Rulers and relations for certain Polish rulers

Updated 23 September 2011.


In Medieval and Renaissance times several duchies and counties were created. When relevant, they are registered as:

PI-01    .. 21 : Piast Dynasty of Great Poland from 960 to 1333;
PII-22   .. 34 : Piast Dynasty for Little Poland from 1138 to 1333;
PIII-35  .. 42 : Piast Dynasty for Kujavia from 1138 to 1333;
PIV-43  .. 70 : Piast Dynasty for Mazovia from 1138 to 1526;
PV-71    .. 83 : Piast Dynasty for Silecia from 1138 to 1290;
PVI-84 .. 106 : Piast Dynasty Kings of Jagiellon from 1320 to 1813;
PP-1      .. 29 : Dukes of Pomerania and of Pomerania-Stettin from 1124 to 1637;
PPI-01   .. 26 : Dukes of Pomerania-Wolgast and Rügen from 1295 to 1637;


PI-01 .. 21 : Piast Dynasty of Great Poland from 0960 to 1333;

Abbreviations used:
b = brother of, d = daughter of, m = married to (year), s = son of, gs = grandson of,
ggs = great grandson; † = died; ‡ = buried.

No. Born Ruled King's name and relations
Queen's name and relations
PI-01 922 960-992 or
964-993		 Mieszko I = Miecislaw I = Miesko den Blinde;
Son of Count Ziemomysl of Poland, ruling from 922 to 962;
* 922; † 25/05 992; Mieszko was baptized in 966; Mieszko's sister Adelheid was m Duke Geiza of Hungary;
Count of Poland from 962;

Unknown woman; m(1)

child :
1.   a son; * - † after 973;

Dobrava; * 938 c.; m(2) 965; † 977; d Bohemian Duke Boleslav I;
children :
2.   Gunhild = Gunild = Swietoslawa = Sygrida = Sigrid; * 970 c.; † 1014 c.
   m(1) 980 or 990 Erik VIII Segersall / Seiersæl; † 995;
   m(2) 998 King Svend Tveskæg of Denmark; † 1014;
3.   Boleslav; (PI-02);
4.   Wladiwoj; † 1003; Regent in Bohemia from 1002;

Oda; m(3) 980; † 1023; d Count Dietrich of Haldensleben and Margrave of Nordmark and Meissen;
children :
5.   Mieszko = Miezyslaw; * after 979; † 1032 c.
6.   Swietopolk = Sventopolk; * after 980; † 992 c.
7.   Boleslaw;
The halfbrother Boleslaw exiled all three brothers and their mother Oda;
PI-02 967 992-1025 Boleslav I the Brave = Boleslaw I Chrobry = Boleslaw I den Mægtige;
s(PI01); * 967; † 17/06 1025;
Duke, Count or Prince of Poland from 992 to 1024;
Duke of Bohemia from 1002/1003 to 1003/1004 as Boleslaw IV;
King from 19/04 1024; Poland's first King;
Paid tribute to the German Emperor and was his vassal;

Hemmedis; m(1) 984; divorced 986; d of Margrave Rikdag of Meissen
children :
1.   Daughter; * 984 c.;
2.   Son; * 986 c.;

Judith; m(2) 985; divorced 987; d Duke Geiza I of Hungary;
child :
3.   Bezprim; (PI-04);

Emnilde = Emminild Dodrimir; m(3); † 1017; d Chief Dobromir;
children :
4.   Mieszko; (PI-03); † 1034;
5.   Daughter; * 988;
6.   Regelinda = Regelyn; * 989; † 21/03 1014 or 1015;
   m 1003 Margrave Hermann of Meissen; † 1038;
7.   Otto; * 1000; † 1033 murdered;
     Otto is in [9951] mentioned as synonym for Bezprim and claimant to the throne, deposed 1025 but took 1030 Poland as fief of the Greman Emperor;
8.   Daughter;
     m 1013 c. Svyatopolk of Kiev; (K07);

Oda; m(4) 03/02 1018; cast off 1018 c. † 1025; d Duke Echard I of Thuringia;
child :
8.   Matylda = Matilda; * 1017 c.; † 1035 or later;
   m 18/05 1035 Duke Otto of Schweinfurt, Duke of Swabia; † 28/09 1057;

Predslawa; m(5); d Grand Prince Vladimir I of Kiev;

The marriage of Thyra (-02-5), d King Harald Blåtand of Denmark, to Boleslav has not been confirmed yet. According to [9951] she was married to the Wenden Prince Vortigern;
PI-03 990 1025-1031
and
1032-1034		 Mieszko II Lambert;
s(PI-02); * 990; † 10/05 1034 murdered;
Prince of Poland, first period from 1025;
Prince of Poland, second period from 1032

