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For alternative meaning of the term see: Polish Crown JewelsThe
Crown of the Polish Kingdom (
latin:
Corona Regni Poloniae), or simply the
Crown (), is the name for the
territories under direct
Polish administration in the times of the
Kingdom of Poland until the end of
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795). The term distinguishes those territories from the federated territories of the
Grand Duchy of Lithuania and from vassal territories such as the
Duchy of Prussia and the
Duchy of Courland, which enjoyed varying degrees of
autonomy.
Prior to the 1569
Union of Lublin, Crown territories may be understood as those of Poland proper, inhabited by
Poles and/or under Polish administration. With the Union of Lublin, however, most of present-day
Ukraine (which had a negligible Polish population and had until then been governed by
Lithuania) passed under Polish administration, becoming likewise Polish Crown territory.
In that period, a term for a Pole was
koroniarz (plural:
koroniarze), derived from
Korona.
Depending on context, "Crown" may also refer to "
The Crown," a term used to distinguish the personal influence and private assets of the Commonwealth's current
monarch from government authority and property. This often meant a distinction between persons loyal to the elected King (royalists) and persons loyal to the
magnates.
Provinces
Crown was divided into two
provinces:
Lesser Poland (Polish: Małopolska) and
Greater Poland (Polish: Wielkopolska) which were further divided into administrative units known as
voivodeships.
Map showing voivodeships of the Commonwealth of the Two Nations
Voivodeships of the Commonwealth of the Two Nations in 1635
Voivodeships of the Commonwealth of the Two Nations
) was a province of the
Kingdom of Poland from 1466 and then the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1772. Royal Prussia included
Pomerelia,
Chełmno Land (Kulmerland),
Malbork Voivodeship (Marienburg),
Gdańsk (Danzig),
Toruń (Thorn), and
Elbląg (Elbing).
Towns in Spisz County (1412 - 1795)
As one of the terms of the
Treaty of Lubowla, the Hungarian crown exchanged, for a loan of
sixty times the amount of 37,000 Prague groschen - approximately seven tonnes of pure silver, 16 rich salt-producing towns in the area of
Spisz (Zips), as well as a right to incorporate them into Poland until the debt is repaid. The towns affected were:
Biała,
Lubica,
Wierzbów,
Spiska Sobota,
Poprad,
Straże,
Spiskie Włochy,
Nowa Wieś,
Spiska Nowa Wieś,
Ruszkinowce,
Wielka,
Spiskie Podgrodzie,
Maciejowce,
Twarożne.
See also
Category:History of Poland (1569–1795)Category:Polish historical regionsCategory:Articles lacking sources (Erik9bot)de:Corona Regni Poloniaeit:Corona del Regno di Polonianl:Kroon van het Poolse Koninkrijkpl:Korona Królestwa Polskiegopt:Coroa do Reino da Polôniaru:Корона Королевства Польского 
