50px-10th_Term_Sejm_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" 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Republic of Poland">Marshal</a> <span data-sort-value="Kidawa- Błońska, Małgorzata Maria"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ma%C5%82gorzata_Kidawa-B%C5%82o%C5%84ska" title="Małgorzata Kidawa-Błońska">Małgorzata Maria Kidawa- Błońska</a></span></span></span> (<a href="/wiki/Civic_Platform" title="Civic Platform">PO</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Marshal_of_the_Senate_of_the_Republic_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland">Deputy Marshals</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Poland#Executive" title="Politics of Poland">Executive</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center; background:lavender; line-height:18px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg/60px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2481" /></a></span> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_Poland" title="President of Poland">President of Poland</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Duda" title="Andrzej Duda">Andrzej Duda</a> (<a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">I</a>)</li></ul> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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title="Civic Coalition (Poland)">PO</a>)</li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of Poland">Cabinet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministries_of_Poland" title="Ministries of Poland">Ministries</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Judiciary_of_Poland" title="Judiciary of Poland">Judiciary</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:center; background:lavender; line-height:18px;"> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Poland" title="Supreme Court of Poland">Supreme Court of Poland</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Poland#List_of_First_Presidents_of_the_Supreme_Court" title="Supreme Court of Poland">First President</a> <a href="/wiki/Ma%C5%82gorzata_Manowska" title="Małgorzata Manowska">Małgorzata Manowska</a></li></ul> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Tribunal_(Poland)" title="Constitutional Tribunal (Poland)">Constitutional Tribunal</a></b></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Tribunal_(Poland)#Current_Justices" title="Constitutional Tribunal (Poland)">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Julia_Przy%C5%82%C4%99bska" title="Julia Przyłębska">Julia Przyłębska</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Administrative_Court_of_Poland" title="Supreme Administrative Court of Poland">Supreme Administrative Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_Tribunal_(Poland)" title="State Tribunal (Poland)">State Tribunal</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Poland" title="Elections in Poland">Elections</a></div><div 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Currently, the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Poland" title="President of Poland">president of Poland</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a> of the country. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Poland_in_the_Early_Middle_Ages">Poland in the Early Middle Ages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Poland in the Early Middle Ages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Poland_in_the_Early_Middle_Ages" title="Poland in the Early Middle Ages">Poland in the Early Middle Ages</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legendary_rulers">Legendary rulers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legendary rulers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most of these rulers appear for the first time in chronicles from the 13th century. </p> <table class="succession-table-monarch wikitable" style="text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Lifespan</th><th>Reign start</th><th>Reign end</th><th>Notes</th><th>Family</th><th>Image</th></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Lech,_Czech,_and_Rus%27" class="mw-redirect" title="Lech, Czech, and Rus'">Lech I</a></b></td><td>6th century</td><td>6th century</td><td>6th century</td><td>Legendary founder of the <a href="/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people">Polish nation</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Lechites" title="Lechites">Lechites</a> (tribe)</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lech_111.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Lech_111.PNG/80px-Lech_111.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Lech_111.PNG/120px-Lech_111.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Lech_111.PNG/160px-Lech_111.PNG 2x" data-file-width="416" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Krakus" title="Krakus">Krakus I</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Krak</i></li></ul></div></td><td>8th century</td><td>8th century</td><td>8th century</td><td>Legendary founder of <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a></td><td>Lechites (tribe)</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Krak.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Krak.PNG/80px-Krak.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Krak.PNG/120px-Krak.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Krak.PNG/160px-Krak.PNG 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="556" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Krakus" title="Krakus">Krakus II</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Krak II</i></li></ul></div></td><td>8th century</td><td>8th century</td><td>8th century</td><td>According to the legend, he ruled in Kraków.</td><td>Lechites (tribe)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Lech_II" title="Lech II">Lech II</a></b></td><td>8th century</td><td>8th century</td><td>8th century</td><td>According to the legend, he ruled in Kraków.</td><td>Lechites (tribe)</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lech_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Lech_II.jpg/80px-Lech_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Lech_II.jpg/120px-Lech_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Lech_II.jpg/160px-Lech_II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="967" data-file-height="1425" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Princess_Wanda" title="Princess Wanda">Wanda</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Wąda</i></li></ul></div></td><td>8th century</td><td>8th century</td><td>8th century</td><td>Legendary daughter of <a href="/wiki/Krakus" title="Krakus">Krakus</a></td><td>Lechites (tribe)</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chronica_Polonorum_Vanda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Chronica_Polonorum_Vanda.jpg/80px-Chronica_Polonorum_Vanda.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Chronica_Polonorum_Vanda.jpg/120px-Chronica_Polonorum_Vanda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Chronica_Polonorum_Vanda.jpg/160px-Chronica_Polonorum_Vanda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="991" data-file-height="1492" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Leszko_I" title="Leszko I">Leszko I</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Leszek I</i></li><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>7th / 8th centuries</td><td>7th / 8th centuries</td><td>7th<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> / 8th centuries</td><td>A legendary ruler of the West Slavic ("proto-Polish") tribe of <a href="/wiki/Goplans" title="Goplans">Goplans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Polans_(western)" title="Polans (western)">Polans</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Goplans" title="Goplans">Goplans</a> and <a href="/wiki/Polans_(western)" title="Polans (western)">Polans</a> (tribes)</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LestekPrim1581.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/LestekPrim1581.JPG/80px-LestekPrim1581.JPG" decoding="async" width="80" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/LestekPrim1581.JPG/120px-LestekPrim1581.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/LestekPrim1581.JPG/160px-LestekPrim1581.JPG 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="682" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Leszko_II" title="Leszko II">Leszko II</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Leszek II</i></li><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>8th century</td><td>8th century</td><td>8th century</td><td>A legendary duke of Polans</td><td><a href="/wiki/Popielids" title="Popielids">Popielids</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LestekBis1581.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/LestekBis1581.JPG/80px-LestekBis1581.JPG" decoding="async" width="80" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/LestekBis1581.JPG/120px-LestekBis1581.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/LestekBis1581.JPG/160px-LestekBis1581.JPG 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Leszko_III" title="Leszko III">Leszko III</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Leszek III</i></li><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>8th century</td><td>8th century</td><td>8th century</td><td>A legendary duke of Polans</td><td>Popielids</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:LestekTri1581.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/LestekTri1581.JPG/80px-LestekTri1581.JPG" decoding="async" width="80" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/LestekTri1581.JPG/120px-LestekTri1581.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/LestekTri1581.JPG/160px-LestekTri1581.JPG 2x" data-file-width="490" data-file-height="692" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Popiel_I" title="Popiel I">Popiel I</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>8th century</td><td>8th century</td><td>8th century</td><td>A legendary duke of Polans</td><td>Popielids</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Popelus_Primus.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Popelus_Primus.PNG/80px-Popelus_Primus.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Popelus_Primus.PNG/120px-Popelus_Primus.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Popelus_Primus.PNG/160px-Popelus_Primus.PNG 2x" data-file-width="494" data-file-height="712" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Popiel" title="Popiel">Popiel II</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>9th century</td><td>9th century</td><td>9th century</td><td>A legendary ruler dethroned by Piast. He appears (without the number) in the oldest Polish chronicle, <i><a href="/wiki/Gesta_principum_Polonorum" title="Gesta principum Polonorum">Gesta principum Polonorum</a></i> from the early XII century.</td><td>Popielids</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Popiel2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Popiel2.jpg/80px-Popiel2.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Popiel2.jpg/120px-Popiel2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Popiel2.jpg/160px-Popiel2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2307" data-file-height="3781" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Piast_the_Wheelwright" title="Piast the Wheelwright">Piast the Wheelwright</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Piast Kołodziej</i><br /><a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Past Ckosisconis, Pazt filius Chosisconisu</i></i></li><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>9th century</td><td>9th century</td><td>9th century</td><td>A legendary founder of the Piast dynasty. Son of Chościsko, father of Siemowit. He appears in the oldest Polish chronicle, <i>Gesta principum Polonorum</i> from the early XII century.</td><td><a href="/wiki/Piast_dynasty" title="Piast dynasty">Piast</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Piast.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Piast.PNG/80px-Piast.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Piast.PNG/120px-Piast.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Piast.PNG/160px-Piast.PNG 2x" data-file-width="270" data-file-height="496" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Semi-legendary_dukes_of_the_Polans_in_Greater_Poland">Semi-legendary dukes of the <a href="/wiki/Polans_(western)" title="Polans (western)">Polans</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greater_Poland" title="Greater Poland">Greater Poland</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Semi-legendary dukes of the Polans in Greater Poland"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several historians tend to believe that three legendary rulers of early Poland before Mieszko I might actually be historical persons. They appear in the oldest Polish chronicle, <i><a href="/wiki/Gesta_principum_Polonorum" title="Gesta principum Polonorum">Gesta principum Polonorum</a></i> from the early 12th century. </p> <table class="succession-table-monarch wikitable" style="text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Lifespan</th><th>Reign start</th><th>Reign end</th><th>Notes</th><th>Family</th><th>Image</th></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Siemowit" title="Siemowit">Siemowit</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Ziemowit</i></li><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>9th century</td><td>9th century</td><td>9th century</td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Piast_the_Wheelwright" title="Piast the Wheelwright">Piast the Wheelwright</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rzepicha" title="Rzepicha">Rzepicha</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Piast_dynasty" title="Piast dynasty">Piast</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski,_Ziemowit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Ziemowit.jpg/80px-Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Ziemowit.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Ziemowit.jpg/120px-Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Ziemowit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Ziemowit.jpg/160px-Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Ziemowit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="995" data-file-height="1697" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Lestek" title="Lestek">Lestek</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Leszek, Lestko</i></li><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>9th / 10th centuries</td><td>9th / 10th centuries</td><td>9th / 10th centuries</td><td>Son of Siemowit</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski,_Leszek_s._Ziemowita.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Leszek_s._Ziemowita.jpg/80px-Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Leszek_s._Ziemowita.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Leszek_s._Ziemowita.jpg/120px-Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Leszek_s._Ziemowita.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Leszek_s._Ziemowita.jpg/160px-Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Leszek_s._Ziemowita.jpg 2x" data-file-width="948" data-file-height="1675" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Siemomys%C5%82" title="Siemomysł">Siemomysł</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Ziemomysł</i></li><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>10th century</td><td>10th century</td><td>10th century</td><td>Son of Lestek</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski,_Ziemomysl.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Ziemomysl.jpg/80px-Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Ziemomysl.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Ziemomysl.jpg/120px-Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Ziemomysl.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Ziemomysl.jpg/160px-Walery_Eljasz-Radzikowski%2C_Ziemomysl.jpg 2x" data-file-width="917" data-file-height="1675" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland_during_the_Piast_dynasty" title="History of Poland during the Piast dynasty">History of Poland during the Piast dynasty</a></div> <table class="succession-table-monarch wikitable" style="text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Lifespan</th><th>Reign start</th><th>Reign end</th><th>Notes</th><th>Family</th><th>Image</th></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Mieszko_I" title="Mieszko I">Mieszko I</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 940 – 25 May 992</td><td>ca. 960</td><td>992</td><td>Son of Siemomysł. First Christian Polish monarch. <i>Misico, dux Wandalorum</i></td><td><a href="/wiki/Piast_dynasty" title="Piast dynasty">Piast</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mieszko_I_(274939)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Mieszko_I_%28274939%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Mieszko_I_%28274939%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Mieszko_I_%28274939%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Mieszko_I_%28274939%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Mieszko_I_%28274939%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Mieszko_I_%28274939%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2438" data-file-height="3190" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_I_the_Brave" title="Bolesław I the Brave">Bolesław I the Brave</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Bolesław I the Great<br /><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Bolesław I Chrobry (Wielki)</i></i></li></ul></div></td><td>967 – 17 June 1025</td><td>Duke: 992<br />King: 18 April 1025</td><td>Duke: 18 April 1025<br />King: 17 June 1025</td><td>Son of Mieszko I and <a href="/wiki/Dobrawa_of_Bohemia" class="mw-redirect" title="Dobrawa of Bohemia">Dobrawa of Bohemia</a>. First to be crowned king. <i>Regnum Sclavorum, Gothorum sive Polonorum</i></td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boles%C5%82aw_I_the_Brave_buys_the_corpse_of_Saint_Adalbert_of_Prague_from_the_Prussians,_Gniezno_Door_ca._1170.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Boles%C5%82aw_I_the_Brave_buys_the_corpse_of_Saint_Adalbert_of_Prague_from_the_Prussians%2C_Gniezno_Door_ca._1170.png/80px-Boles%C5%82aw_I_the_Brave_buys_the_corpse_of_Saint_Adalbert_of_Prague_from_the_Prussians%2C_Gniezno_Door_ca._1170.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Boles%C5%82aw_I_the_Brave_buys_the_corpse_of_Saint_Adalbert_of_Prague_from_the_Prussians%2C_Gniezno_Door_ca._1170.png/120px-Boles%C5%82aw_I_the_Brave_buys_the_corpse_of_Saint_Adalbert_of_Prague_from_the_Prussians%2C_Gniezno_Door_ca._1170.png 1.5x, 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Darstellung_Mieszkos_und_Mathildes_von_Schwaben.jpg/80px-Darstellung_Mieszkos_und_Mathildes_von_Schwaben.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Darstellung_Mieszkos_und_Mathildes_von_Schwaben.jpg/120px-Darstellung_Mieszkos_und_Mathildes_von_Schwaben.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Darstellung_Mieszkos_und_Mathildes_von_Schwaben.jpg/160px-Darstellung_Mieszkos_und_Mathildes_von_Schwaben.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Bezprym" title="Bezprym">Bezprym</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 986–1032</td><td>1031</td><td>1032</td><td>Son of Bolesław I and <a href="/wiki/Judith_of_Hungary" title="Judith of Hungary">Judith of Hungary</a></td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bezprym.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Bezprym.jpeg/80px-Bezprym.jpeg" decoding="async" width="80" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Bezprym.jpeg/120px-Bezprym.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Bezprym.jpeg/160px-Bezprym.