Richenza of Lorraine; * 1000 c.; m 1013 c.; † 21/03 1063; d Margrave Ezo of Pfalz am Rhein;
children :
1.   Kazimir I (PI-05); * 1016; † 19/03 1058;
2.   Ryksa = Richsa; * 1015; † 1052;
   m 1039 c. King Bela I of Hungary (060); * 1016; † 1063;
3.   Gertruda; * 1025; † 04/01 1108;
   m 1043 c. Great Prince Izyaslav of Kiev (K-09); * 1024; † 1078;
PI-04 987 1031-1032 Bezprim (= Otto);
s(PI-02); * 987; † 1032;
Prince of Poland from 1031;
Otto is in [9951] mentioned as synonym for Bezprim and claimant to the throne, deposed 1025 but took 1030 Poland as fief of the Greman Emperor;
PI-05 1016 1034-1058 Kazimir I Karol = Casimir I;
s(PI-03); * 25/07 1016; † 19/03 or 28/11 1058;
Count of Poland from 1039;
King of Poland from 1034 or 1041;
Duke of Schlesia from 1052;

Maria Dobroniewna; * after 1012; m 1038 or 1042; † 1087; d Vladimir I of Kiev;
children :
1.   Boleslav II (PI-07); * 1042;
2.   Vladislav I Herman (PI-08); * 1043;
3.   Mieszko; * 1045; † 1065;
4.   Otto; † 1048;
5.   Swietoslawa = Swatislawa; * 1048 c.; † 01/09 1126;
   m 1062 c. King Vratislav II of Bohemia; † 1092;
PI-06 - 1037-1047 Maslav = Mazovia;
Dubious origin of registration;
PI-07 1042 1058-1079 Boleslav II SMialy;
s(PI-05); * 1042; † 22/03 1081;
Count or Prince of Poland from 1058 to 1076;
King of Poland from 1076;
Exiled 11/04 1079 to Hungary; Excommunicated by Gregorius VII;

Wyczeslawa; m before 1069; d Russian Prince;
child :
1.   Mieczcyslav; † in his youth 1089;
PI-08 1043 1079-1102 Vladislav I Herman;
s(PI-05); * 1043; † 04/06 1102;
Count or Prince of Poland from 1079;

Judith of Bohemia; * 1056; m(1) 1089 c.; † 25/12 1086; d Vratislav II;
child :
1.   Boleslav III (PI-10); * 20/08 1085;

Jutta of Germany = Sophia Judith; * 1047; m(2) 1089 c.; † 1100; d Emperor Henry III;
Her m(2). She was a widow after King Salomon of Hungary;
children :
2.   Daughter; * 1088 c.; † 1112 c.;
   m 1108 c. Great Prince Yaroslav I of Vladimir; † 1123;
3.   Agnes; * 1090; † 1127; Abbess of Gandersheim and Quedlinburg;
4.   Adelajda; * 1090 c.; † 26/03 1127;
   m 1118 c. Count Dietrich III of Vohburg and Margrave of Nordmark; † 1146;

Illegitimate :
5.   Zbigniev (PI-09);
PI-09 1070 1097-1107 Zbigniev;
s(PI-08) illegitimate; * 1070 c.; † 1112 c.; blinded 1111 c., murdered 1112;
Rebelled 1095 against father; imprisoned 1096;
Count of Masovia from 1097;
King of Poland from 1097;
Exiled 1107;
PI-10 1085 1102-1138
or
1107-1138		 Boleslaw III Krzywousty = Boleslaw Wrymouth = Boleslaw III Schiefmund = Boleslav den Skævmundede;
s(PI-08); * 20/08 1085; † 28/10 1138;
Count or King of Poland first period from 1102 or 1107 to 1111;
King of Poland second period from 1111 to 1138;
Duke of Pomerania from 1122 to 1138;

Zbyslawa of Kiev = Sbyslawa; m(1) 1103; † 1109 or 1112;
d Grandduke Sviatopolk II of Kiev (K013);
children :
  1.   Wladyslaw II (PII-22); * 1105; † 30/05 1159;
  2.   Daughter; * 1111 c.;
   m 1124 Prince Vsevolod of Murom;
  3.   Son; * 1108; † after 1109;

Adelheid; m(2) 1115; † 1144; d Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV;
children :
  4.   Leszek; * 1116; † 1138 c.
  5.   Kasimierz; * 16/08 1122; † 19/10 1131;
  6.   Boleslaw IV (PII-23); * 1122 c.; † 03/04 1173;
  7.   Mieszko III Stary (PII-24); * 1127; † 13/03 1202;
  8.   Heinrich = Henryk Prince of Sandomir; * 1127 c.; † 1161 or 18/10 1166;
  9.   Kasimir II Sprawiedliwy (PII-25); * 1138; † 05/05 1194;
10.   Ryksa = Richiza Swentoslawa = Richizza; * 1106; † after 25/12 1136;
   m(1) 1129 c. Magnus Nielsen of Västergötland; * 1106; † 1134;
   m(2) 1136 c. Prince Vladimir of Novgorod; † after 1167;
   m(3) King Sverker of Sweden; † 1156;
11.   Daughter; * 1119 c.; † ?
   m 1132 c. Count Konrad of Plötzkau and Margrave of Nordmark; † 1133;
12.   Zofia; † 10/10 1136;
13.   Gertruda; * 1123; † 07/05 1160; a nun at Zwiefelten Germany;
14.   Dobronega = Ludgarde; * 1129 c.; † 26/10 1147 or later;
   m 1142 c. Margrave Dietrich of Niederlausitz; † 1185;
15.   Judith; * 1130 c.; † 08/08 1170 or 1176;
   m 1148 Margrave Otto I of Brandenburg; † 1184;
16.   Agnes = Agnieszka; * 1138; † 1182 c.
   m 1152, Mstislav II of Pereyaslavl;

According to [9978 p.51] Boleslaw married, m(2), Salome of Berg-Schelklingen by Ulm, Germany, d Heinrich of Berg-Schelkingen;
and the couple got Knud III/V of Denmark † 1157;
Poland was divided after Boleslaw III had died.
His sons inherited different parts and for nearly two hundred years
Poland was ruled from a number of smaller dukedoms, counties etc.

