List of Polish rulers
Poland was ruled by dukes (c.962-1025, 1032-1076, 1079-1295, 1296-1300 and 1306-1320) and kings (1025-1032, 1076-1079, 1295-1296, 1300-1305 and 1320-1795). The best-known dynasties are the Piast (c.962-1370) and Jagiellonian (1386-1572): intervening and subsequent monarchs were often rulers also of neighboring lands, or princes drawn from foreign dynasties. Polish kingship ended after the third Partition in 1795, and independence was restored on a republican basis in 1918.
Early Piast dynasty
Dynastia Piastów (962-1138)
- Siemowit (870- 900)
- Lestko (900-930)
- Siemomysl (930-960)
- Mieszko I (962-992)
- Boleslaus I the Brave (992-1025), King in 1025
- Mieszko II Lambert (King 1025-1031, duke 1032-1034)
- Casimir I the Restorer (1039-1058)
- Boleslaus II the Generous (1058-1079), King from 1076-1079, deposed
- Ladislaus Herman (1079-1102)
- Zbigniew and Boleslaus III (1102-1107) (together)
- Boleslaus III the Wrymouth (1107-1138)
Regional division
Rozbicie dzielnicowe (1138-1306)
Note: only rulers acknowledged as overlords (or high-dukes) of all Poland (usually those who inherited the "royal province of Cracow") are listed.
- Ladislaus the Exile (1138-1146) (Władysław Wygnaniec, exiled by his brothers)
- Boleslaus IV the Curly (1146-1173) (Bolesław Kędzierzawy)
- Casimir II the Just (1173-1194) (Kazimierz Sprawiedliwy)
- Mieszko III the Old (Mieszko Stary) and Leszek Bialy (1194-1202) Leszek Bialy)
- Ladislaus Laskonogi (1202) (Władysław Laskonogi)
- Leszek Bialy (the White) (1202-1210)
- Mieszko Platonogi (1210-1211)
- Leszek the White (1211-1227) Leszek Biały
- Ladislaus Laskonogi (1227-1228)
- Konrad of Mazovia (1228-1232) Konrad Mazowiecki
- Henry I the Bearded (1232-1238) Henryk I Brodaty
- Henry II the Pious (1238-1241) Henryk II Pobożny
- Konrad of Mazovia (1241-1243) Konrad Mazowiecki
- Boleslaus V the Shy (1243-1279) Bolesław Wstydliwy
- Leszek Czarny (the Black) (1279-1288) Leszek Czarny
- Henry IV Probus (1288-1290)
- Przemysl II, Duke of Poland (Duke of Cracow 1290-1291) King 1295-1296
- Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1291-1305) King of Poland 1300-1305
- Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1305-1306) Assasinated before crowning
Piast unification (1306-1370)
- Ladislaus I the Short (1306-1333) (until 1320, Duke Ladislaus IV) King of Poland 1320-1333
- Casimir III the Great (King 1333-1370)
Angevin dynasty (House of Capet-Anjou)
Dynastia Andegawenów (1370-1386 ?)
- Louis I of Hungary (King 1370-1382)
- Jadwiga of Poland Hedwig of Anjou (Queen 1384-1399)
Jagiellonians
Dynastia Jagiellonów (1386-1572)
- Ladislaus II Jagiello/Jogaila [King 1386-1434)
- Ladislaus III of Varna (King 1434-1444)
- Casimir IV the Jagiellonian (King 1447-1492)
- John I Olbracht (King 1492-1501)
- Alexander the Jagiellonian (King 1501-1506)
- Sigismund I the Old (King 1506-1548)
- Sigismund II Augustus (King 1548-1572)
Electoral kings
Królowie elekcyjni (1572-1795)
House of Vasa Kings of Sweden and Poland (1587 - 1668):
- Sigismund III Vasa (King 1587-1632)
- Ladislaus IV Vasa (King 1632-1648)
- Jan Kazimierz Vasa (King 1648-1668) abdicated
- Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki (King 1669-1673)
- John III Sobieski (King 1674-1696)
- Augustus II the Strong (Wettin) (King 1697-1706, 1709-1733), also Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus I)
- Stanislaw Leszczynski (King 1706-1709, 1733-1736)
- August III Wettin (King 1733-1763) Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus II)
- August III Wettin (King 1733-1763) Elector of Saxony (as Frederick Augustus II)
- Stanislaw August Poniatowski (King 1764-1795) abdicated
Duchy of Warsaw
Ksiestwo Warszawskie (1807-1815) (dependent from France)
Congress Kingdom, Kingdom of Poland
Kongresówka, Królestwo Polskie (1815-1832)
(in personal union with Russia)
- Alexander I of Russia (1815-1825)
- Nicholas I of Russia (1825-1831) (dismissed by Polish parliament on January 25, 1831 during the November uprising)
Republic (since 1918)
See also:
- Royal coronations in Poland
- Dukes of Silesia
- Dukes of Masovia
- Dukes of Greater Poland
- Dukes of Little Poland
- Dukes of Cuiavia
- Dukes of Leczyca
- Dukes of Sieradz
- Guidelines for the spelling of names of Polish rulers