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="258" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Otto_Boles%C5%82awowic" title="Otto Bolesławowic">Otto Bolesławowic</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>1000–1033</td><td>1032</td><td>1032</td><td>Son of Bolesław I and Emnilda</td><td>Piast</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Dytryk" title="Dytryk">Dytryk</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Theoderick</i></li><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>after 992 – after 1032</td><td>1032</td><td>1032 /1033</td><td>Grandson of Mieszko I and <a href="/wiki/Oda_of_Haldensleben" title="Oda of Haldensleben">Oda of Haldensleben</a></td><td>Piast</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><b>Mieszko II Lambert</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 990 – 10/11 May 1034</td><td>1032</td><td>1034</td><td>Restored</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Darstellung_Mieszkos_und_Mathildes_von_Schwaben.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Darstellung_Mieszkos_und_Mathildes_von_Schwaben.jpg/80px-Darstellung_Mieszkos_und_Mathildes_von_Schwaben.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Darstellung_Mieszkos_und_Mathildes_von_Schwaben.jpg/120px-Darstellung_Mieszkos_und_Mathildes_von_Schwaben.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Darstellung_Mieszkos_und_Mathildes_von_Schwaben.jpg/160px-Darstellung_Mieszkos_und_Mathildes_von_Schwaben.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_the_Forgotten" title="Bolesław the Forgotten">Bolesław the Forgotten</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Bolesław Zapomniany</i></i></li><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>before 1016 – 1038 or 1039</td><td>1034</td><td>1038 /1039</td><td>Semi-legendary, existence disputed</td><td>Piast</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Casimir_I_the_Restorer" title="Casimir I the Restorer">Casimir I the Restorer</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Kazimierz I Odnowiciel</i></i></li><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1016-06-25</span>)</span>25 June 1016 – 28 November 1058<span style="display:none">(1058-11-28)</span> (aged 42)</td><td>1039</td><td>1058</td><td>Son of Mieszko II and <a href="/wiki/Richeza_of_Lotharingia" title="Richeza of Lotharingia">Richeza of Lotharingia</a></td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kazimierz_I_Odnowiciel_(274971).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Kazimierz_I_Odnowiciel_%28274971%29.jpg/80px-Kazimierz_I_Odnowiciel_%28274971%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Kazimierz_I_Odnowiciel_%28274971%29.jpg/120px-Kazimierz_I_Odnowiciel_%28274971%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Kazimierz_I_Odnowiciel_%28274971%29.jpg/160px-Kazimierz_I_Odnowiciel_%28274971%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2553" data-file-height="3249" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_II_the_Generous" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolesław II the Generous">Bolesław II the Generous</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Bolesław II Szczodry</i></i></li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1041 or 1042 – 2 or 3 April 1081 or 1082</td><td>Duke: 1058<br />King: 1076</td><td>Duke: 1076<br />King: 1079</td><td>Son of Kazimierz I and <a href="/wiki/Maria_Dobroniega_of_Kiev" title="Maria Dobroniega of Kiev">Maria Dobroniega of Kiev</a></td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Denar_rys_szczodry2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Denar_rys_szczodry2.png/80px-Denar_rys_szczodry2.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="44" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Denar_rys_szczodry2.png/120px-Denar_rys_szczodry2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Denar_rys_szczodry2.png/160px-Denar_rys_szczodry2.png 2x" data-file-width="380" data-file-height="209" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_Herman" title="Władysław I Herman">Władysław I Herman</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1044 – 4 June 1102</td><td>1079</td><td>1102</td><td>Son of Kazimierz I and Maria Dobroniega</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pieczec_Wladyslawa_Hermana.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Pieczec_Wladyslawa_Hermana.jpg/80px-Pieczec_Wladyslawa_Hermana.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Pieczec_Wladyslawa_Hermana.jpg/120px-Pieczec_Wladyslawa_Hermana.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Pieczec_Wladyslawa_Hermana.jpg/160px-Pieczec_Wladyslawa_Hermana.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="190" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Zbigniew_of_Poland" title="Zbigniew of Poland">Zbigniew</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Zbygniew</i></li><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1073 – 8 July 1113</td><td>1102</td><td>1107</td><td>Son of Władysław I and Przecława of <a href="/wiki/Prawdzic_coat_of_arms" title="Prawdzic coat of arms">Prawdzic coat of arms</a> (<i>disputed</i>). First jointly with Władysław I, 1098-1102</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Zbigniew.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Zbigniew.JPG/80px-Zbigniew.JPG" decoding="async" width="80" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Zbigniew.JPG/120px-Zbigniew.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Zbigniew.JPG/160px-Zbigniew.JPG 2x" data-file-width="251" data-file-height="392" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_III_Wrymouth" title="Bolesław III Wrymouth">Bolesław III Wrymouth</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Bolesław III Krzywousty</i></i></li><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1086-08-20</span>)</span>20 August 1086 – 28 October 1138<span style="display:none">(1138-10-28)</span> (aged 52)</td><td>1107</td><td>1138</td><td>Son of Władysław I and <a href="/wiki/Judith_of_Bohemia" title="Judith of Bohemia">Judith of Bohemia</a>. First jointly with Władysław, 1098-1102. Introduced <i><a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Boles%C5%82aw_III_Krzywousty" class="mw-redirect" title="Testament of Bolesław III Krzywousty">senioral principle</a></i></td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boleslaw_III_Wrymouth.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Boleslaw_III_Wrymouth.jpg/80px-Boleslaw_III_Wrymouth.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Boleslaw_III_Wrymouth.jpg/120px-Boleslaw_III_Wrymouth.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Boleslaw_III_Wrymouth.jpg/160px-Boleslaw_III_Wrymouth.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="663" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fragmentation_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland,_1138–1314"><span id="Fragmentation_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland.2C_1138.E2.80.931314"></span>Fragmentation of the Kingdom of Poland, 1138–1314</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fragmentation of the Kingdom of Poland, 1138–1314"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland_during_the_Piast_dynasty#Fragmentation_of_the_realm_(1138_–_c._1314)" title="History of Poland during the Piast dynasty">Fragmentation of the realm</a> and <a href="/wiki/Testament_of_Boles%C5%82aw_III_Wrymouth" title="Testament of Bolesław III Wrymouth">Testament of Bolesław III Wrymouth</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Piast_high_dukes">Piast high dukes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Piast high dukes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="succession-table-monarch wikitable" style="text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Lifespan</th><th>Reign start</th><th>Reign end</th><th>Notes</th><th>Family</th><th>Image</th></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_the_Exile" title="Władysław II the Exile">Władysław II the Exile</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Władysław II Wygnaniec</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>1105 – 30 May 1159</td><td>1138</td><td>1146</td><td>Son of Bolesław III and <a href="/wiki/Zbyslava_of_Kiev" title="Zbyslava of Kiev">Zbyslava of Kiev</a>. Also Duke of Silesia. Exiled by his brothers</td><td><a href="/wiki/Piast_dynasty" title="Piast dynasty">Piast</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_Wygnaniec_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_Wygnaniec_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/80px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_Wygnaniec_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_Wygnaniec_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/120px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_Wygnaniec_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_Wygnaniec_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/160px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_Wygnaniec_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 2x" data-file-width="514" data-file-height="622" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_IV_the_Curly" title="Bolesław IV the Curly">Bolesław IV the Curly</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Bolesław Kędzierzawy</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1125 – 5 January 1173</td><td>1146</td><td>1173</td><td>Son of Bolesław III and <a href="/wiki/Salomea_of_Berg" title="Salomea of Berg">Salomea of Berg</a><br />Also Duke of Masovia</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boles%C5%82aw_IV_K%C4%99dzierzawy_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Boles%C5%82aw_IV_K%C4%99dzierzawy_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/80px-Boles%C5%82aw_IV_K%C4%99dzierzawy_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Boles%C5%82aw_IV_K%C4%99dzierzawy_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/120px-Boles%C5%82aw_IV_K%C4%99dzierzawy_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Boles%C5%82aw_IV_K%C4%99dzierzawy_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/160px-Boles%C5%82aw_IV_K%C4%99dzierzawy_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="614" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Mieszko_III_the_Old" class="mw-redirect" title="Mieszko III the Old">Mieszko III the Old</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Mieszko III Stary</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1127 – 13 March 1202</td><td>1173</td><td>1177</td><td>Son of Bolesław III and Salomea. Also Duke of Greater Poland</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg/80px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg/120px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg/160px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="673" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Casimir_II_the_Just" title="Casimir II the Just">Casimir II the Just</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1138 – 5 May 1194</td><td>1177</td><td>1190</td><td>Son of Bolesław III and Salomea. Also Duke of Wiślica and Sandomierz</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Casimir_II_of_Poland.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Casimir_II_of_Poland.PNG/80px-Casimir_II_of_Poland.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Casimir_II_of_Poland.PNG/120px-Casimir_II_of_Poland.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Casimir_II_of_Poland.PNG/160px-Casimir_II_of_Poland.PNG 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="588" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b>Mieszko III the Old</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Mieszko III Stary</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1127 – 13 March 1202</td><td>1190</td><td>1190</td><td>Restored</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg/80px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg/120px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg/160px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="673" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b>Casimir II the Just</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1138 – 5 May 1194</td><td>1190</td><td>1194</td><td>Restored</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Casimir_II_of_Poland.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Casimir_II_of_Poland.PNG/80px-Casimir_II_of_Poland.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Casimir_II_of_Poland.PNG/120px-Casimir_II_of_Poland.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Casimir_II_of_Poland.PNG/160px-Casimir_II_of_Poland.PNG 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="588" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Leszek_I_the_White" title="Leszek I the White">Leszek I the White</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Leszek Biały</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1186 – 24 November 1227</td><td>1194</td><td>1198</td><td>Son of Casimir II and <a href="/wiki/Helen_of_Znojmo" class="mw-redirect" title="Helen of Znojmo">Helen of Znojmo</a>. Also Duke of Sandomierz</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/80px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/120px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/160px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="614" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b>Mieszko III the Old</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Mieszko III Stary</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1127 – 13 March 1202</td><td>1198</td><td>1199</td><td>Restored</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg/80px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg/120px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg/160px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="673" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b>Leszek I the White</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Leszek Biały</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1186 – 24 November 1227</td><td>1199</td><td>1199</td><td>Restored</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/80px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/120px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/160px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="614" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b>Mieszko III the Old</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Mieszko III Stary</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1127 – 13 March 1202</td><td>1199</td><td>1202</td><td>Restored</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg/80px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg/120px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg/160px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.3_355a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="685" data-file-height="673" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_III_Spindleshanks" title="Władysław III Spindleshanks">Władysław III Spindleshanks</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Władysław III Laskonogi</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1161/66 – 3 November 1231</td><td>1202</td><td>1202</td><td>Son of Mieszko III and <a href="/wiki/Eudoxia_of_Kiev" title="Eudoxia of Kiev">Eudoxia of Kiev</a>. Also Duke of Greater Poland</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wladyslaw_III_Laskonogi_(76853776)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Wladyslaw_III_Laskonogi_%2876853776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Wladyslaw_III_Laskonogi_%2876853776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Wladyslaw_III_Laskonogi_%2876853776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Wladyslaw_III_Laskonogi_%2876853776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Wladyslaw_III_Laskonogi_%2876853776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Wladyslaw_III_Laskonogi_%2876853776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="4330" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b>Leszek I the White</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Leszek Biały</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1186 – 24 November 1227</td><td>1202</td><td>1210</td><td>Restored</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/80px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/120px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/160px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="614" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Mieszko_IV_Tanglefoot" title="Mieszko IV Tanglefoot">Mieszko IV Tanglefoot</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Mieszko I Plątonogi</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1130 – 16 May 1211</td><td>1210</td><td>1211</td><td>Son of Władysław II and <a href="/wiki/Agnes_of_Babenberg" title="Agnes of Babenberg">Agnes of Babenberg</a>. Also Duke of Silesia</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mieszko_IV.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mieszko_IV.JPG/80px-Mieszko_IV.JPG" decoding="async" width="80" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mieszko_IV.JPG/120px-Mieszko_IV.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mieszko_IV.JPG/160px-Mieszko_IV.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1428" data-file-height="2067" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b>Leszek I the White</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Leszek Biały</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1186 – 24 November 1227</td><td>1211</td><td>1225</td><td>Restored</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/80px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/120px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/160px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="614" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_the_Bearded" title="Henry the Bearded">Henryk I the Bearded</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Henryk I Brodaty</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1165 – 19 March 1238</td><td>1225</td><td>1225</td><td>Grandson of Władysław II, son of <a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_I_the_Tall" title="Bolesław I the Tall">Bolesław I the Tall</a> and Krystyna. Also Duke of Silesia</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_I_of_Poland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Henry_I_of_Poland.jpg/80px-Henry_I_of_Poland.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Henry_I_of_Poland.jpg/120px-Henry_I_of_Poland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Henry_I_of_Poland.jpg/160px-Henry_I_of_Poland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="382" data-file-height="416" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b>Leszek I the White</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Leszek Biały</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1186 – 24 November 1227</td><td>1225</td><td>1227</td><td>Restored. Assassinated</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/80px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/120px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/160px-Leszek_Bia%C5%82y_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="614" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b>Władysław III Spindleshanks</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Władysław III Laskonogi</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1161/66 – 3 November 1231</td><td>1227</td><td>1229</td><td>Restored</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wladyslaw_III_Laskonogi_(76853776)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Wladyslaw_III_Laskonogi_%2876853776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Wladyslaw_III_Laskonogi_%2876853776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Wladyslaw_III_Laskonogi_%2876853776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Wladyslaw_III_Laskonogi_%2876853776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Wladyslaw_III_Laskonogi_%2876853776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Wladyslaw_III_Laskonogi_%2876853776%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3240" data-file-height="4330" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Konrad_I_of_Masovia" title="Konrad I of Masovia">Konrad I of Masovia</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Konrad I Mazowiecki</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1187/88 – 31 August 1247</td><td>1229</td><td>1232</td><td>Son of Kazimierz II and Helen of Znojmo. Also Duke of Masovia</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KOnrad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/KOnrad.jpg/80px-KOnrad.