List of Polish monarchs
Appearance
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.
- Mieszko I (962-992)
- Boleslaus I (992-1025), King in 1025
- Mieszko II Lambert (King 1025-1031, duke 1032-1034)
- Casimir I (1039-1058)
- Boleslaus II of Poland (1058-1079), King from 1076-1079, deposed
- Ladislaus Herman (1079-1102)
- Zbigniew and Boleslaus III (1102-1107) (together)
- Boleslaus III (1107-1138)
Note: only rulers acknowledged as overlords of all Poland (usually those who inherited the "royal province") are listed.
- Wladislaus Wygnaniec (1138-1146) (banished by brothers)
- Boleslaus IV (1146-1173)
- Casimir II (1173-1194)
- Mieszko III the Old and Leszek Bialy (1194-1202)
- Ladislaus Laskonogi (1202)
- Leszek Bialy (the White) (1202-1210)
- Mieszko Platonogi (1210-1211)
- Leszek Bialy (1211-1227)
- Ladislaus Laskonogi (1227-1228)
- Konrad of Mazovia (1228-1232)
- Henry I of Bresslau (1232-1238)
- Henry II of Bresslau (1238-1241)
- Konrad of Mazovia (1241-[[1243]
- Boleslaus V the Shy (1243-1279)
- Leszek Czarny (the Black) (1279-1288)
- Henryk 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) Killed before crowning
- Ladislaus I (1306-1333) (until 1320, Duke Ladislaus IV) King of Poland 1320-1333
- Casimir III (King 1333-1370)
Angevin dynasty (House of Capet-Anjou)
Dynastia Andegawenów (1370-1386 ?)
- Louis I of Hungary (King 1370-1382)
- Jadwiga, queen of Poland Hedwig of Anjou (King 1384-1399)
Jagiellonians
Dynastia Jagiellonów (1386-1572)
- Ladislaus II [King 1386-1434)
- Ladislaus III (King 1434-1444)
- Casimir IV (King 1447-1492)
- John I Olbracht (King 1492-1501)
- Alexander (King 1501-1506)
- Sigismund I the Old (King 1506-1548)
- Sigismund II Augustus (King 1548-1572)
- Vasa Kings of Sweden and Poland (1587 - 1668):
- Sigismund Vasa (King 1587-1632)
- Ladislaus Vasa (King 1632-1648)
- Jan Kazimierz Vasa (King 1648-1668) abdicated
- Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki (King 1669-1673)
- John III Sobieski (King 1674-1696)
- Wettin Electors of Saxony of Holy Roman Empire etc (1697-1706, 1709-1766):
- Frederick Augustus (the Strong) (King 1697-1706, 1709-1733)
- Stanislaw Leszczynski (King 1706-1709, 1733-1736)
- Frederick Augustus II of Poland Elector of Saxony, HRE (King 1733-1763)
- Stanislaw August Poniatowski (King 1764-1795) abdicated
Grand 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 (1815-1831) (dismissed by Polish parliament on January 25, 1831 during the November uprising)
See also: Guidelines for the spelling of names of Polish rulers