For alternative meaning of the term see: Polish Crown Jewels

Crown of the Polish Kingdom (latin: Corona Regni Poloniae), or just colloquially the Crown (Polish:Korona) is the name for the territories under Polish direct administration in the times of Kingdom of Poland until the end of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795. As such it is distinguishing them from federated territories of Grand Duchy of Lithuania or vassal territories like Duchy of Prussia or Duchy of Courland, which had varying degrees of autonomy.

Before the 1569 Union of Lublin, territories of the Crown can be understood as the territories of Poland proper, inhabited by Poles and under Polish administration. However after the Union of Lublin, most of the present-day Ukraine (which had a negligible Polish population) and was until then controlled by Lithuania, passed under Polish administration, becoming the territory of the Polish Crown as well.

One of the contemporary terms for Poles was the term koroniarz (plural: koroniarze), derived from the term Korona.

Depending on context, this term can also refer to The Crown, the term used to separate the government authority and property of the government from the personal influence and private assets held by the current monarch of the Commonwealth. In the Commonwealth, that often meant to distinguish between people loyal to the elected king (royalists) and people loyal to powerful magnates.

Provinces

Crown was divided into two provinces: Lesser Poland (Polish: Ma?opolska) and Greater Poland (Polish: Wielkopolska) which were further divided into administrative units known as voivodeships.

Greater Poland Province

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

• Brze?? Kujawski Voivodeship (województwo brzesko-kujawskie, Brze?? Kujawski)
• Gniezno Voivodeship (województwo gnie?nie?skie, Gniezno) from 1768
• Inowroc?aw Voivodeship (województwo inowroc?awskie, Inowroc?aw)
• Kalisz Voivodeship (województwo kaliskie, Kalisz)
• ??czyca Voivodeship (województwo ??czyckie, ??czyca)
• Mazovian Voivodeship (województwo mazowieckie, of Mazowsze, Warsaw) consisting of
  • County of Ciechanów (ziemia ciechanowska, Ciechanów)
  • County of Czersk (ziemia czerska, Czersk)
  • County of Liw (ziemia liwska, Liw)
  • County of ?om?a (ziemia ?om?y?ska, ?om?a)
  • County of Nur (ziemia nurska, Nur)
  • County of Ró?an (ziemia ró?a?ska, Ró?an)
  • County of Warszawa (ziemia warszawska, Warsaw)
  • County of Wizna (ziemia wiska, Wizna)
• Pozna? Voivodeship (województwo pozna?skie, Pozna?)
• P?ock Voivodeship (województwo p?ockie, P?ock) consisting of
  • County of P?ock (ziemia p?ocka, P?ock)
  • County of Wyszogród (ziemia wyszogrodzka, Wyszogród)
  • County of Zawkrze? (ziemia zawkrze?ska, Zawkrze?)
• Podlaskie Voivodeship (województwo podlaskie, Drohiczyn) consisting of:
  • County of Bielsk (ziemia bielska, Bielsk)
  • Country of Drohiczyn (ziemia drohicka, Drohiczyn)
  • Country of Mielnik (ziemia mielnicka, Mielnik)
• Rawa Voivodeship (województwo rawskie, Rawa) consisting of
  • County of Rawa (ziemia rawska, Rawa)
  • County of Gosty? (ziemia gosty?ska, Gosty?)
  • County of Sochaczew (ziema sochaczewska, Sochaczew)
• Sieradz Voivodeship (województwo sieradzkie, Sieradz)
• County of Dobrzy? (ziemia dobrzy?ska, Dobrzy?)
• County of Micha?ów (ziemia micha?kowicka, Micha?ów)
• County of Wielu? (ziemia wielu?ska, Wielu?)
• County of Wschów (ziema wschowska, Wschów)

Lesser Poland Province

• Be?z Voivodeship (województwo be?zkie, Be?z)
• Brac?aw Voivodeship (województwo brac?awskie, Brac?aw)
• Czernichów Voivodeship (województwo czernichowskie, Czernichów)
• Kijów Voivodeship (województwo kijowskie, Kijów)
• Kraków Voivodeship (województwo krakowskie, Kraków)
• Lublin Voivodeship (województwo lubelskie, Lublin)
• Podole Voivodeship (województwo podolskie, Kamieniec Podolski)
• Ru? Voivodeship (województwo ruskie, Lwów), divided into
  • County of Halicz (ziemia halicka, Halicz)
  • County of Lwów (ziemia lwowska, Lwów)
  • Country of Przemy?l (ziemia przemyslka, Przemy?l)
  • County of Sanock (ziemia sanocka, Sanok)
• Sandomierz Voivodeship (województwo sandomierskie, Sandomierz)
• Wo?y? Voivodeship (województwo wo?y?skie, ?uck)
• Duchy od Siewierz (ksi?stwo Siewierskie, Siewierz)
• County of Che?m (ziemia che?mska, Che?m)
• Principality of O?wi?cim and Zator (O?wi?cim, Zator)

Royal Prussia Province (1569 - 1772)

Royal Prussia ) was a province of the Kingdom of Poland from 1466 and then the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1569 to 1772. Royal Prussia included Pomerelia, Che?mno Land (Kulmerland), Malbork Voivodeship (Marienburg), Gda?sk (Danzig), Toru? (Thorn), and Elbl?g (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: Bia?a, Lubica, Wierzbów, Spiska Sobota, Poprad, Stra?e, Spiskie W?ochy, Nowa Wie? dzi? Spiska Nowa Wie?, Ruszkinowce, Wielka, Spiskie Podgrodzie (ale nie Zamek Spiski), Maciejowce, Twaro?ne.

See also

• Administrative division of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for more details on the historical administrative division of Poland.

de:Corona Regni Poloniae it:Corona del Regno di Polonia nl:Kroon van het Poolse Koninkrijk pl:Korona Królestwa Polskiego pt:Coroa do Reino da Polônia