The main areas were Cracow, Silesia and Masovia. Krakow had the leadership or seniority.
PI-11 - 1138-1202 Mieszko III;
s(PI-10);
Prince of Great Poland from 1138;

children :
1.   Otto (PI-12);
2.   Vladislav I (PI-13);
PI-12 - 1179-1201 Otto;
s(PI-11);
Prince of Great Poland from 1179;

child :
1.   Vladislav (PI-14);
PI-13 - 1202-1231 Vladislav I or III;
s(PI-11);
Prince of Great Poland from 1202;
PI-14 - 1231-1239 Vladislav II;
s(PI-12);
Prince of Great Poland from 1231;

children :
1.   Przemislav I (PI-15);
2.   Boleslav (PI-16);
PI-15 - 1239-1257 Przemislav I;
s(PI-14);
Prince of Great Poland from 1239;

child :
1.   Przemislav II (PI-17);
PI-16 - 1239-1279 Boleslav;
s(PI-14);
PI-17 1257 1270-1296 Przemislav II = Przemyslaw II;
s(PI-15); * 1257; † 1296;
Prince of Great Poland from 1270;
King of Poland from 1295;

Luitgard of Mecklenburg; m(1) 1273 c.; † 12/12 1283 c., murdered; d Heinrich I of Mecklenburg;

Rixa of Sweden; m(2) 1285; d Valdemar I of Sweden; child :
1.   Richsa = Elzbieta Ryksa = Elisabeth; † 18/10 1335;
   m 26/05 1300 or 1303 Vaclav III of Bohemia;
After the marriage ended she remarried Rudolf of Austria (Bohemia 430), son of Albrecht I;
PI-18 - 1296-1300 Henry;
s of sister to (PI-15);
Prince of Great Poland from 1296 to 1300, first period;
Second period from 1306 to 1309;
PI-19 - 1300-1305 Vaclav I = Vaclav II of Bohemia;
Husband to d of (PI-17); s(Bohemia 390); *17/09 1271; † 21/06 1305; ‡ Cistercian Monastery, Prague;
King of Poland from 1300;
King of Bohemia from 1300:
Duke of Cracaw and Sendomir from 1290;
Margrave of Moravia from 1278;

Judith = Jutta von Habsburg; * 1271; m(1) 1287; † 18/06 1297; d Emperor Rudolf I;
children :
1.   Premysl Ottakar; * 06/05 1288; † 10/11 1288;
2.   Vaclav III; (PI-20) and (Bohemia 410); * 06/10 1289;
3.   Agnes; * 06/10 1289; † 1293;
4.   Anna; * 15/10 1290; † 03/09 1313;
   m Duke Henry of Carinthia; (420);
5.   Elizabeth; * 20/01 1310 or 04/03 1292; † 28/09 1330;
   m 01/09 1310 Duke Johann of Luxemburg, * 10/08 1296; † 26/08 1346;
6.   Judith = Guta; * 04/03 1293 † 03/08 1294;
7.   Jan; * 26/02 1294; † 01/03 1294;
8.   Jan; * 21/03 1295; † 06/12 1296;
9.   Margarete; * 21/02 1296; † 08/04 1322;
   m c. 1302 Boleslaw III of Liegnitz; * 23/09 1291; † 21/04 1352;

Richsa = Elzbieta Ryksa of Poland; m(2) 26/05 1300 or 1303; † 18/10 1335; d King Primislaw of Poland;
After the marriage ended she remarried Rudolf of Austria (430), son of Albrecht I;
child :
10.   Agnes; * 15/06 1305; † before 04/01 1337;
   m 1316 Duke Henry I of Jauer and Fürstenberg; † 1346;
PI-20 - 1305-1306 Vaclav II;
s(PI-19);
King of Poland from 1305;
King of Bohemia from 1305 to 1306 as Vaclav III;
King of Hungary from 1301 to 1305;
PI-21 - 1314-1333 Vladislav IV;
Husband to d of (PI-16);
He is = (PVI-84) - see further details there;

PII- PIII- PIV- PV-  ;

No. Born Ruled King's name and relations
Queen's name and relations
PII-22 1105 1139-1146 Wladyslaw II Wygnaniec = Vladislav the Exile;
s(PI-10); * 1105; † 30/05 1159;
Prince of Krakow and Silesia from 1139 to 1146;
Leading Prince of Krakow from 1138
Deposed 1146;

Agnes of Austria; † 1160 c. d Otto von Freising;
child :
1.   Boleslav I Wysoki. Duke of Silesia and Breslau from 1163; * 1127; † 07/12 1201;
His descendants ruled Silesia to the line became extinct some centuries later.
PII-23 1122 1138-1173 Boleslaw IV = Boleslav the Curly;
s(PI-10); * 1122 c.; † 03/04 1173;
Prince of Masovia and Krakow from 1138 to 1146;
Prince of Poland from 1146 to 1173;

Verkhoslava; m(1) 1137; † after 1148 or 15/03 1167;
children :
1.   Boleslaw; * 1156; † 1172;
2.   Daughter; * 1160 c.; † 1178 c.
   m 1172 Prince Vasilko of Shumsk; † 1182 c.