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/KOnrad.jpg/120px-KOnrad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/KOnrad.jpg/160px-KOnrad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="167" data-file-height="227" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b>Henryk I the Bearded</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Henryk I Brodaty</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1165 – 19 March 1238</td><td>1232</td><td>1238</td><td>Restored</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_I_of_Poland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Henry_I_of_Poland.jpg/80px-Henry_I_of_Poland.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Henry_I_of_Poland.jpg/120px-Henry_I_of_Poland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Henry_I_of_Poland.jpg/160px-Henry_I_of_Poland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="382" data-file-height="416" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Henryk_II_the_Pious" class="mw-redirect" title="Henryk II the Pious">Henryk II the Pious</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Henryk II Pobożny</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1196 – 9 April 1241</td><td>1238</td><td>1241</td><td>Son of Henry I and Saint <a href="/wiki/Hedwig_of_Andechs" class="mw-redirect" title="Hedwig of Andechs">Hedwig of Andechs</a> (Saint Hedwig of Silesia). Also Duke of Wroclaw and Greater Poland. Fell at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Legnica" title="Battle of Legnica">Battle of Legnica</a></td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henryk_II_Pobo%C5%BCny_(Hedwig_Codex).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Henryk_II_Pobo%C5%BCny_%28Hedwig_Codex%29.jpg/80px-Henryk_II_Pobo%C5%BCny_%28Hedwig_Codex%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Henryk_II_Pobo%C5%BCny_%28Hedwig_Codex%29.jpg/120px-Henryk_II_Pobo%C5%BCny_%28Hedwig_Codex%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Henryk_II_Pobo%C5%BCny_%28Hedwig_Codex%29.jpg/160px-Henryk_II_Pobo%C5%BCny_%28Hedwig_Codex%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="303" data-file-height="441" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_II_the_Horned" title="Bolesław II the Horned">Bolesław II the Horned</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Bolesław II Rogatka</i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1220–1278</td><td>1241</td><td>1241</td><td>Son of Henry II and <a href="/wiki/Anne_of_Bohemia_(1204-1265)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anne of Bohemia (1204-1265)">Anne of Bohemia</a>. Also Duke of Silesia</td><td>Piast</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><b>Konrad I of Masovia</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Konrad I Mazowiecki</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1187/88 – 31 August 1247</td><td>1241</td><td>1243</td><td>Restored</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KOnrad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/KOnrad.jpg/80px-KOnrad.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/KOnrad.jpg/120px-KOnrad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/KOnrad.jpg/160px-KOnrad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="167" data-file-height="227" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_V_the_Chaste" title="Bolesław V the Chaste">Bolesław V the Chaste</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Bolesław Wstydliwy</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>21 June 1226 – 7 December 1279</td><td>1243</td><td>1279</td><td>Son of Leszek the White and <a href="/wiki/Grzymislawa_of_Luck" class="mw-redirect" title="Grzymislawa of Luck">Grzymislawa of Luck</a></td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boleslaw_V_Wstydliwy_(76848244).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Boleslaw_V_Wstydliwy_%2876848244%29.jpg/80px-Boleslaw_V_Wstydliwy_%2876848244%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Boleslaw_V_Wstydliwy_%2876848244%29.jpg/120px-Boleslaw_V_Wstydliwy_%2876848244%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Boleslaw_V_Wstydliwy_%2876848244%29.jpg/160px-Boleslaw_V_Wstydliwy_%2876848244%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3239" data-file-height="4289" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Leszek_II_the_Black" title="Leszek II the Black">Leszek II the Black</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Leszek Czarny</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1241 – 30 September 1288</td><td>1279</td><td>1288</td><td>Grandson of Konrad I of Masovia. Maternal grandson of Henry II. Son of <a href="/wiki/Casimir_I_of_Kuyavia" title="Casimir I of Kuyavia">Casimir I of Kuyavia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Constance_of_Wroc%C5%82aw" title="Constance of Wrocław">Constance of Wrocław</a></td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Leszek_Czarny_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Leszek_Czarny_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/80px-Leszek_Czarny_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Leszek_Czarny_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/120px-Leszek_Czarny_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Leszek_Czarny_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG/160px-Leszek_Czarny_by_Aleksander_Lesser.PNG 2x" data-file-width="508" data-file-height="618" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_II_of_Masovia" title="Bolesław II of Masovia">Bolesław II of Masovia</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Boleslaw II of Płock</i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1251 – 20 April 1313</td><td>1288</td><td>1288</td><td>Grandson of Konrad I of Masovia<br /> Duke of Masovia</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boles%C5%82aw_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Boles%C5%82aw_II.jpg/80px-Boles%C5%82aw_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Boles%C5%82aw_II.jpg/120px-Boles%C5%82aw_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Boles%C5%82aw_II.jpg/160px-Boles%C5%82aw_II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="173" data-file-height="599" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Henryk_IV_Probus" class="mw-redirect" title="Henryk IV Probus">Henryk IV Probus</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Henryk IV Prawy</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1257/58 – 23 June 1290</td><td>1288</td><td>1289</td><td>Paternal grandson of Henryk II. Maternal grandson of Konrad I. Son of <a href="/wiki/Henry_III_the_White" title="Henry III the White">Henry III the White</a> and Judyta of Masovia. Duke of Lower Silesia</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henryk_IV_Probus_seal_1268.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Henryk_IV_Probus_seal_1268.PNG/80px-Henryk_IV_Probus_seal_1268.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Henryk_IV_Probus_seal_1268.PNG/120px-Henryk_IV_Probus_seal_1268.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Henryk_IV_Probus_seal_1268.PNG/160px-Henryk_IV_Probus_seal_1268.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1054" data-file-height="989" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b>Bolesław II of Masovia</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Boleslaw II of Płock</i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1251 – 20 April 1313</td><td>1289</td><td>1289</td><td>Restored</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Boles%C5%82aw_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Boles%C5%82aw_II.jpg/80px-Boles%C5%82aw_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Boles%C5%82aw_II.jpg/120px-Boles%C5%82aw_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Boles%C5%82aw_II.jpg/160px-Boles%C5%82aw_II.jpg 2x" data-file-width="173" data-file-height="599" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_the_Elbow-high" class="mw-redirect" title="Władysław I the Elbow-high">Władysław I the Elbow-high</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Władysław I Łokietek</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>1261 – 2 March 1333</td><td>1289</td><td>1289</td><td>Grandson of Konrad I of Masovia. Son of Kazimierz I of Kujawia and <a href="/wiki/Euphrosyne_of_Opole" title="Euphrosyne of Opole">Euphrosyne of Opole</a></td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_sarcophagus_figure.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_sarcophagus_figure.jpg/80px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_sarcophagus_figure.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_sarcophagus_figure.jpg/120px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_sarcophagus_figure.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_sarcophagus_figure.jpg/160px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_sarcophagus_figure.jpg 2x" data-file-width="234" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b>Henryk IV Probus</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Henryk IV Prawy</i></i></li><li>High Duke<br />Supreme Prince</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1257/58 – 23 June 1290</td><td>1289</td><td>1290</td><td>Restored</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henryk_IV_Probus_seal_1268.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Henryk_IV_Probus_seal_1268.PNG/80px-Henryk_IV_Probus_seal_1268.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Henryk_IV_Probus_seal_1268.PNG/120px-Henryk_IV_Probus_seal_1268.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Henryk_IV_Probus_seal_1268.PNG/160px-Henryk_IV_Probus_seal_1268.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1054" data-file-height="989" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Reunification_attempts_in_the_Kingdom_of_Poland_1232–1305"><span id="Reunification_attempts_in_the_Kingdom_of_Poland_1232.E2.80.931305"></span>Reunification attempts in the Kingdom of Poland 1232–1305</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Reunification attempts in the Kingdom of Poland 1232–1305"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland_during_the_Piast_dynasty#Reunification_attempts_and_the_reigns_of_Przemysł_II_and_Václav_II_(1232–1305)" title="History of Poland during the Piast dynasty">Reunification attempts by Przemysł II and Wenceslaus II</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Piast_kings">Piast kings</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Piast kings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="succession-table-monarch wikitable" style="text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Lifespan</th><th>Reign start</th><th>Reign end</th><th>Notes</th><th>Family</th><th>Image</th></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Przemys%C5%82_II" title="Przemysł II">Przemysł II</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Premyslas, Premislaus</i></li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1257-10-14</span>)</span>14 October 1257 – 8 February 1296<span style="display:none">(1296-02-08)</span> (aged 38)</td><td>High Duke: 1290<br />King: 1295</td><td>High Duke: 1291<br />King: 1296</td><td>Grandson of Henryk II. Son of <a href="/wiki/Przemys%C5%82_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Przemysł I">Przemysł I</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Wroc%C5%82aw" title="Elisabeth of Wrocław">Elisabeth of Wrocław</a>. Also Duke of Poznań, Greater Poland, and Pomerania</td><td><a href="/wiki/Piast_dynasty" title="Piast dynasty">Piast</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Przemys%C5%82_II._Siegel_Elbing-Urkunde_Vossberg.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Przemys%C5%82_II._Siegel_Elbing-Urkunde_Vossberg.png/80px-Przemys%C5%82_II._Siegel_Elbing-Urkunde_Vossberg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Przemys%C5%82_II._Siegel_Elbing-Urkunde_Vossberg.png/120px-Przemys%C5%82_II._Siegel_Elbing-Urkunde_Vossberg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Przemys%C5%82_II._Siegel_Elbing-Urkunde_Vossberg.png/160px-Przemys%C5%82_II._Siegel_Elbing-Urkunde_Vossberg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Přemyslid_kings"><span id="P.C5.99emyslid_kings"></span>Přemyslid kings</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Přemyslid kings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="succession-table-monarch wikitable" style="text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Lifespan</th><th>Reign start</th><th>Reign end</th><th>Notes</th><th>Family</th><th>Image</th></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Wenceslaus_II_of_Bohemia" title="Wenceslaus II of Bohemia">Wenceslaus II of Bohemia</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Wacław II Czeski</i></i></li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1271-09-27</span>)</span>27 September 1271 – 21 June 1305<span style="display:none">(1305-06-21)</span> (aged 33)</td><td>High Duke: 1291<br />King: 1300</td><td>High Duke: 1300<br />King: 1305</td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Ottokar_II_of_Bohemia" title="Ottokar II of Bohemia">Ottokar II of Bohemia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kunigunda_of_Slavonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Kunigunda of Slavonia">Kunigunda of Slavonia</a>. Married Przemysł II's daughter <a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_Richeza_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Elisabeth Richeza of Poland">Elisabeth Richeza of Poland</a>. Also King of Bohemia</td><td><a href="/wiki/P%C5%99emyslid_dynasty" title="Přemyslid dynasty">Přemyslid</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vaclav2_trun.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Vaclav2_trun.jpg/80px-Vaclav2_trun.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Vaclav2_trun.jpg/120px-Vaclav2_trun.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Vaclav2_trun.jpg/160px-Vaclav2_trun.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="645" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Wenceslaus_III_of_Bohemia" title="Wenceslaus III of Bohemia">Wenceslaus III of Bohemia</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Wacław III Czeski</i></i></li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1289-10-06</span>)</span>6 October 1289 – 4 August 1306<span style="display:none">(1306-08-04)</span> (aged 16)</td><td>1305</td><td>1306</td><td>Son of Wenceslaus II and <a href="/wiki/Judith_of_Habsburg" title="Judith of Habsburg">Judith of Habsburg</a>. Uncrowned. Assassinated</td><td>Přemyslid</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vaclav3_pecet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Vaclav3_pecet.jpg/80px-Vaclav3_pecet.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Vaclav3_pecet.jpg/120px-Vaclav3_pecet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Vaclav3_pecet.jpg/160px-Vaclav3_pecet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="325" data-file-height="424" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reunited_Kingdom_of_Poland,_1314–1569"><span id="Reunited_Kingdom_of_Poland.2C_1314.E2.80.931569"></span>Reunited Kingdom of Poland, 1314–1569</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Reunited Kingdom of Poland, 1314–1569"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland_during_the_Piast_dynasty#The_reunited_kingdom_of_the_last_Piast_rulers;_Jewish_settlement" title="History of Poland during the Piast dynasty">Reunited Kingdom of Poland</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Piast_kings_2">Piast kings</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Piast kings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="succession-table-monarch wikitable" style="text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Lifespan</th><th>Reign start</th><th>Reign end</th><th>Notes</th><th>Family</th><th>Image</th></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_the_Elbow-high" class="mw-redirect" title="Władysław I the Elbow-high">Władysław I the Elbow-high</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Władysław I Łokietek</i></i></li></ul></div></td><td>1261 – 2 March 1333</td><td>1320</td><td>1333</td><td>Restored. Reunited the Kingdom of Poland</td><td><a href="/wiki/Piast_dynasty" title="Piast dynasty">Piast</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_sarcophagus_figure.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_sarcophagus_figure.jpg/80px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_sarcophagus_figure.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_sarcophagus_figure.jpg/120px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_sarcophagus_figure.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_sarcophagus_figure.jpg/160px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_sarcophagus_figure.jpg 2x" data-file-width="234" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Casimir_III_the_Great" title="Casimir III the Great">Casimir III the Great</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Kazimierz III Wielki</i></i></li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1310-04-30</span>)</span>30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370<span style="display:none">(1370-11-05)</span> (aged 60)</td><td>1333</td><td>1370</td><td>Son of Władysław I the Elbow-high and <a href="/wiki/Jadwiga_of_Kalisz" title="Jadwiga of Kalisz">Jadwiga of Kalisz</a>. Regarded as one of the greatest Polish monarchs</td><td>Piast</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kazimierz_III_sarcophagus_figure.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kazimierz_III_sarcophagus_figure.jpg/80px-Kazimierz_III_sarcophagus_figure.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kazimierz_III_sarcophagus_figure.jpg/120px-Kazimierz_III_sarcophagus_figure.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kazimierz_III_sarcophagus_figure.jpg/160px-Kazimierz_III_sarcophagus_figure.jpg 2x" data-file-width="361" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Anjou_kings">Anjou kings</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Anjou kings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland_during_the_Piast_dynasty#The_reign_of_Louis_I_and_Jadwiga_(1370–1399)" title="History of Poland during the Piast dynasty">Louis I and Jadwiga of the Anjou dynasty (1370–1399)</a></div> <table class="succession-table-monarch wikitable" style="text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Lifespan</th><th>Reign start</th><th>Reign end</th><th>Notes</th><th>Family</th><th>Image</th></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Louis_I_of_Hungary" title="Louis I of Hungary">Louis I of Hungary</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Ludwik Węgierski</i></i></li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1326-03-05</span>)</span>5 March 1326 – 10 September 1382<span style="display:none">(1382-09-10)</span> (aged 56)</td><td>1370</td><td>1382</td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Charles_I_of_Hungary" title="Charles I of Hungary">Charles I of Hungary</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Poland,_Queen_of_Hungary" title="Elizabeth of Poland, Queen of Hungary">Elizabeth of Poland</a>. Nephew of Casimir III. Elected king and crowned on 17 November. Also King of Hungary</td><td><a href="/wiki/Capetian_House_of_Anjou" title="Capetian House of Anjou">Anjou</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Louis_I_(Chronicon_Pictum).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Louis_I_%28Chronicon_Pictum%29.jpg/80px-Louis_I_%28Chronicon_Pictum%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Louis_I_%28Chronicon_Pictum%29.jpg/120px-Louis_I_%28Chronicon_Pictum%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Louis_I_%28Chronicon_Pictum%29.jpg/160px-Louis_I_%28Chronicon_Pictum%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="497" data-file-height="755" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Jadwiga_of_Poland" title="Jadwiga of Poland">Jadwiga of Poland</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i><a href="/wiki/Polish_language" title="Polish language">Polish</a>: <i lang="pl">Jadwiga Andegaweńska</i></i></li></ul></div></td><td>1373/4 – 17 July 1399</td><td>16 October 1384</td><td>17 July 1399</td><td>Daughter of Louis I and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Bosnia" title="Elizabeth of Bosnia">Elizabeth of Bosnia</a>. Crowned king to emphasise her monarchical status, 1384. Reigned jointly with her husband <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_Jagie%C5%82%C5%82o" title="Władysław II Jagiełło">Władysław II Jagiełło</a> from 1386</td><td>Anjou</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jadwiga_Andegawe%C5%84ska_seal_1386.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Jadwiga_Andegawe%C5%84ska_seal_1386.PNG/80px-Jadwiga_Andegawe%C5%84ska_seal_1386.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Jadwiga_Andegawe%C5%84ska_seal_1386.PNG/120px-Jadwiga_Andegawe%C5%84ska_seal_1386.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Jadwiga_Andegawe%C5%84ska_seal_1386.PNG/160px-Jadwiga_Andegawe%C5%84ska_seal_1386.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1310" data-file-height="1325" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Jagiellonian_kings">Jagiellonian kings</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Jagiellonian kings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland_during_the_Jagiellonian_dynasty" title="History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty">History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty</a></div> <table class="succession-table-monarch wikitable" style="text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Lifespan</th><th>Reign start</th><th>Reign end</th><th>Notes</th><th>Family</th><th>Image</th></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_Jagie%C5%82%C5%82o" title="Władysław II Jagiełło">Władysław II Jagiełło</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td>ca. 1351/1362 – <span style="display:none">(<span class="dday deathdate">1434-06-01</span>)</span>1 June 1434</td><td>4 March 1386</td><td>1 June 1434</td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Algirdas" title="Algirdas">Algirdas</a> of Lithuania and <a href="/wiki/Uliana_of_Tver" title="Uliana of Tver">Uliana of Tver</a>. <a href="/wiki/Grand_Duke_of_Lithuania" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Duke of Lithuania">Grand Duke of Lithuania</a>, 1377-1434. Reigned jointly with his wife Jadwiga till 1399. Longest-reigning King of Poland</td><td><a href="/wiki/Jagiellonian_dynasty" title="Jagiellonian dynasty">Jagiellonian</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jogaila_(W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Jogaila_%28W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II%29.jpg/80px-Jogaila_%28W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Jogaila_%28W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II%29.jpg/120px-Jogaila_%28W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Jogaila_%28W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II%29.jpg/160px-Jogaila_%28W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1351" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_III_of_Poland" title="Władysław III of Poland">Władysław III of Poland</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Władysław III of Varna, Władysław Warneńczyk</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1424-10-31</span>)</span>31 October 1424 – 10 November 1444<span style="display:none">(1444-11-10)</span> (aged 20)</td><td>25 July 1434</td><td>10 November 1444</td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_Jagie%C5%82%C5%82o" title="Władysław II Jagiełło">Władysław II Jagiełło</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sophia_of_Halshany" title="Sophia of Halshany">Sophia of Halshany</a>. Also king of Hungary, as <i>Ulászló I</i>. Fell at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Varna" title="Battle of Varna">Battle of Varna</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>, hence called "of <a href="/wiki/Varna,_Bulgaria" title="Varna, Bulgaria">Varna</a>"</td><td>Jagiellonian</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Warne%C5%84czyk_seal_1438_(cropped).PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Warne%C5%84czyk_seal_1438_%28cropped%29.PNG/80px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Warne%C5%84czyk_seal_1438_%28cropped%29.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Warne%C5%84czyk_seal_1438_%28cropped%29.PNG/120px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Warne%C5%84czyk_seal_1438_%28cropped%29.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Warne%C5%84czyk_seal_1438_%28cropped%29.PNG/160px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Warne%C5%84czyk_seal_1438_%28cropped%29.PNG 2x" data-file-width="566" data-file-height="672" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Casimir_IV_Jagiellon" title="Casimir IV Jagiellon">Casimir IV Jagiellon</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1427-11-30</span>)</span>30 November 1427 - 7 June 1492<span style="display:none">(1492-06-07)</span> (aged 64)</td><td>25 June 1447</td><td>7 June 1492</td><td>Son of Władysław II and Sophia of Halshany. Also Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1440–92. His successful reign ended in the final destruction of the <a href="/wiki/Teutonic_Order" title="Teutonic Order">Teutonic Knights</a>.</td><td>Jagiellonian</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kazimier_Jagaj%C5%82avi%C4%8D._%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%AF%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_(1645).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Kazimier_Jagaj%C5%82avi%C4%8D._%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%AF%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%281645%29.jpg/80px-Kazimier_Jagaj%C5%82avi%C4%8D._%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%AF%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%281645%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Kazimier_Jagaj%C5%82avi%C4%8D._%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%AF%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%281645%29.jpg/120px-Kazimier_Jagaj%C5%82avi%C4%8D._%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%AF%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%281645%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Kazimier_Jagaj%C5%82avi%C4%8D._%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%AF%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%281645%29.jpg/160px-Kazimier_Jagaj%C5%82avi%C4%8D._%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%AF%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%281645%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="544" data-file-height="678" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/John_I_Albert" title="John I Albert">John I Albert</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Jan I Olbracht</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1459-12-27</span>)</span>27 December 1459 – 17 June 1501<span style="display:none">(1501-06-17)</span> (aged 41)</td><td>23 September 1492</td><td>16 June 1501</td><td>Son of Casimir IV and <a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Austria_(1436%E2%80%931505)" class="mw-redirect" title="Elisabeth of Austria (1436–1505)">Elisabeth of Austria</a></td><td>Jagiellonian</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.4_454a.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.4_454a.jpg/80px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.4_454a.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.4_454a.jpg/120px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.4_454a.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.4_454a.jpg/160px-PL_Gloger-Encyklopedja_staropolska_ilustrowana_T.4_454a.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="1085" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Jagiellon" title="Alexander Jagiellon">Alexander I Jagiellon</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Aleksander I Jagiellończyk</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1461-08-05</span>)</span>5 August 1461 – 19 August 1506<span style="display:none">(1506-08-19)</span> (aged 45)</td><td>12 December 1501</td><td>19 August 1506</td><td>Son of Casimir IV and Elisabeth of Austria. Also Grand Duke of Lithuania, 1492-1506</td><td>Jagiellonian</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Goraj_Miracle_of_Saint_Simeon_Stylites_(detail).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Goraj_Miracle_of_Saint_Simeon_Stylites_%28detail%29.jpg/80px-Goraj_Miracle_of_Saint_Simeon_Stylites_%28detail%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Goraj_Miracle_of_Saint_Simeon_Stylites_%28detail%29.jpg/120px-Goraj_Miracle_of_Saint_Simeon_Stylites_%28detail%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Goraj_Miracle_of_Saint_Simeon_Stylites_%28detail%29.jpg/160px-Goraj_Miracle_of_Saint_Simeon_Stylites_%28detail%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="506" data-file-height="635" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Sigismund_I_the_Old" title="Sigismund I the Old">Sigismund I the Old</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Zygmunt I Stary</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1467-01-01</span>)</span>1 January 1467 – 1 April 1548<span style="display:none">(1548-04-01)</span> (aged 81)</td><td>8 December 1506</td><td>1 April 1548</td><td>Son of Casimir IV and Elisabeth of Austria. Also Grand Duke of Lithuania. Forced <a href="/wiki/Prussian_Homage" title="Prussian Homage">Prussian Homage</a> in 1525. Annexed the <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Masovia" title="Duchy of Masovia">Duchy of Masovia</a> in 1526. Entered an alliance with Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor</td><td>Jagiellonian</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kulmbach_Sigismund_I_the_Old.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kulmbach_Sigismund_I_the_Old.jpg/80px-Kulmbach_Sigismund_I_the_Old.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kulmbach_Sigismund_I_the_Old.jpg/120px-Kulmbach_Sigismund_I_the_Old.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kulmbach_Sigismund_I_the_Old.jpg/160px-Kulmbach_Sigismund_I_the_Old.jpg 2x" data-file-width="649" data-file-height="888" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Sigismund_II_Augustus" title="Sigismund II Augustus">Sigismund II Augustus</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Zygmunt II August</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1520-08-01</span>)</span>1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572<span style="display:none">(1572-07-07)</span> (aged 51)</td><td>1 April 1548</td><td>7 July 1572</td><td>Son of Sigismund I and <a href="/wiki/Bona_Sforza" title="Bona Sforza">Bona Sforza</a>. Also Grand Duke of Lithuania. Replaced the personal union of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with a real union and an elective monarchy (<a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth</a>) in 1569</td><td>Jagiellonian</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cranach_the_Younger_Sigismund_II_Augustus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Cranach_the_Younger_Sigismund_II_Augustus.jpg/80px-Cranach_the_Younger_Sigismund_II_Augustus.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Cranach_the_Younger_Sigismund_II_Augustus.jpg/120px-Cranach_the_Younger_Sigismund_II_Augustus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Cranach_the_Younger_Sigismund_II_Augustus.jpg/160px-Cranach_the_Younger_Sigismund_II_Augustus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="890" data-file-height="1058" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Polish–Lithuanian_Commonwealth_(1569–1795)"><span id="Polish.E2.80.93Lithuanian_Commonwealth_.281569.E2.80.931795.29"></span>Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Rzeczpospolita" title="Rzeczpospolita">Rzeczpospolita</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth_(1569%E2%80%931648)" title="History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1648)">History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1648)</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth_(1648%E2%80%931764)" title="History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1648–1764)">History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1648–1764)</a>, and <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth_(1764%E2%80%9395)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1764–95)">History of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1764–95)</a></div> <table class="succession-table-monarch wikitable" style="text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Lifespan</th><th>Reign start</th><th>Reign end</th><th>Notes</th><th>Family</th><th>Image</th></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Henry_III_of_France" title="Henry III of France">Henry de Valois</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Henryk Walezy</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1551-09-19</span>)</span>19 September 1551 – 2 August 1589<span style="display:none">(1589-08-02)</span> (aged 37)</td><td>21 February 1574</td><td>12 May 1575</td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Henry_II_of_France" title="Henry II of France">Henry II of France</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catherine_de%27_Medici" title="Catherine de' Medici">Catherine de' Medici</a>. Abandoned the Polish throne three months after his coronation in order to become <a href="/wiki/King_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="King of France">King of France</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/House_of_Valois" title="House of Valois">Valois</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Quesnel_Henry_III_of_France_in_Polish_hat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Quesnel_Henry_III_of_France_in_Polish_hat.jpg/80px-Quesnel_Henry_III_of_France_in_Polish_hat.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Quesnel_Henry_III_of_France_in_Polish_hat.jpg/120px-Quesnel_Henry_III_of_France_in_Polish_hat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Quesnel_Henry_III_of_France_in_Polish_hat.jpg/160px-Quesnel_Henry_III_of_France_in_Polish_hat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2194" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Anna_Jagiellon" title="Anna Jagiellon">Anna</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Anna Jagiellonka</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1523-10-18</span>)</span>18 October 1523 – 9 September 1596<span style="display:none">(1596-09-09)</span> (aged 72)</td><td>15 December 1575</td><td>12 December 1586</td><td>Daughter of Sigismund I and Bona Sforza. Reigned together with her husband Stephen Báthory</td><td><a href="/wiki/Jagiellonian_dynasty" title="Jagiellonian dynasty">Jagiellonian</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kober_Anna_Jagiellon_in_coronation_robes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kober_Anna_Jagiellon_in_coronation_robes.jpg/80px-Kober_Anna_Jagiellon_in_coronation_robes.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kober_Anna_Jagiellon_in_coronation_robes.jpg/120px-Kober_Anna_Jagiellon_in_coronation_robes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kober_Anna_Jagiellon_in_coronation_robes.jpg/160px-Kober_Anna_Jagiellon_in_coronation_robes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="752" data-file-height="1437" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Stephen_B%C3%A1thory" title="Stephen Báthory">Stephen Báthory</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Stefan Batory</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1533-09-27</span>)</span>27 September 1533 – 12 December 1586<span style="display:none">(1586-12-12)</span> (aged 53)</td><td>15 December 1575</td><td>12 December 1586</td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Stephen_VIII_B%C3%A1thory" title="Stephen VIII Báthory">Stephen VIII Báthory</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Telegdi" title="Catherine Telegdi">Catherine Telegdi</a>. <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Transylvania" title="Prince of Transylvania">Prince of Transylvania</a>. Reigned together with his wife Anna</td><td><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A1thory_family" title="Báthory family">Báthory</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anonymous_Stephen_B%C3%A1thory_(detail)_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Anonymous_Stephen_B%C3%A1thory_%28detail%29_01.jpg/80px-Anonymous_Stephen_B%C3%A1thory_%28detail%29_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Anonymous_Stephen_B%C3%A1thory_%28detail%29_01.jpg/120px-Anonymous_Stephen_B%C3%A1thory_%28detail%29_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Anonymous_Stephen_B%C3%A1thory_%28detail%29_01.jpg/160px-Anonymous_Stephen_B%C3%A1thory_%28detail%29_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3096" data-file-height="4128" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Sigismund_III_Vasa" title="Sigismund III Vasa">Sigismund III</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Zygmunt III Waza</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td>20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632<span style="display:none">(1632-04-30)</span> (aged 65)</td><td>18 September 1587</td><td>19 April 1632</td><td>Grandson of Sigismund I. Son of <a href="/wiki/John_III_of_Sweden" title="John III of Sweden">John III of Sweden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Jagiellon" title="Catherine Jagiellon">Catherine Jagiellon</a>. Also <a href="/wiki/King_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Sweden">King of Sweden</a> 1592-1599, titular King 1599–1632. During his reign <a href="/wiki/Military_of_the_Polish-Lithuanian_Commonwealth" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish troops</a> captured <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>. Moved the capital from <a href="/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w" title="Kraków">Kraków</a> to <a href="/wiki/Warsaw" title="Warsaw">Warsaw</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/House_of_Vasa" title="House of Vasa">Vasa</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Soutman_Sigismund_III_Vasa_in_coronation_robes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Soutman_Sigismund_III_Vasa_in_coronation_robes.jpg/80px-Soutman_Sigismund_III_Vasa_in_coronation_robes.