Maria; m(2); † after 1167;
child :
3.   Leszek; * 1160; † 1186;
PII-24 1127 1173-1202 Mieszko III Stary = Mieszko the Old;
s(PI-10); * 1127; † 13/03 1202;
Prince of Krakow from 173 to 1177; again in 1190 and again 1199-1202;
Prince of Poland from 1138 to 1177 and 1194 to 1202;
Duke of Pomerania from 1138 to 1202;

Elisabeth of Hungary; * 1128; m(1) 1136 or 1140; † 1155 c.

Yevdokia of Kiev; m(2) 1151 or 1154; d Izyaslav II
PII-25 1138 1177-1194 Kasimir II Sprawiedliwy The Just;
s(PI-10); * 1138; † 05/05 1194;
Prince of Sandomir and Krakow from 1177 to 1177;
Count of Poland from 1177 to 1194;

Helena of Znaim; m(1) 1163 c. † 11202 c.

Yelena of Kiev; m(2) 1185 c.
The different dukedoms, counties etc. until the Jagiellon dynasty
came into existence are for the time being not completely registered here.

PVI-84 .. 106 : Piast Dynasty - Kings of Jagiellon line from 1320 to 1813;

No. Born Ruled King's name and relations
Queen's name and relations
PVI-84 1260 1320-1333 Vladislav IV of Kujavia = Wladyslaw the Dwarf = Lokietek = En Alen Lang;

s Prince Kazimirerz I of Kujavia (ruled 1231-1267) and Euphrosyne (d Duke Kasimir of Schlesiea-Oppeln);
* 03/03 1260 c.; † 02/03 1333;
Prince of Krakow;
Count of Poland from 1305 to 1320;
King of Poland from 1320;

Jadwiga = Hedevig; * 1266; m 1293 c.; † 1339; d Prince Boleslaw of Great Poland;
children :
1.   Stefan; * 1296; † 1306;
2.   Vladislav; * 1311; † 1312;
3.   Kazimir III (PVI-85);
4.   Kunigunde; * 1298 c.; † 1331;
   m(1) 1310 c. Duke Bernhard of Schweidnitz; * 1298 c.; † 06/05 1326;
   m(2) 1328 c. Duke Rudolf I of Saxe-Wittenberg; * 1280 c.; † 11/03 1356;
5.   Elisabeth = Elzbieta; * 1305; † 29/12 1380;
     m 06/07 1320 King Charles II Robert of Hungary; * 1288; † 16/07 1342;
     they got:
     a) Louis of Anjou (PVI-86);
6.   Jadwiga; † 1320 c.
PVI-85 1310 1333-1370 Kazimir III the Great = Kazimierz den Store;
s(PVI-84); * 30/04 1310; † 05/11 1370;
King of Poland from 1333;
Duke of "Røderusland" from 1340;

Anna = Aldona of Lithuania; * 1310; m (1) 16/10 1325; † 1339; d Duke Gedemin;
children :
1.   Elisabeth; * 1335 c.; † 1361;
   m 1343 c. Duke Bogislaw V of Pomerania (PPI-03); * 1318 c.; † 07/12 1373;
     they got:
     a) Duke Casimir of Dobrzin; † 1377;
     b) Elisabeth;
     m Emperor Charles IV; † 1378;

2.   Kunigunde; * 1334; † 1357;
   m 1345 c. Duke Louis VI of Bavaria; * 1330; † 1365;

Adelheid of Hesse; m(2) 29/09 1341; div. 1356; † 1371;

Kristina; m(3) 1356; div. 1364 c.;

Jadwiga = Hedvig; m(4) 1365 c.; † 27/03 1390; d Duke Henry III of Glogau & Sagan;
children :
3.   Anna; * 1366; † 1425;
   m(1) Count William = Herman of Cilli; * 1361; † 19/09 1392;
     they got:
     a) Barbara;
     m 1402 Emperor Sigismund of Germany; † 1437;
     b) Anna;
     m King Vladislav / Jagello of Poland (PVI-88); † 1434;
   m(2) 1394 c. Duke Ulrich of Teck / Dek; † 1432;

4.   Kunigunde; * 1367; † 1370 c.
5.   Jadwiga = Hedvig; * 1368; † 1407 c.

Peace with the Teutonic Order in Kalisz in 1343;
PVI-86 1326 1370-1382 Louis of Anjou =Louis I the Great = Ludwig I der Grosse = Lajos I;
s King Charles Robert of Hungary (Hung. 270); * 05/03 1326; † 10/09 1382;
King of Hungary (Hung. 280) from 1342;
King of Poland from 1370, mother served as regent;

Margaret of Luxembourg; * 24/05 1335; m(1) 03/08 1342; † 07/09 1349; d Emperor Charles IV;

Elizabeth of Bosnia; * 1340 c. m(2) 20/06 1353; † 1387;
children :
1.   Marie; * 1365; † 1366;
2.   Catherine; * 00/07 1366; † 1377;
3.   Maria (Ungarn 290);
4.   Gadwiga = Jadwiga = Hedwig (PVI-87); * 1370 or 15/02 1372; † 17/07 1399;
PVI-87 1372 1382-1395 Jadwiga = Hedvig;
d(PVI-86); * 15/02 1372; † 17/07 1399 or 1395;
Queen of Poland (ruling) 1382 to 1395;

Hedvig was engaged to Archduke William of Austria 1385, but married 1386 Jagello;
Jagiello; (PVI-88); m 18/02 1386 King Wladislaw II (PVI-88) - see next record.
X-87 1260 - Gedemin = Gedyminas;
* 1260 c. † 1341 c. in battle, known as one of the first victims to guns in Europe;
Great Duke of Lithuania from 1316;

Wida; m(1); d Widmund;
children :
  1.   Manvydas = Monvid; Prince of Kirnovo/Karachev and Slonim; † 1341 c.
  2.   Narimantas, * 1277 c.; baptized as Gleb in 1333; † 02/02 1348; Prince of Pinsk, Mozyr, Ladoga and Korela;
   m Marija; d Khan Tokhtai;
  3.   Daughter;
   m 1319 c. Starost David of Grodno;

Olga; m(2); d Vsevolod of Smolensk;
children :
  4.   Jewnutij; Prince of Vilna, exiled 1345;
  5.   Olgerd = Algirdas; * 1296 c. † 24/05 1377;
   Prince of Kreva and Vitebsk, Great Duke of Lithuania from 1341 or 1345; † 1377;
   m(1) 1318 Maria of Vitebsk; † 1346;
   m(2) 1346 or 1350 Uliana Alexandrovna of Tver; * 1325 c. † 1392;
   they got:
    a) Jagello (PVI-88);
    b) Wignut Krewski; Christened as Alexander; poisoned 1394;
    c) Skirigailo; regent of Lithuania 1388; poisoned 1399;
    d) Koribut, Christened as Demetrius; Prince of Trubtschevsk; killed in battle 1399;
        he got:
        i) Sigmund Koribut, King of Bohemia 1424-1429; † 1439;

    e) Andreas, Prince of Polotsk, killed in battle 1399;
    f) Helene; m Prince Vladimir of Serpuchow;
    g) Anna; m Duke Ziemovit of Ploczk; † 1388;
       they got:
       i) Czimbarka who m Duke Ernst of Steiermark / Styria (Germ. 339) and
       his son became Emperor Frederik III of Styria (Germ. 045);

    h) Daughter; m Prince Boris of Gorodez;
    i) Swidrigailo; Earl of Lithuania 1430, exposed 1431;

  6.   Liubartas = Dimitriy, Prince of Vladimir-Volynskfrom 1325 to 1340, Prince of Galitzia and Volynya from 1340 to 1344, Prince of Volynya from 1344 to 1384; † 1384 or 1385;
   m(1) 1321 c. Eufemia of Volynya; † 1349 c.;
   m(2) 1349 c. Olga; d Prince Konstantin of Rostov;
  7.    Narymunt = Norimantas; Prince of Pinsk; * 1277; † 1348;
  8.   Dannila = Elzbieta; † 1364;
   m before 06/12 1320 Prince Waclaw of Plock; † 23/05 1336;
  9.    Gaudemunda = Eufemia; * 1316 c. † 05/02 1342;
   m 1331 Prince Boleslav II of Halicz; † 07/04 1340;
10.   Aldona = Anna; Anna taken when Christened; * 1309; † 26/05 1339;
   m 16/10 1325 King Casimir the Great of Poland; * 30/04 1310; † 05/11 1370;

11.   Marie; * 1305; † 1348;
   m 1319 or 1320 Great Prince Dimitrij II of Vladimir (Rus. U-19); † 15/09 1326;
12.   Anastasia = Augusta; † 11/03 1345;
   m Great Prince Alexander II of Vladimir; † 1339;
   or m(2) ? 1333 Great Prince Simeon of Vladimir; * 07/11 1317; † 27/04 1353;
13.   Kestutij = Késtutis; * 1297 c.; † 03/08 or 15/08 1382, murdered by his brother Jagello
;    Prince of Trakai from 1337 to 1381, Great Duke of Lithuania from Nov. 1381 to 1382;
   m(1) 1351 c. unknown woman;
   m(2) Biruta; † 15/08 1382, murdered;
   they got:
   a) Witowt; Duke of Lithuania; † 1340;
     His daughter, Sophia Anastasia, m Great Prince Wassilij II of Moscow (Z-07), and
     their son was Great Prince Wassilij III of Moscow (Z-08); † 1462;
   b) Sigmund; Duke of Lithuania, murdered 1440;
   c) Anna; m Duke John of Warsaw 1388;
14.   Ljubert; Prince of Luzk; † 1349;