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Soutman_Sigismund_III_Vasa_in_coronation_robes.jpg/120px-Soutman_Sigismund_III_Vasa_in_coronation_robes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Soutman_Sigismund_III_Vasa_in_coronation_robes.jpg/160px-Soutman_Sigismund_III_Vasa_in_coronation_robes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2368" data-file-height="4024" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Władysław IV">Władysław IV</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Władysław IV Waza</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td>9 June 1595 – 20 May 1648<span style="display:none">(1648-05-20)</span> (aged 52)</td><td>8 November 1632</td><td>20 May 1648</td><td>Son of Sigismund III and <a href="/wiki/Anne_of_Austria,_Queen_of_Poland" title="Anne of Austria, Queen of Poland">Anne of Austria</a>. Titular <a href="/wiki/Tsar_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsar of Russia">Tsar of Russia</a> 1610–1634, titular King of Sweden 1632–1648</td><td>Vasa</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rubens_Wladyslaw_Vasa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Rubens_Wladyslaw_Vasa.jpg/80px-Rubens_Wladyslaw_Vasa.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Rubens_Wladyslaw_Vasa.jpg/120px-Rubens_Wladyslaw_Vasa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Rubens_Wladyslaw_Vasa.jpg/160px-Rubens_Wladyslaw_Vasa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="2510" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/John_II_Casimir_Vasa" title="John II Casimir Vasa">John II Casimir</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Jan II Kazimierz</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1609-03-22</span>)</span>22 March 1609 – 16 December 1672<span style="display:none">(1672-12-16)</span> (aged 63)</td><td>20 November 1648</td><td>16 September 1668</td><td>Son of Sigismund III and <a href="/wiki/Constance_of_Austria" title="Constance of Austria">Constance of Austria</a>. Titular King of Sweden 1648-1660. Abdicated</td><td>Vasa</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Daniel_Schultz_-_Portret_kr%C3%B3la_Jana_II_Kazimierza_Wazy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Daniel_Schultz_-_Portret_kr%C3%B3la_Jana_II_Kazimierza_Wazy.jpg/80px-Daniel_Schultz_-_Portret_kr%C3%B3la_Jana_II_Kazimierza_Wazy.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Daniel_Schultz_-_Portret_kr%C3%B3la_Jana_II_Kazimierza_Wazy.jpg/120px-Daniel_Schultz_-_Portret_kr%C3%B3la_Jana_II_Kazimierza_Wazy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Daniel_Schultz_-_Portret_kr%C3%B3la_Jana_II_Kazimierza_Wazy.jpg/160px-Daniel_Schultz_-_Portret_kr%C3%B3la_Jana_II_Kazimierza_Wazy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1445" data-file-height="1832" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Micha%C5%82_Korybut_Wi%C5%9Bniowiecki" title="Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki">Michael I</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1640-05-31</span>)</span>May 31, 1640 – November 10, 1673<span style="display:none">(1673-11-10)</span> (aged 33)</td><td>19 June 1669</td><td>10 November 1673</td><td>Son of a successful but controversial military commander, <a href="/wiki/Jeremi_Wi%C5%9Bniowiecki" title="Jeremi Wiśniowiecki">Jeremi Wiśniowiecki</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gryzelda_Konstancja_Zamoyska" class="mw-redirect" title="Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska">Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Wi%C5%9Bniowiecki" title="Wiśniowiecki">Wiśniowiecki</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:King_Michael_Korybut_Wisniowiecki.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/King_Michael_Korybut_Wisniowiecki.jpg/80px-King_Michael_Korybut_Wisniowiecki.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/King_Michael_Korybut_Wisniowiecki.jpg/120px-King_Michael_Korybut_Wisniowiecki.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/King_Michael_Korybut_Wisniowiecki.jpg/160px-King_Michael_Korybut_Wisniowiecki.jpg 2x" data-file-width="654" data-file-height="856" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/John_III_Sobieski" title="John III Sobieski">John III</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Jan III Sobieski</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1629-08-17</span>)</span>17 August 1629 – 17 June 1696<span style="display:none">(1696-06-17)</span> (aged 66)</td><td>21 May 1674</td><td>17 June 1696</td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Jakub_Sobieski" title="Jakub Sobieski">Jakub Sobieski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zofia_Teofillia_Dani%C5%82owicz" class="mw-redirect" title="Zofia Teofillia Daniłowicz">Zofia Teofillia Daniłowicz</a>. Most famous for his brilliant victory over the Turks at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna" title="Battle of Vienna">Battle of Vienna</a> in 1683</td><td><a href="/wiki/House_of_Sobieski" title="House of Sobieski">Sobieski</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Schultz_John_III_Sobieski.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Schultz_John_III_Sobieski.jpg/80px-Schultz_John_III_Sobieski.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Schultz_John_III_Sobieski.jpg/120px-Schultz_John_III_Sobieski.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Schultz_John_III_Sobieski.jpg/160px-Schultz_John_III_Sobieski.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1825" data-file-height="2253" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Augustus_II_the_Strong" title="Augustus II the Strong">Augustus II the Strong</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>August II Mocny</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1670-05-12</span>)</span>12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733<span style="display:none">(1733-02-01)</span> (aged 62)</td><td>15 September 1697</td><td>16 February 1704 (deposed)<br />24 September 1706 (abdicates)</td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/John_George_III,_Elector_of_Saxony" title="John George III, Elector of Saxony">John George III</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anna_Sophie_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Anna Sophie of Denmark">Anna Sophie of Denmark</a>. <a href="/wiki/Elector_of_Saxony" class="mw-redirect" title="Elector of Saxony">Elector of Saxony</a> as Frederick Augustus I, 1694–1733</td><td><a href="/wiki/House_of_Wettin" title="House of Wettin">Wettin</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:August_II_the_Strong.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/August_II_the_Strong.PNG/80px-August_II_the_Strong.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/August_II_the_Strong.PNG/120px-August_II_the_Strong.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/August_II_the_Strong.PNG/160px-August_II_the_Strong.PNG 2x" data-file-width="817" data-file-height="1023" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Leszczy%C5%84ski" title="Stanisław Leszczyński">Stanisław I</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Stanisław I Leszczyński</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1677-10-20</span>)</span>20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766<span style="display:none">(1766-02-23)</span> (aged 88)</td><td>4 October 1705</td><td>8 August 1709</td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Rafa%C5%82_Leszczy%C5%84ski_(1650-1703)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rafał Leszczyński (1650-1703)">Rafał Leszczyński</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anna_Leszczy%C5%84ska_(1660%E2%80%931727)" title="Anna Leszczyńska (1660–1727)">Anna Jabłonowska</a>. Yielded to Augustus II</td><td><a href="/wiki/Leszczy%C5%84ski" title="Leszczyński">Leszczyński</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M%C3%A1nyoki_Stanislaus_Leszczy%C5%84ski.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/M%C3%A1nyoki_Stanislaus_Leszczy%C5%84ski.png/80px-M%C3%A1nyoki_Stanislaus_Leszczy%C5%84ski.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/M%C3%A1nyoki_Stanislaus_Leszczy%C5%84ski.png/120px-M%C3%A1nyoki_Stanislaus_Leszczy%C5%84ski.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/M%C3%A1nyoki_Stanislaus_Leszczy%C5%84ski.png/160px-M%C3%A1nyoki_Stanislaus_Leszczy%C5%84ski.png 2x" data-file-width="516" data-file-height="640" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b>Augustus II the Strong</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>August II Mocny</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1670-05-12</span>)</span>12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733<span style="display:none">(1733-02-01)</span> (aged 62)</td><td>8 August 1709</td><td>1 February 1733</td><td>Restored</td><td>Wettin</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:August_II_the_Strong.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/August_II_the_Strong.PNG/80px-August_II_the_Strong.PNG" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/August_II_the_Strong.PNG/120px-August_II_the_Strong.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/August_II_the_Strong.PNG/160px-August_II_the_Strong.PNG 2x" data-file-width="817" data-file-height="1023" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b>Stanisław I</b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Stanisław I Leszczyński</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1677-10-20</span>)</span>20 October 1677 – 23 February 1766<span style="display:none">(1766-02-23)</span> (aged 88)</td><td>12 September 1733</td><td>30 June 1734<br /> (deposed)<br />27 January 1736<br /> (abdicates)</td><td>Restored. Defeated in the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Polish_Succession" title="War of the Polish Succession">War of the Polish Succession</a>. Became <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Lorraine" class="mw-redirect" title="Duke of Lorraine">Duke of Lorraine</a> until his death</td><td>Leszczyński</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Stanis%C5%82aw_I_Leszczy%C5%84ski.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Portrait_of_Stanis%C5%82aw_I_Leszczy%C5%84ski.jpg/80px-Portrait_of_Stanis%C5%82aw_I_Leszczy%C5%84ski.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Portrait_of_Stanis%C5%82aw_I_Leszczy%C5%84ski.jpg/120px-Portrait_of_Stanis%C5%82aw_I_Leszczy%C5%84ski.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Portrait_of_Stanis%C5%82aw_I_Leszczy%C5%84ski.jpg/160px-Portrait_of_Stanis%C5%82aw_I_Leszczy%C5%84ski.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1383" data-file-height="1880" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Augustus_III_of_Poland" title="Augustus III of Poland">Augustus III</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>August III Sas</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td>17 October 1696 – 5 October 1763<span style="display:none">(1763-10-05)</span> (aged 66)</td><td>17 January 1734<br /> (in opposition)<br />30 June 1734<br /> (effectively)</td><td>5 October 1763</td><td>Son of Augustus II and <a href="/wiki/Christiane_Eberhardine_of_Brandenburg-Bayreuth" title="Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth">Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth</a></td><td>Wettin</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Louis_de_Silvestre_-_Portrait_of_Augustus_III_of_Poland_(after_1733)_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Louis_de_Silvestre_-_Portrait_of_Augustus_III_of_Poland_%28after_1733%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/80px-Louis_de_Silvestre_-_Portrait_of_Augustus_III_of_Poland_%28after_1733%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Louis_de_Silvestre_-_Portrait_of_Augustus_III_of_Poland_%28after_1733%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/120px-Louis_de_Silvestre_-_Portrait_of_Augustus_III_of_Poland_%28after_1733%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Louis_de_Silvestre_-_Portrait_of_Augustus_III_of_Poland_%28after_1733%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/160px-Louis_de_Silvestre_-_Portrait_of_Augustus_III_of_Poland_%28after_1733%29_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2337" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_August_Poniatowski" title="Stanisław August Poniatowski">Stanisław II Augustus</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Stanisław August Poniatowski</i></li><li><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Koronamala.png" class="mw-file-description" title="King of Poland"><img alt="King of Poland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/80px-Koronamala.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="58" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/120px-Koronamala.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Koronamala.png/160px-Koronamala.png 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="146" /></a><figcaption>King of Poland</figcaption></figure> King</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1732-01-17</span>)</span>17 January 1732 – 12 February 1798<span style="display:none">(1798-02-12)</span> (aged 66)</td><td>25 November 1764</td><td>7 January 1795</td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Poniatowski_(1676%E2%80%931762)" title="Stanisław Poniatowski (1676–1762)">Stanisław Poniatowski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Konstancja_Czartoryska_(1700%E2%80%931759)" title="Konstancja Czartoryska (1700–1759)">Konstancja Czartoryska</a>. Forced to abdicate when the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (a <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">hereditary monarchy</a> since <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_3_May_1791" title="Constitution of 3 May 1791">May 3, 1791</a>) ceased to exist</td><td><a href="/wiki/Poniatowski" title="Poniatowski">Poniatowski</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanislaw_poniatowski_bacciarelli.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Stanislaw_poniatowski_bacciarelli.jpg/80px-Stanislaw_poniatowski_bacciarelli.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Stanislaw_poniatowski_bacciarelli.jpg/120px-Stanislaw_poniatowski_bacciarelli.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Stanislaw_poniatowski_bacciarelli.jpg/160px-Stanislaw_poniatowski_bacciarelli.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1388" data-file-height="1744" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Duchy_of_Warsaw_(1807–1815)"><span id="Duchy_of_Warsaw_.281807.E2.80.931815.29"></span>Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Warsaw" title="Duchy of Warsaw">Duchy of Warsaw</a></div> <table class="succession-table-monarch wikitable" style="text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Lifespan</th><th>Reign start</th><th>Reign end</th><th>Notes</th><th>Family</th><th>Image</th></tr><tr><td><b><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Augustus_I_of_Saxony" title="Frederick Augustus I of Saxony">Frederick Augustus I</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>Fryderyk August I</i></li><li>Duke</li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1750-12-23</span>)</span>23 December 1750 – <span style="display:none">(<span class="dday deathdate">1827-05-05</span>)</span>5 May 1827 (aged 76)</td><td>9 June 1807</td><td>22 May 1815</td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Christian,_Elector_of_Saxony" title="Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony">Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony</a> and <a href="/wiki/Duchess_Maria_Antonia_of_Bavaria" title="Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria">Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria</a>. Duke of Warsaw. Designated as King of Poland by the <a href="/wiki/General_Confederation_of_the_Kingdom_of_Poland" title="General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland">General Confederation of the Kingdom of Poland</a> in 1812</td><td><a href="/wiki/House_of_Wettin" title="House of Wettin">Wettin</a></td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Frederick_Augustus_I_of_Saxony_by_Marcello_Bacciarelli_(ca_1808-1809).png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Frederick_Augustus_I_of_Saxony_by_Marcello_Bacciarelli_%28ca_1808-1809%29.png/80px-Frederick_Augustus_I_of_Saxony_by_Marcello_Bacciarelli_%28ca_1808-1809%29.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Frederick_Augustus_I_of_Saxony_by_Marcello_Bacciarelli_%28ca_1808-1809%29.png/120px-Frederick_Augustus_I_of_Saxony_by_Marcello_Bacciarelli_%28ca_1808-1809%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Frederick_Augustus_I_of_Saxony_by_Marcello_Bacciarelli_%28ca_1808-1809%29.png/160px-Frederick_Augustus_I_of_Saxony_by_Marcello_Bacciarelli_%28ca_1808-1809%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2352" data-file-height="2856" /></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Republic_of_Poland_(1918–1939)"><span id="Republic_of_Poland_.281918.E2.80.931939.29"></span>Republic of Poland (1918–1939)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Republic of Poland (1918–1939)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Second_Polish_Republic" title="Second Polish Republic">Second Polish Republic</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_of_State">Chief of State</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Chief of State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_State_(Poland)" title="Chief of State (Poland)">Chief of State</a></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th width="25%">Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small> </th> <th width="17%">Entered office </th> <th width="17%">Left office </th> <th width="20%">Political party </th> <th width="20%">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC"><small>–</small> </th> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -4px; left: -17px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jozef_Pilsudski1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Jozef Pilsudski1.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Jozef_Pilsudski1.jpg/120px-Jozef_Pilsudski1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Jozef_Pilsudski1.jpg/180px-Jozef_Pilsudski1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Jozef_Pilsudski1.jpg/240px-Jozef_Pilsudski1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="831" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski" title="Józef Piłsudski">Józef Piłsudski</a></b><br /><small>(1867–1935)</small> </td> <td>14 November 1918 </td> <td>11 December 1922 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Provisional Chief of State until 1918 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="President_of_the_Republic">President of the Republic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: President of the Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th width="25%">Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small> </th> <th width="17%">Entered office </th> <th width="17%">Left office </th> <th width="20%">Political party </th> <th width="10%">Election </th> <th width="20%">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC">1 </th> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -6px; width: 90px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Narutowicz.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Narutowicz.png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Narutowicz.png/90px-Narutowicz.png" decoding="async" width="90" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Narutowicz.png/135px-Narutowicz.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Narutowicz.png/180px-Narutowicz.png 2x" data-file-width="2413" data-file-height="3500" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Narutowicz" title="Gabriel Narutowicz">Gabriel Narutowicz</a></b><br /><small>(1865–1922)</small> </td> <td>11 December 1922 </td> <td>16 December 1922<div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Died in office</i>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a><br /><small>supported by</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Party_%22Wyzwolenie%22" title="Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie"">Polish People's Party "Wyzwolenie"</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1922_Polish_presidential_elections" title="1922 Polish presidential elections">Dec 1922 (I)</a> </td> <td>First President of Poland. Assassinated after only 5 days in office </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#1BB100"><small>–</small> </th> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -15px; left: -38px; width: 145px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rataj.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Rataj.png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Rataj.png/145px-Rataj.png" decoding="async" width="145" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Rataj.png/218px-Rataj.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Rataj.png/290px-Rataj.png 2x" data-file-width="2347" data-file-height="3500" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maciej_Rataj" title="Maciej Rataj">Maciej Rataj</a><br /><small>(1884–1940)</small><br /><small><i><a href="/wiki/Acting_President_of_Poland" title="Acting President of Poland">Acting President</a></i></small> </td> <td>16 December 1922 </td> <td>22 December 1922 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Party_%22Piast%22_(1913%E2%80%931931)" title="Polish People's Party "Piast" (1913–1931)">Polish People's Party "Piast"</a> </td> <td>— </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Sejm" title="Marshal of the Sejm">Marshal of the Sejm</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#1BB100">2 </th> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -29px; left: -98px; width: 275px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:S_Wojciechowski.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="S Wojciechowski.png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/S_Wojciechowski.png/275px-S_Wojciechowski.png" decoding="async" width="275" height="312" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/S_Wojciechowski.png/413px-S_Wojciechowski.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/S_Wojciechowski.png/550px-S_Wojciechowski.png 2x" data-file-width="3085" data-file-height="3500" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Wojciechowski" title="Stanisław Wojciechowski">Stanisław Wojciechowski</a></b><br /><small>(1869–1953)</small> </td> <td>22 December 1922 </td> <td>14 May 1926<div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Deposed</i>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Party_%22Piast%22_(1913%E2%80%931931)" title="Polish People's Party "Piast" (1913–1931)">Polish People's Party "Piast"</a> </td> <td>Dec 1922 (II) </td> <td>Deposed in the <a href="/wiki/May_Coup_(Poland)" title="May Coup (Poland)">May Coup</a> by <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Poland" title="Marshal of Poland">Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski" title="Józef Piłsudski">Józef Piłsudski</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#1BB100"><small>–</small> </th> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -15px; left: -38px; width: 145px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rataj.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Rataj.png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Rataj.png/145px-Rataj.png" decoding="async" width="145" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Rataj.png/218px-Rataj.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Rataj.png/290px-Rataj.png 2x" data-file-width="2347" data-file-height="3500" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td>Maciej Rataj<br /><small>(1884–1940)</small><br /><small><i>Acting President</i></small> </td> <td>14 May 1926 </td> <td>4 June 1926 </td> <td>Polish People's Party "Piast" </td> <td>— </td> <td>Marshal of the Sejm </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC">3 </th> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -4px; left: -17px; width: 120px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jozef_Pilsudski1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Jozef Pilsudski1.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Jozef_Pilsudski1.jpg/120px-Jozef_Pilsudski1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Jozef_Pilsudski1.jpg/180px-Jozef_Pilsudski1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Jozef_Pilsudski1.jpg/240px-Jozef_Pilsudski1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="831" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski" title="Józef Piłsudski">Józef Piłsudski</a><br /><small>(1867–1935)</small><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>Honorary President-elect</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td colspan="2">Honorary President-elect </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1926_Polish_presidential_elections" title="1926 Polish presidential elections">May 1926</a> </td> <td>Piłsudski was elected Honorary President-elect by the National Assembly. </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC">4 </th> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -21px; width: 130px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ignacy_Mo%C5%9Bcicki_(-1934).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Ignacy Mościcki (-1934).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ignacy_Mo%C5%9Bcicki_%28-1934%29.jpg/130px-Ignacy_Mo%C5%9Bcicki_%28-1934%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="130" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ignacy_Mo%C5%9Bcicki_%28-1934%29.jpg/195px-Ignacy_Mo%C5%9Bcicki_%28-1934%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ignacy_Mo%C5%9Bcicki_%28-1934%29.jpg/260px-Ignacy_Mo%C5%9Bcicki_%28-1934%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1842" data-file-height="2621" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ignacy_Mo%C5%9Bcicki" title="Ignacy Mościcki">Ignacy Mościcki</a></b><br /><small>(1867–1946)</small> </td> <td>4 June 1926 </td> <td>30 September 1939 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a><br /><small>supported by</small><br /><a href="/wiki/Nonpartisan_Bloc_for_Cooperation_with_the_Government" title="Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government">Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with the Government</a> </td> <td>Jun 1926<div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><a href="/wiki/1933_Polish_presidential_election" title="1933 Polish presidential election">1933</a> </td> <td>Mościcki's government was exiled to <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Romania" title="Kingdom of Romania">Romania</a> after Poland's <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland" title="Invasion of Poland">defeat in World War II</a> on 17 September. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_of_the_Republic_of_Poland_in_Exile_(1939–1990)"><span id="Government_of_the_Republic_of_Poland_in_Exile_.281939.E2.80.931990.29"></span>Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile (1939–1990)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Government of the Republic of Poland in Exile (1939–1990)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Polish_government-in-exile" title="Polish government-in-exile">Polish government-in-exile</a></div> <p>After the German conquest of Poland, a Polish government-in-exile was formed under the protection of <a href="/wiki/French_Third_Republic" title="French Third Republic">France</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">Britain</a>. The President of the Republic and the government-in-exile were recognised by the United Kingdom and, later, by the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> until 6 July 1945, when the Western Allies accepted the Communist-led government backed by <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a>. Despite having lost recognition by other governments, the government-in-exile continued in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> until the election of <a href="/wiki/Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa" title="Lech Wałęsa">Lech Wałęsa</a> as President of the Republic of Poland in December 1990, upon which it handed over its formal powers and the insignia of the Polish Second Republic to President-elect Wałęsa in a ceremony at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Castle,_Warsaw" title="Royal Castle, Warsaw">Warsaw Royal Castle</a> on 22 December 1990. </p><p>The sole internationally recognised president of the exiled government was <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Raczkiewicz" title="Władysław Raczkiewicz">Władysław Raczkiewicz</a>, who took office after Ignacy Mościcki's resignation in September 1939. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th width="25%">Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small> </th> <th width="17%">Entered office </th> <th width="17%">Left office </th> <th width="20%">Political party </th> <th width="20%">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC">1 </th> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -21px; left: -30px; width: 375px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Raczkiewicz.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Raczkiewicz.png" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Raczkiewicz.png/375px-Raczkiewicz.png" decoding="async" width="375" height="387" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Raczkiewicz.png/563px-Raczkiewicz.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Raczkiewicz.png/750px-Raczkiewicz.png 2x" data-file-width="3394" data-file-height="3500" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Raczkiewicz" title="Władysław Raczkiewicz">Władysław Raczkiewicz</a><br /><small>(1885–1947)</small> </td> <td>30 September 1939 </td> <td>6 June 1947<div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Died in office</i>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td>Raczkiewicz's government lost recognition by the Western Allies on 6 July 1945. </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC">2 </th> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -0px; width: 85px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-11032,_August_Zaleski.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Bundesarchiv Bild 102-11032, August Zaleski.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-11032%2C_August_Zaleski.jpg/85px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-11032%2C_August_Zaleski.jpg" decoding="async" width="85" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-11032%2C_August_Zaleski.jpg/128px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-11032%2C_August_Zaleski.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-11032%2C_August_Zaleski.jpg/170px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-11032%2C_August_Zaleski.jpg 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="798" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/August_Zaleski" title="August Zaleski">August Zaleski</a><br /><small>(1883–1972)</small> </td> <td>9 June 1947 </td> <td>7 April 1972<div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Died in office</i>)</span> </td> <td>Independent </td> <td>From 1954 onwards, opposed by the <i><a href="/wiki/Rada_Trzech" class="mw-redirect" title="Rada Trzech">Rada Trzech</a></i> (Council of Three) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC">3 </th> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -18px; width: 115px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanislaw_Ostrowski.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Stanislaw Ostrowski.gif" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Stanislaw_Ostrowski.gif/115px-Stanislaw_Ostrowski.gif" decoding="async" width="115" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Stanislaw_Ostrowski.gif/173px-Stanislaw_Ostrowski.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Stanislaw_Ostrowski.gif/230px-Stanislaw_Ostrowski.gif 2x" data-file-width="461" data-file-height="583" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Ostrowski" title="Stanisław Ostrowski">Stanisław Ostrowski</a><br /><small>(1892–1982)</small> </td> <td>9 April 1972 </td> <td>24 March 1979 </td> <td>Independent </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC">4 </th> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -12px; width: 160px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Raczy%C5%84ski_(-1939).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Edward Raczyński (-1939).jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Edward_Raczy%C5%84ski_%28-1939%29.jpg/160px-Edward_Raczy%C5%84ski_%28-1939%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Edward_Raczy%C5%84ski_%28-1939%29.jpg/240px-Edward_Raczy%C5%84ski_%28-1939%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Edward_Raczy%C5%84ski_%28-1939%29.jpg/320px-Edward_Raczy%C5%84ski_%28-1939%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="547" data-file-height="659" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Bernard_Raczy%C5%84ski" title="Edward Bernard Raczyński">Edward Raczyński</a><br /><small>(1891–1993)</small> </td> <td>8 April 1979 </td> <td>8 April 1986 </td> <td>Independent </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC">5 </th> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -0px; left: -17px; width: 110px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kazimierz_Sabbat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Sabbat.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Kazimierz_Sabbat.jpg/110px-Kazimierz_Sabbat.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Kazimierz_Sabbat.jpg/165px-Kazimierz_Sabbat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Kazimierz_Sabbat.jpg/220px-Kazimierz_Sabbat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="433" data-file-height="546" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kazimierz_Sabbat" title="Kazimierz Sabbat">Kazimierz Sabbat</a><br /><small>(1913–1989)</small> </td> <td>8 April 1986 </td> <td>19 July 1989<div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Died in office</i>)</span> </td> <td>Independent </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#DCDCDC">6 </th> <td><div class=""> <div style="width: 80px; height: 120px; overflow: hidden;"> <div style="position: relative; top: -2px; left: -17px; width: 110px"><div class="noresize"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Polski_prezydent_bywaly.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Polski prezydent bywaly.jpg" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Polski_prezydent_bywaly.jpg/110px-Polski_prezydent_bywaly.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Polski_prezydent_bywaly.jpg/165px-Polski_prezydent_bywaly.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Polski_prezydent_bywaly.jpg/220px-Polski_prezydent_bywaly.jpg 2x" data-file-width="414" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div></div> </div> </div> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ryszard_Kaczorowski" title="Ryszard Kaczorowski">Ryszard Kaczorowski</a><br /><small>(1919–2010)</small> </td> <td>19 July 1989 </td> <td>22 December 1990 </td> <td>Independent </td> <td>Kaczorowski resigned on 22 December 1990, upon the election of <a href="/wiki/Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa" title="Lech Wałęsa">Lech Wałęsa</a> as President of the Republic of Poland. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Polish_People's_Republic_(1944–1989)"><span id="Polish_People.27s_Republic_.281944.E2.80.931989.29"></span>Polish People's Republic (1944–1989)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Polish People's Republic (1944–1989)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Republic" title="Polish People's Republic">Polish People's Republic</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="President_of_the_State_National_Council">President of the State National Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: President of the State National Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_the_Republic_of_Poland" title="Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland">Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland</a> was founded under Soviet protection on 31 December 1944 and recognised by the United States and the United Kingdom since 6 July 1945. It evolved into the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_National_Unity" title="Provisional Government of National Unity">Government of National Unity</a> on 28 June 1945, and eventually into the <a href="/wiki/Polish_People%27s_Republic" title="Polish People's Republic">Polish People's Republic</a> on 19 February 1947. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th width="25%">Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small> </th> <th width="17%">Entered office </th> <th width="17%">Left office </th> <th width="20%">Political party </th> <th width="20%">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B">1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_(1892-1956).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg/75px-PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg/113px-PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg/150px-PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2190" data-file-height="2790" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut" title="Bolesław Bierut">Bolesław Bierut</a></b><br /><small>(1892–1956)</small> </td> <td>31 December 1944 </td> <td>4 February 1947 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polish_Workers%27_Party" title="Polish Workers' Party">Polish Workers' Party</a> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="President_of_the_Republic_2">President of the Republic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: President of the Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th width="25%">Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small> </th> <th width="17%">Entered office </th> <th width="17%">Left office </th> <th width="20%">Political party </th> <th>Election </th> <th width="20%">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B"><small>–</small> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_Franciszek_Trabalski.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Portrait_Franciszek_Trabalski.jpg/75px-Portrait_Franciszek_Trabalski.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Portrait_Franciszek_Trabalski.jpg/113px-Portrait_Franciszek_Trabalski.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Portrait_Franciszek_Trabalski.jpg/150px-Portrait_Franciszek_Trabalski.jpg 2x" data-file-width="383" data-file-height="576" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Franciszek_Tr%C4%85balski" title="Franciszek Trąbalski">Franciszek Trąbalski</a></b><br /><small>(1870–1964)</small><br /><small><i><a href="/wiki/Acting_President_of_Poland" title="Acting President of Poland">Acting</a></i></small> </td> <td colspan="2">4 February 1947 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polish_Workers%27_Party" title="Polish Workers' Party">Polish Workers' Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">— </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B"><small>–</small> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marsza%C5%82ek_Sejmu_W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kowalski.