Jevna; m(3); d Prince Ivan of Polotzk;
children :
15,   Jaunutis = Ievnut = Ivan, Great Duke of Lithuania from 1342 to 1345, Prince of Zaslzvl after 1345; † 1366;
16.   Karijotas = Michail, Prince of Novogrodeck and Podol from 1362 to 1363; † after 1358;
   m 1356 c. d Prince Iwan II of Moscow;
PVI-88 1351 1386-1434 JagielloJagello = Wladyslaw II of Poland = Ladislav II;
gs (X-87); * 1351 c.; † 1434;
Great Prince / Duke of Lithuania from 1377 to 00/11 1381, first period;
Great Prince / Duke of Lithuania from 03/08 1382 to 05/08 1392, second period;
King of Poland from 1386 when Christened and crowned as Vladislav;
Crowned Krakow 18/02 1386;

Hedvig = Jadiwga af Anjou (PVI-87); * 15/02 1372, m(1) 18/02 1386 in Krakow; † 17/07 1399; d (PVI-86);
child :
1.   Elzbieta = Bonifacio * 12/02 1399; † 13/07 1399;

Anna of Cilly; * 1380; m(2), † 1416; † 21/05 1416; d Cout Herman of Cilly;
child :
2.   Hedevig = Jadwiga; * 08/04 1408; † 08/12 1431;
    shortly engaged to Margrave Friedrich of Brandenburg;

Elizabeth of Pelcza; * 1372 c.; m(3) 02/05 1417; † 12/05 1420; (her second m);

Sophia = Sonka; * 1405; m(4) 07/02 1422; † 21/09 1461; d Prince Andreas of Kiev;
children :
3.   Vladislav (PVI-89); * 31/10 1424; † 10/11 1444;
4.   Kazimierz; * 16/05 1426; † 02/03 1427;
5.   Kazimir (PVI-90); * 30/11 1427; † 07/06 1492;

The Angevin line's became extinct with the last king, Louis of Hungary.
Hedvig was his only survivor. [10494 p.105]
Jagello's grandfather was Duke Gedemin of Lithuania, † 1341. His genealogy is placed before Jagello as number X-87.
PVI-89 1424 1434-1444 Vladislav VI;
s(PVI-87+88); * 31/10 1424; † 10/11 1444;
King of Poland from 1434;
King of Hungary from 1440;
Crowned as Ulaszlo I, 17/07 1440;
PVI-90 1427 1447-1492 Casimir IV = Kasimir IV of Lithuania;
s(PVI-87+88); * 30/11 1427; † 07/06 1492;
Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1440;
King of Poland from 1446 or 1447;

Elisabeth of Habsburg; * 1436 or 1437; m 10/02 1454; † 30/08 1505; d Emperor Albrecht II of Germany (Germ. 044);
children :
  1.   Vladislav III of Hungary and V of Bohemia; * 1456; King (Hung. 350);
  2.   Hedvig = Jadviga; * 21/09 1457; † 19/02 1502;
   m 15/11 1475 Georg of Bavaria-Landshut; * 15/08 1455; † 01/12 1503;
  3:   Kazimir; * 03/10 1458; † 04/03 1484; Canonized 07/11 1602;
  4.   John Albert (PVI-91); * 1459; † 1501;
  5.   Alexander of Lithuania (PVI-92); * 1461; † 1506;
  6.   Sophie; * 06/04 1464; † 05/10 1512;    m 14/02 1479 Margrave Frederik of Anspach and Baireuth; * 08/05 1460; † 04/04 1536;
  7.   Elisabeth; * 09/05 1465; † 09/05 1466;
  8.   Sigismund I (PVI-93); * 1466; † 1548;
  9.   Frederik; * 27/04 1468; Bishop of Krakow; Cardinal, Archbishop of Gnesen from 1493; † 14/03 1503;
10.   Elisabeth; * 13/05 1472; † 1480 c.
11.   Anna; * 12/03 1476; † 12/08 1503;
   m 02/02 1491 Bogislav X of Pomerania; * 03/06 1454; † 05/10 1523;
12.   Barbara; * 05/07 1478; † 15/02 1534;
   m 21/11 1496 Duke Georg of Saxony; * 27/08 1471; † 17/04 1539;
13.   Elisabeth; * 13/11 1482; † 16/02 1517;
   According to one source: engaged, but never married.
   According to another source: m 21/11 1515 Friedrich II of Schlesien-Liegnitz; * 12/02 1480; † 17/09 1547;
PVI-91 1459 1492-1501 John Albert = Jan I Albrecht;
s(PVI-90); * 27/12 1459; † 17/06 1501;
Great Duke of Lithuania from 1483 to 1492;
King of Poland from 1492;
Duke of Glogau from 1490 to 1498;

no heirs recorded ;
PVI-92 1461 1501-1506 Alexander of Lithuania;
s(PVI-90); * 05/08 1461; † 19/08 1506;
Great Duke of Lithuania from 1492 to 1501;
King of Poland from 1501;

Yelena of Kiev = Helena; * 19/05 1476; m 15/02 1495; † 20/01 1513; d Grand Duke Ivan III of Moscow;
no heirs recorded ;

From 1501 personal or family union with Lithuania;
[10494 p. 108]
PVI-93 1467 1506-1548 Sigmund I = Sigismund I = Sigismund the Old = Zygmunt I Stary;
s(PVI-90); * 01/01 1467; † 01/04 1548;
Governor of Slesia and Lausitz from 1504;
Great Duke of Lithuania from 1506;
King of Poland from 1506;
Duke of Glogau from 1498;
Duke of Oppeln from 1501;