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Marsza%C5%82ek_Sejmu_W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kowalski.jpg/75px-Marsza%C5%82ek_Sejmu_W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kowalski.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Marsza%C5%82ek_Sejmu_W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kowalski.jpg/113px-Marsza%C5%82ek_Sejmu_W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kowalski.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Marsza%C5%82ek_Sejmu_W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kowalski.jpg/150px-Marsza%C5%82ek_Sejmu_W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kowalski.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1398" data-file-height="2185" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Kowalski_(politician)" title="Władysław Kowalski (politician)">Władysław Kowalski</a></b><br /><small>(1894–1958)</small><br /><small><i>Acting</i></small> </td> <td>4 February 1947 </td> <td>5 February 1947 </td> <td>Polish Workers' Party </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Sejm" title="Marshal of the Sejm">Marshal of the Sejm</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B">1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_(1892-1956).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg/75px-PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg/113px-PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg/150px-PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2190" data-file-height="2790" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut" title="Bolesław Bierut">Bolesław Bierut</a></b><br /><small>(1892–1956)</small> </td> <td>5 February 1947 </td> <td>20 November 1952 </td> <td>Polish Workers' Party/<br /><a href="/wiki/Polish_United_Workers%27_Party" title="Polish United Workers' Party">Polish United Workers' Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1947_Polish_presidential_election" title="1947 Polish presidential election">1947</a> </td> <td>From December 1948, also Secretary General of the Polish United Workers' Party </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chairman_of_the_Council_of_State">Chairman of the Council of State</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Chairman of the Council of State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/State_Council_of_the_Polish_People%27s_Republic" title="State Council of the Polish People's Republic">State Council of the Polish People's Republic</a></div> <p>In 1952, the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Polish_People%27s_Republic" title="Constitution of the Polish People's Republic">July Constitution</a> abolished the office of president and made the Council of State the collective head of state, chairmen of which are listed below. Real power rested with the <a href="/wiki/Polish_United_Workers%27_Party" title="Polish United Workers' Party">Polish United Workers' Party</a> (PZPR), its Central Committee, and the <a href="/wiki/Polish_United_Workers%27_Party#Party_leaders" title="Polish United Workers' Party">secretary general/first secretary</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th width="25%">Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small> </th> <th width="17%">Entered office </th> <th width="17%">Left office </th> <th width="20%">Political party </th> <th width="20%">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B">1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aleksander_Zawadzki_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Aleksander_Zawadzki_1.jpg/75px-Aleksander_Zawadzki_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Aleksander_Zawadzki_1.jpg/113px-Aleksander_Zawadzki_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Aleksander_Zawadzki_1.jpg/150px-Aleksander_Zawadzki_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="413" data-file-height="542" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aleksander_Zawadzki" title="Aleksander Zawadzki">Aleksander Zawadzki</a></b><br /><small>(1899–1964)</small> </td> <td>20 November 1952 </td> <td>7 August 1964<div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Died in office</i>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polish_United_Workers%27_Party" title="Polish United Workers' Party">Polish United Workers' Party</a> </td> <td>Died in office (cancer) </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7"><i>In accordance with the constitution, the vice presidents of the Council of State, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Ochab" title="Edward Ochab">Edward Ochab</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Kulczy%C5%84ski" title="Stanisław Kulczyński">Stanisław Kulczyński</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oskar_R._Lange" title="Oskar R. Lange">Oskar R. Lange</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Boles%C5%82aw_Podedworny&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bolesław Podedworny (page does not exist)">Bolesław Podedworny</a>, became collegially acting heads of state.</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B">2 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Ochab_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Edward_Ochab_2.jpg/75px-Edward_Ochab_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Edward_Ochab_2.jpg/113px-Edward_Ochab_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Edward_Ochab_2.jpg/150px-Edward_Ochab_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="323" data-file-height="440" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Edward_Ochab" title="Edward Ochab">Edward Ochab</a></b><br /><small>(1906–1989)</small> </td> <td>12 August 1964 </td> <td>10 April 1968 </td> <td>Polish United Workers' Party </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B">3 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marian_Spychalski_1965_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Marian_Spychalski_1965_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Marian_Spychalski_1965_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Marian_Spychalski_1965_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Marian_Spychalski_1965_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Marian_Spychalski_1965_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Marian_Spychalski_1965_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1738" data-file-height="2318" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Marian_Spychalski" title="Marian Spychalski">Marian Spychalski</a></b><br /><small>(1906–1980)</small> </td> <td>10 April 1968 </td> <td>23 December 1970 </td> <td>Polish United Workers' Party </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B">4 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cyrankiewicz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Cyrankiewicz.jpg/75px-Cyrankiewicz.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Cyrankiewicz.jpg/113px-Cyrankiewicz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Cyrankiewicz.jpg/150px-Cyrankiewicz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="538" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Cyrankiewicz" title="Józef Cyrankiewicz">Józef Cyrankiewicz</a></b><br /><small>(1911–1989)</small> </td> <td>23 December 1970 </td> <td>28 March 1972 </td> <td>Polish United Workers' Party </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B">5 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Henryk_Jab%C5%82o%C5%84ski,_The_Chairman_of_the_Council_of_State_(Head_of_State)_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_Poland_1972-1985.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Henryk_Jab%C5%82o%C5%84ski%2C_The_Chairman_of_the_Council_of_State_%28Head_of_State%29_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_Poland_1972-1985.jpg/75px-Henryk_Jab%C5%82o%C5%84ski%2C_The_Chairman_of_the_Council_of_State_%28Head_of_State%29_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_Poland_1972-1985.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Henryk_Jab%C5%82o%C5%84ski%2C_The_Chairman_of_the_Council_of_State_%28Head_of_State%29_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_Poland_1972-1985.jpg/113px-Henryk_Jab%C5%82o%C5%84ski%2C_The_Chairman_of_the_Council_of_State_%28Head_of_State%29_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_Poland_1972-1985.jpg 1.5x, 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height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG/113px-Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG/150px-Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="744" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wojciech_Jaruzelski" title="Wojciech Jaruzelski">Wojciech Jaruzelski</a></b><br /><small>(1923–2014)</small> </td> <td>6 November 1985 </td> <td>19 July 1989 </td> <td>Polish United Workers' Party </td> <td>Also the First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Secretaries_of_the_Polish_Workers'_Party_(PPR)/Polish_United_Workers'_Party_(PZPR)"><span id="First_Secretaries_of_the_Polish_Workers.27_Party_.28PPR.29.2FPolish_United_Workers.27_Party_.28PZPR.29"></span>First Secretaries of the Polish Workers' Party (PPR)/Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: First Secretaries of the Polish Workers' Party (PPR)/Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 1954, the head of the party was also the Chairman of the Central Committee. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" width="30%">Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small> </th> <th width="75px">Portrait </th> <th width="15%">Entered office </th> <th width="15%">Left office </th> <th width="30%">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka" title="Władysław Gomułka">Władysław Gomułka</a><br /><small>(1905–1982)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka_1960.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka_1960.jpg/80px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka_1960.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka_1960.jpg/120px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka_1960.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka_1960.jpg/160px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka_1960.jpg 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="702" /></a></span> </td> <td>23 November 1943 </td> <td>10 August 1948 </td> <td>First Secretary of PPR </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut" title="Bolesław Bierut">Bolesław Bierut</a><br /><small>(1892–1956)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_(1892-1956).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg/80px-PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg/120px-PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg/160px-PL_Boles%C5%82aw_Bierut_%281892-1956%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2190" data-file-height="2790" /></a></span> </td> <td>10 August 1948 </td> <td>12 March 1956<div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Died in office</i>)</span> </td> <td>First Secretary of PPR to 16 December 1948; <p>First Secretary of PZPR from 22 December 1948 </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E3401B"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Ochab" title="Edward Ochab">Edward Ochab</a><br /><small>(1906–1989)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Ochab_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Edward_Ochab_2.jpg/80px-Edward_Ochab_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Edward_Ochab_2.jpg/120px-Edward_Ochab_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Edward_Ochab_2.jpg/160px-Edward_Ochab_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="323" data-file-height="440" /></a></span> </td> <td>20 March 1956 </td> <td>21 October 1956 </td> <td rowspan="6">First Secretary of PZPR </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka" title="Władysław Gomułka">Władysław Gomułka</a><br /><small>(1905–1982)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka_1960.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka_1960.jpg/80px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka_1960.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka_1960.jpg/120px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka_1960.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka_1960.jpg/160px-W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Gomu%C5%82ka_1960.jpg 2x" data-file-width="520" data-file-height="702" /></a></span> </td> <td>21 October 1956 </td> <td>20 December 1970 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Edward_Gierek" title="Edward Gierek">Edward Gierek</a><br /><small>(1913–2001)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Edward_Gierek_1980.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Edward_Gierek_1980.jpg/80px-Edward_Gierek_1980.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Edward_Gierek_1980.jpg/120px-Edward_Gierek_1980.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Edward_Gierek_1980.jpg/160px-Edward_Gierek_1980.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1043" data-file-height="1384" /></a></span> </td> <td>20 December 1970 </td> <td>6 September 1980 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw_Kania" title="Stanisław Kania">Stanisław Kania</a><br /><small>(1927–2020)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stanis%C5%82aw_Kania_-1979-.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Stanis%C5%82aw_Kania_-1979-.jpg/80px-Stanis%C5%82aw_Kania_-1979-.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Stanis%C5%82aw_Kania_-1979-.jpg/120px-Stanis%C5%82aw_Kania_-1979-.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Stanis%C5%82aw_Kania_-1979-.jpg/160px-Stanis%C5%82aw_Kania_-1979-.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="707" /></a></span> </td> <td>6 September 1980 </td> <td>18 October 1981 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Wojciech_Jaruzelski" title="Wojciech Jaruzelski">Wojciech Jaruzelski</a><br /><small>(1923–2014)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG/80px-Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG" decoding="async" width="80" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG/120px-Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG/160px-Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="744" /></a></span> </td> <td>18 October 1981 </td> <td>29 July 1989 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#E3401B"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Mieczys%C5%82aw_Rakowski" title="Mieczysław Rakowski">Mieczysław Rakowski</a>*<br /><small>(1926–2008)</small> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mieczys%C5%82aw_Rakowski_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Mieczys%C5%82aw_Rakowski_crop.jpg/80px-Mieczys%C5%82aw_Rakowski_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Mieczys%C5%82aw_Rakowski_crop.jpg/120px-Mieczys%C5%82aw_Rakowski_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Mieczys%C5%82aw_Rakowski_crop.jpg/160px-Mieczys%C5%82aw_Rakowski_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="284" data-file-height="349" /></a></span> </td> <td>29 July 1989 </td> <td>29 January 1990 </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li>By the second half of 1989, the office of First Secretary, occupied at the time by Mieczysław Rakowski, ceased to hold any real power.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Republic_of_Poland_(1989–present)"><span id="Republic_of_Poland_.281989.E2.80.93present.29"></span>Republic of Poland (1989–present)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Republic of Poland (1989–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="President_of_the_Republic_3">President of the Republic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: President of the Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Name<br /><small>(Birth–Death)</small> </th> <th>Entered office </th> <th>Left office </th> <th>Political party </th> <th>Election </th> <th>Notes<br />Previous office </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E3401B"><b><span style="color:white">1</span></b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG/75px-Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG/113px-Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG/150px-Gen._Wojciech_Jaruzelski_13_grudnia_1981.JPG 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="744" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Wojciech_Jaruzelski" title="Wojciech Jaruzelski">Wojciech Jaruzelski</a></b><br /><small>(1923–2014)</small> </td> <td>19 July 1989 </td> <td>22 December 1990<div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Resigned</i>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Polish_United_Workers%27_Party" title="Polish United Workers' Party">Polish United Workers' Party</a><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>to 30 January 1990</i>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989_Polish_presidential_election" title="1989 Polish presidential election">1989</a> </td> <td>Following the <a href="/wiki/Polish_Round_Table_Agreement" title="Polish Round Table Agreement">Polish Round Table Agreement</a> between the <a href="/wiki/Polish_United_Workers%27_Party" title="Polish United Workers' Party">Polish United Workers' Party</a> and <a href="/wiki/Solidarity_(Polish_trade_union)" title="Solidarity (Polish trade union)">Solidarity</a>, the Council of State was abolished. Its chairman was elected <a href="/wiki/President_of_Poland" title="President of Poland">President of the People's Republic</a> by the Parliament. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#DCDCDC"><b>2</b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa_(2019),_FORUM_2000,_Prague_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa_%282019%29%2C_FORUM_2000%2C_Prague_%282%29.jpg/75px-Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa_%282019%29%2C_FORUM_2000%2C_Prague_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa_%282019%29%2C_FORUM_2000%2C_Prague_%282%29.jpg/113px-Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa_%282019%29%2C_FORUM_2000%2C_Prague_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa_%282019%29%2C_FORUM_2000%2C_Prague_%282%29.jpg/150px-Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa_%282019%29%2C_FORUM_2000%2C_Prague_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1280" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa" title="Lech Wałęsa">Lech Wałęsa</a></b><br /><small>(born 1943)</small> </td> <td>22 December 1990 </td> <td>22 December 1995 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Solidarity_Citizens%27_Committee" title="Solidarity Citizens' Committee">Solidarity Citizens' Committee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_Polish_presidential_election" title="1990 Polish presidential election">1990</a> </td> <td>First president elected by popular vote </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E2001A"><b><span style="color:white">3</span></b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Aleksander_kwasniewski_konferencja_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Aleksander_kwasniewski_konferencja_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Aleksander_kwasniewski_konferencja_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Aleksander_kwasniewski_konferencja_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Aleksander_kwasniewski_konferencja_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Aleksander_kwasniewski_konferencja_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Aleksander_kwasniewski_konferencja_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="314" data-file-height="425" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Aleksander_Kwa%C5%9Bniewski" title="Aleksander Kwaśniewski">Aleksander Kwaśniewski</a></b><br /><small>(born 1954)</small> </td> <td>23 December 1995 </td> <td>23 December 2005 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Left_Alliance_(Poland)" title="Democratic Left Alliance (Poland)">Democratic Left Alliance</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1995_Polish_presidential_election" title="1995 Polish presidential election">1995</a><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><a href="/wiki/2000_Polish_presidential_election" title="2000 Polish presidential election">2000</a> </td> <td>Member of the Sejm (1991–95). First President of the Third Republic elected twice </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#263778"><b><span style="color:white">4</span></b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lech_Kaczy%C5%84ski.