Barbara Zapolya; * 1495; m(1) 28/02 1512; † 02/10 1515; d Stephan Zapolya of Siebengebürgen and Palatin of Hungary † 1515;
children :
1.   Jadwiga = Helene; * 25/03 1513; † 07/02 1573;
   m 01/09 1535 Prince Joachim II of Brandenburg; † 03/01 1571;
2.   Anna; * 01/07 1515; † 08/05 1520;

Bona Sforza; * 13/02 1495; m(2) 18/04 1518; † 07/11 1558; d Duke John Galeazzo of Milan † 1557;
children :
3.   Elisabeth; * 18/01 1519; † 15/09 1559;
   m 23/02 1539 King Janos I of Hungary; * 1487; † 22/07 1540;
4.   Sigismund II August (PVI-94); * 01/08 1520; † 07/07 1572;
5.   Olbracht = Wojciech; * 20/09 1527; † 20/09 1527;
6.   Sofia; * 13/07 1522; † 28/05 1575;
   m 25/02 1556 Duke Henry II of Braunschweig / Brunswick; † 11/06 1568;
7.   Anna; * 18/10 1523; † 09/09 1596; Queen of Poland from 1575 to 1576;
   m 01/05 1576 King Stephen Bathory (PVI-97); See fuller text under (97);
8.   Katharina Jagellonica = Catherine; * 01/11 1526; † 16/09 1583;
   m 04/10 1562 Johan III of Sweden(Sw037); † 17/11 1592;
PVI-94 1520 1548-1572 Sigmund II Augustus;
s(PVI-93); * 01/08 1520; † 07/07 1572;
Great Duke of Lithuania from 06/10 1520 or 1544 to 1569;
Elected King of Poland from 1529 as August I;
Ruling King of Poland from 1548;

Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria; * 09/07 1526; m(1) 05/05 1553 ; † 15/06 1545;

Barbara Radziwill; * 06/12 1523; m(2) 01/08 1547 c.; † 08/05 1551;

Katharina of Austria; * 15/09 1533; m(3) 01/07 1553 c.; † 28/02 1572;
Her second m; her first m(1) was to Duke Francisco III of Mantua; d Ferdinand I of Austria;

no ligitimate children in neither marriage ;

From 1569 Poland was united with Lithuania; [10494 p. 108]
PVI-95 - 1573-1574 Henry III of France;
See for France under Henry III of France;
PVI-96 1533 1576-1586 Stephen Bathory;
* 27/09 1533; † 22/12 1586;
Prince of Transylvania / Siebenbürgen from 1571;
He acted as successor after Johan Sigismund Zapolya (Hung. 370-1) from 1571;
From 1576 Stephen Bathory brother Christopher and his son Sigismund acted as princes from 1576;
King of Poland from 1576;

Anna (PVI-93-7); * 18/10 1523; m 01/05 1576; † 09/09 1596;
According to her age no heirs were expected ;

At the elction Reichstag in Warsaw 1573 the French king, Charles IX's brother Duke Henry of Anjou was elected King of Poland. Already next year he left Poland for the vacant French throne.
On the next election in Poland, 15/05 1575, the nearest successors renounced the throne, and the next candidate, the German Emperor Maximilian II, had no support from the nobility. The result was that Sigismund I (PVI-93) daughter Anna on the 14/12 1575 was announced Queen of Poland and the Commander and Governor Stephen Bathory of Siebenbürgen was appointed her husband.
From their marriage 01/05 1576 he became the ruling King of Poland, after which she was queen consort to the King.
PVI-97 1566 1566-1632 Sigismund III;
gs(PVI-93); son of Johan III of Sweden (Sw037) and Katharina Jagellonica;
* 20/06 1566; † 30/04 1632 NS; ‡ Wawel Cathedral;
King of Poland from 19/08 1587 as Zykmund III;
King of Sweden from 07/11 1592; abdicated;

Anna; * 10/11 1572; m(1) 31/05 1592; † 10/02 1598; sister to second wife;
d Charles of Styria = d Archduke Charles of Austria (H028);
children :
  1.   Anna Maria; * 23/05 1593; † 09/02 1600;
  2.   Katharina; * 09/05 1594; † 05/06 1594;
  3.   Vladislav IV (PVI-98); * 09/06 1595; † 20/05 1648;
  4.   Katharina; * 27/09 1596; † 11/06 1597;
  5.   Kristofer; * 10/02 1598; † 10/02 1598;

Konstanze = Constantia, * 24/12 1588; m(2) 11/12 1605; † 10/07 1631; sister to first wife;
d Charles of Styria = d Archduke Charles of Austria (H028);
children :
  6.   John = Jan Kazimir; * 25/12 1607; † 14/01 1508;
  7.   John = Jan Kazimir II (PVI-99); * 22/05 1609; † 16/12 1672;
  8.   John Albert = Johan Albrecht = Jan Olbracht, Bishop of Krakow; Cardinal from 1633; * 25/05 1612; † 22/12 1634;
  9.   Carl Ferdinand = Karol Ferdinand, Duke of Oppeln & Ratibor; * 13/10 1613; † 09/05 1655;
10.   Alexander Karol; * 04/11 1614; † 19/11 1634;
11.   Anna Konstancja; * 26/01 1616; † 24/05 1616;
12.   Anna Katharina Konstantia; * 07/08 1619; † 08/10 1651;
   m 08/06 1642 Pfalzgraf Philipp Wilhelm of Neuburg; * 24/11 1615; † 02/09 1690;
PVI-98 1595 1632-1648 Ladislaus IV / VII = Wladislaw IV / VII;
s(PVI-97); * 09/06 1595; † 20/05 1648;
King of Poland from 1632;
Tsar of Russia from 1610 to 1613 (Rus. Z-16a)
Cecilia Renata; * 16/07 1611, † 24/03 1644; m(1) 13/09 1637; d Ferdinand II of Styria;
children :
1.   Sygmunt Kazimiers; 01/04 1640; † 09/08 1642 or 1647;
2.   Maria Anna Izabela; * 08/01 1642; † 07/02 1642;