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Lech_Kaczy%C5%84ski.jpg/75px-Lech_Kaczy%C5%84ski.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Lech_Kaczy%C5%84ski.jpg/113px-Lech_Kaczy%C5%84ski.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Lech_Kaczy%C5%84ski.jpg/150px-Lech_Kaczy%C5%84ski.jpg 2x" data-file-width="483" data-file-height="584" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lech_Kaczy%C5%84ski" title="Lech Kaczyński">Lech Kaczyński</a></b><br /><small>(1949–<a href="/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Lech_and_Maria_Kaczy%C5%84ski" title="Death and state funeral of Lech and Maria Kaczyński">2010</a>)</small> </td> <td>23 December 2005 </td> <td>10 April 2010<div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>Died in office</i>)</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Law_and_Justice_(Poland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Law and Justice (Poland)">Law and Justice</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Polish_presidential_election" title="2005 Polish presidential election">2005</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Poland" title="Senate of Poland">Senator</a> (1989–91), Member of the <a href="/wiki/Sejm" title="Sejm">Sejm</a> (1991–93 and 2001–02), <a href="/wiki/List_of_city_mayors_of_Warsaw" title="List of city mayors of Warsaw">Mayor of Warsaw</a> (2002-2005). Died in a <a href="/wiki/Smolensk_air_disaster" title="Smolensk air disaster">plane crash</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F68F2D">– </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_official_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_official_cropped.jpg/75px-Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_official_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_official_cropped.jpg/113px-Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_official_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_official_cropped.jpg/150px-Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_official_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="450" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski" title="Bronisław Komorowski">Bronisław Komorowski</a><br /><small>(born 1952)</small><br /><small><i><a href="/wiki/Acting_President_of_Poland" title="Acting President of Poland">Acting President</a></i></small> </td> <td>10 April 2010 </td> <td>8 July 2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Civic_Platform" title="Civic Platform">Civic Platform</a> </td> <td rowspan="3">— </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Sejm" title="Marshal of the Sejm">Marshal of the Sejm</a>. Resigned as Marshal of the Sejm, and thus as Acting President, after being confirmed as the winner of the <a href="/wiki/2010_Polish_presidential_election" title="2010 Polish presidential election">2010 presidential election</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F68F2D">– </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bogdan_Borusewicz_02_Senate_of_Poland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Bogdan_Borusewicz_02_Senate_of_Poland.jpg/75px-Bogdan_Borusewicz_02_Senate_of_Poland.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Bogdan_Borusewicz_02_Senate_of_Poland.jpg/113px-Bogdan_Borusewicz_02_Senate_of_Poland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Bogdan_Borusewicz_02_Senate_of_Poland.jpg/150px-Bogdan_Borusewicz_02_Senate_of_Poland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="413" data-file-height="531" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bogdan_Borusewicz" title="Bogdan Borusewicz">Bogdan Borusewicz</a><br /><small>(born 1949)</small><br /><small><i><a href="/wiki/Acting_President_of_Poland" title="Acting President of Poland">Acting President</a></i></small> </td> <td>8 July 2010 </td> <td>8 July 2010 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Civic_Platform" title="Civic Platform">Civic Platform</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_the_Senate_of_the_Republic_of_Poland" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland">Marshal of the Senate</a>. Acting president for less than a day, between Komorowski's resignation as the Marshal of the Sejm and <a href="/wiki/Grzegorz_Schetyna" title="Grzegorz Schetyna">Grzegorz Schetyna</a> being sworn in. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F68F2D">– </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Grzegorz_Schetyna_Sejm_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Grzegorz_Schetyna_Sejm_2019.jpg/75px-Grzegorz_Schetyna_Sejm_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Grzegorz_Schetyna_Sejm_2019.jpg/113px-Grzegorz_Schetyna_Sejm_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Grzegorz_Schetyna_Sejm_2019.jpg/150px-Grzegorz_Schetyna_Sejm_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4380" data-file-height="5530" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Grzegorz_Schetyna" title="Grzegorz Schetyna">Grzegorz Schetyna</a><br /><small>(born 1963)</small><br /><small><i>Acting President</i></small> </td> <td>8 July 2010 </td> <td>6 August 2010 </td> <td>Civic Platform </td> <td>Marshal of the Sejm. Served as Acting President until Komorowski was sworn in as president as the result of the 2010 presidential election </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F68F2D"><b><span style="color:white">5</span></b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_official_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_official_cropped.jpg/75px-Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_official_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_official_cropped.jpg/113px-Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_official_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_official_cropped.jpg/150px-Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski_official_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="450" /></a></span> </td> <td><b>Bronisław Komorowski</b><br /><small>(born 1952)</small> </td> <td>6 August 2010 </td> <td>6 August 2015 </td> <td>Civic Platform </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Polish_presidential_election" title="2010 Polish presidential election">2010</a> </td> <td>Member of the Sejm (1991–2010), Marshal of the Sejm (2007–10); Acting President (2010). </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#263778"><b><span style="color:white">6</span></b> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prezydent_Rzeczypospolitej_Polskiej_Andrzej_Duda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Prezydent_Rzeczypospolitej_Polskiej_Andrzej_Duda.jpg/75px-Prezydent_Rzeczypospolitej_Polskiej_Andrzej_Duda.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Prezydent_Rzeczypospolitej_Polskiej_Andrzej_Duda.jpg/113px-Prezydent_Rzeczypospolitej_Polskiej_Andrzej_Duda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Prezydent_Rzeczypospolitej_Polskiej_Andrzej_Duda.jpg/150px-Prezydent_Rzeczypospolitej_Polskiej_Andrzej_Duda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="915" data-file-height="1348" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Duda" title="Andrzej Duda">Andrzej Duda</a></b><br /><small>(born 1972)</small> </td> <td>6 August 2015 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td>Law and Justice </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Polish_presidential_election" title="2015 Polish presidential election">2015</a><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><a href="/wiki/2020_Polish_presidential_election" title="2020 Polish presidential election">2020</a> </td> <td>Member of the Sejm (2011–14), <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_European_Parliament" title="Member of the European Parliament">Member</a> of the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a> (2014–15); Duda was the <a href="/wiki/Law_and_Justice_(Poland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Law and Justice (Poland)">Law and Justice</a> candidate in the 2015 election, but resigned his membership on 26 May 2015. Second President of the Third Republic elected twice </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timeline_since_1918">Timeline since 1918</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_heads_of_state_of_Poland&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Timeline since 1918"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_37psuh6stax9hlmnputrogmulwm0kzo"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Andrzej_Duda" coords="982,232,1085,252" title="Andrzej Duda" alt="Andrzej Duda" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Grzegorz_Schetyna" coords="850,220,980,241" title="Grzegorz Schetyna" alt="Grzegorz Schetyna" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Bogdan_Borusewicz" coords="849,209,980,229" title="Bogdan Borusewicz" alt="Bogdan Borusewicz" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Bronis%C5%82aw_Komorowski" coords="895,197,1048,218" title="Bronisław 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href="/wiki/Leszko_II" title="Leszko II">Leszko II</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Leszko_III" title="Leszko III">Leszko III</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Popiel_I" title="Popiel I">Popiel I</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Popiel" title="Popiel">Popiel II</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cho%C5%9Bcisko" title="Chościsko">Chościsko</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Piast_the_Wheelwright" title="Piast the Wheelwright">Piast the Wheelwright</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Polish_monarchs#Semi-legendary_dukes_of_the_Polans_in_Greater_Poland" title="List of Polish monarchs">Proto-historic</a> (before 966)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siemowit" title="Siemowit">Siemowit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lestek" title="Lestek">Lestek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siemomys%C5%82" title="Siemomysł">Siemomysł</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Piast_dynasty" title="Piast dynasty">Piast dynasty</a> (966–1138)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mieszko_I" title="Mieszko I">Mieszko I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_I_the_Brave" title="Bolesław I the Brave">Bolesław I the Brave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bezprym" title="Bezprym">Bezprym</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mieszko_II_Lambert" title="Mieszko II Lambert">Mieszko II Lambert</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_the_Forgotten" title="Bolesław the Forgotten">Bolesław the Forgotten</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casimir_I_the_Restorer" title="Casimir I the Restorer">Casimir I the Restorer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_II_the_Bold" title="Bolesław II the Bold">Bolesław II the Bold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_Herman" title="Władysław I Herman">Władysław I Herman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zbigniew_of_Poland" title="Zbigniew of Poland">Zbigniew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_III_Wrymouth" title="Bolesław III Wrymouth">Bolesław III Wrymouth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Poland_during_the_Piast_dynasty#Fragmentation_of_the_realm_(1138–1320)" title="History of Poland during the Piast dynasty">Fragmentation<br />period</a> (1138–1320)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><b><a href="/wiki/Seniorate_Province" title="Seniorate Province">Senior or Supreme Princes</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_the_Exile" title="Władysław II the Exile">Władysław II the Exile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_IV_the_Curly" title="Bolesław IV the Curly">Bolesław IV the Curly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mieszko_III_of_Poland" title="Mieszko III of Poland">Mieszko III the Old</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casimir_II_the_Just" title="Casimir II the Just">Casimir II the Just</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leszek_the_White" class="mw-redirect" title="Leszek the White">Leszek the White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_III_Spindleshanks" title="Władysław III Spindleshanks">Władysław III Spindleshanks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_Odonic" title="Władysław Odonic">Władysław Odonic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mieszko_IV_Tanglefoot" title="Mieszko IV Tanglefoot">Mieszko IV Tanglefoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konrad_I_of_Masovia" title="Konrad I of Masovia">Konrad I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_the_Bearded" title="Henry the Bearded">Henry the Bearded</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_II_the_Pious" title="Henry II the Pious">Henry II the Pious</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_II_the_Horned" title="Bolesław II the Horned">Bolesław the Horned</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_V_the_Chaste" title="Bolesław V the Chaste">Bolesław V the Chaste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leszek_II_the_Black" title="Leszek II the Black">Leszek II the Black</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henryk_IV_Probus" class="mw-redirect" title="Henryk IV Probus">Henryk IV Probus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Przemys%C5%82_II" title="Przemysł II">Przemysł II</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <ul><li><i>See also:</i> <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Silesia" title="Duke of Silesia">Dukes of Silesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Greater_Poland#Dukes_of_Greater_Poland" title="Duchy of Greater Poland">Dukes of Greater Poland</a></li> <li><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksi%C4%85%C5%BC%C4%99ta_sandomierscy" class="extiw" title="pl:Książęta sandomierscy">Dukes of Little Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Masovia" title="Duke of Masovia">Dukes of Masovia</a></li> <li><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adcy_Kujaw" class="extiw" title="pl:Władcy Kujaw">Dukes of Kuyavia</a></li> <li><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksi%C4%85%C5%BC%C4%99ta_%C5%82%C4%99czyccy" class="extiw" title="pl:Książęta łęczyccy">Dukes of Sieradz-Łęczyca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pomeranian_duchies_and_dukes#Duchy_of_Pomerelia" title="List of Pomeranian duchies and dukes">Dukes of Gdańsk Pomerania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Pomeranian_duchies_and_dukes#Duchy_of_Pomerania" title="List of Pomeranian duchies and dukes">Dukes of Pomerania</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/P%C5%99emyslid_dynasty" title="Přemyslid dynasty">Přemyslid dynasty</a> (1296–1306)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/Wenceslaus_II_of_Bohemia" title="Wenceslaus II of Bohemia">Wenceslaus II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wenceslaus_III_of_Bohemia" title="Wenceslaus III of Bohemia">Wenceslaus III</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Restored <a href="/wiki/Piast_dynasty" title="Piast dynasty">Piast dynasty</a> (1320–1370)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_I_%C5%81okietek" title="Władysław I Łokietek">Władysław I Łokietek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casimir_III_the_Great" title="Casimir III the Great">Casimir III the Great</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Capetian_House_of_Anjou" title="Capetian House of Anjou">Capet-Anjou dynasty</a> (1370-1399)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_I_of_Hungary" title="Louis I of Hungary">Louis I the Hungarian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jadwiga_of_Poland" title="Jadwiga of Poland">Jadwiga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jagiellonian_dynasty" title="Jagiellonian dynasty">Jagiellonian dynasty</a> (1386–1572)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_Jagie%C5%82%C5%82o" title="Władysław II Jagiełło">Władysław II Jagiełło</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_III_of_Poland" title="Władysław III of Poland">Władysław III of Varna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Casimir_IV_Jagiellon" title="Casimir IV Jagiellon">Casimir IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_I_Albert" title="John I Albert">John I Albert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Jagiellon" title="Alexander Jagiellon">Alexander I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigismund_I_the_Old" title="Sigismund I the Old">Sigismund I the Old</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigismund_II_Augustus" title="Sigismund II Augustus">Sigismund II Augustus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Royal_elections_in_Poland" title="Royal elections in Poland">Elective monarchy</a> (1572–1795)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_III_of_France" title="Henry III of France">Henry of Valois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Jagiellon" title="Anna Jagiellon">Anna Jagiellon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_B%C3%A1thory" title="Stephen Báthory">Stephen Báthory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigismund_III_Vasa" title="Sigismund III Vasa">Sigismund III Vasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_IV_Vasa" title="Władysław IV Vasa">Władysław IV Vasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_II_Casimir_Vasa" title="John II Casimir Vasa">John II Casimir Vasa</a></li> <li><a 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title="Frederick Augustus I of Saxony">Frederick Augustus I</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Romanov_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanov dynasty">Romanov dynasty</a> (1815–1917)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_I_of_Russia" title="Alexander I of Russia">Alexander II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_I_of_Russia" title="Nicholas I of Russia">Nicholas I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_II_of_Russia" title="Alexander II of Russia">Alexander III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_III_of_Russia" title="Alexander III of Russia">Alexander IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_II" title="Nicholas II">Nicholas II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Poland_(1917%E2%80%931918)" title="Kingdom of Poland 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg/100px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg/150px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg/200px-Flag_of_the_President_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2481" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Second_Polish_Republic" title="Second Polish Republic">Republic of Poland</a><br />(1918–1939)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski" title="Józef Piłsudski">Józef Piłsudski</a></li> <li><a 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