Maria Ludovica Gonzaga = Louise-Marie; * 18/08 1611; m(2) 05/11 1645 (by proxy), m(2) 10/03 1646 (in person); † 10/05 1667;
d Duke Charles I of Mantua; † 1667;
she re-married Johan Kasimir (PVI-99); † 1672;
no children ;
PVI-99 1609 1648-1668 John Kasimir = Johan II Kasimir = Jan Kazimierz II;
s(PVI-97); * 22/05 1609; † 16/12 1672;
Imprisoned in France between 1638 and 1640;
Cardinal from 1646;
King of Poland from 1648 to 1668; abdicated;
became titular King of Sweden from 1660 to 1672;
Abbot of St. Martin in Nevers before he died;

Maria Ludovica Gonzaga = Louise-Marie; * 18/08 1611; m 29/05 1649, her m(2); † 10/05 1667;
her m(1) was to (PVI-98);
children :
1.   Maria Anna Teresa; * 21/07 1650; † 08/08 1651;
2.   Jan Zygmunt; * 06/01 1652; † 20/02 1652;

The male line became extinct when Sigismund II August (PVI-94) died, and the female line became extinct when Johan II Casimir (PVI-99) died;
From 1669 Poland was ruled by elective kings.
PVI-100 1640 1669-1673 Michael I Wisniowecki;
s Prince Jeremiah Michael of Wiesnoviecz; * 18/06 1640; † 10/11 1673;
King of Poland from 1669;
Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1669;

Eleonora Maria Jozefa of Austria; * 31/05 1653; m 27/02 1670; † 17/12 1697; d German Emperor Ferdinand III;
After she was widowed she remarried Duke Charles IV Leopold of Lorraine;
PVI-101 1629 1674-1696 John Sobieski;
s Jacob Sobiesky of Krakow; * 1629; † 1696;
King of Poland from 1674;

Maria Casimira; d Marquess Henry d'Arqvien de la Grange;
PVI-102 - 1697-1704
and
1709-1733		 Frederick Augustus I (or II) of Saxony the Strong;
s Johan Georg III of Saxony (* 1647, † 1691) and Princess Anna Sofie of Denmark (* 1647; † 1717);
* 22/05 1670; † 01/02 1733;
Elector of Saxony from 1694;
King of Poland from 1697 to 1704 and from 1709 to 1733;

Margravine Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth; 29/12 1671; m 20/01 1693; † 05/09 1727;
child :
1.   Friedrich August III (PVI-106); * 17/10 1696; † 05/10 1763;

The King and Elector etc. is said to have fathered 354 known bastards;
PVI-103 - 1704-1709 Stanislav I Leszczynski;
s Raphael Lescinsky; * 1677; † 1766;
Elective King of Poland first period from 1704;
Deposed 1709;
Elective King of Poland second period from 1733 to 1735;
Grandduke of Lorraine and Bar from 1737;

Catharina = Katarzyna; * 1680; m 1698; † 1747; d Opalinsky ofPosen;
child :
1.   Maria Karolina; * 23/06 1703; † 24/06 1768;
   m 1725 King Louis XV of France;
PVI-104 1696 1733-1763 Frederick Augustus III of Saxony;
s(PVI-102); * 17/10 1696; † 05/10 1763;
King of Poland from 1733;
Elector of Saxony from 1733 (Tysk 048);

Archduchess Maria Josefa of Austria; * 18/11 1720; m 20/08 1719; † 17/11 1757;
children :
  1.   Friedrich August; * 18/11 1720; † 22/01 1721;
  2.   Josef August; * 24/10 1721; † 14/03 1728;
  3.   Friedrich Christian Leopold Johann Georg Franz Xaver (Tysk 049); * 05/09 1722; † 17/12 1763;
  4.   Marie Amalie; * 24/11 1724; † 27/09 1760;
   m 19/06 1738 King Carlos III of Spain; * 20/01 1716; † 14/12 1788;
  5.   Marie Margarete; * 13/09 1727; † 01/02 1734;
  6.   Marie Anna; * 29/08 1728; † 17/02 1797;
   m 09/08 1747 Elector Maximilian III Josef of Bavaria; * 28/03 1727; † 30/12 1777;
  7.   Franz Xaver; * 25/08 1730; † 21/06 1806;
   m. morganatically 1765 Countess Clara Spinucci of der Lausitz; * 30/08 1741; † 23/11 1792;
  8.   Josefa; * 04/11 1731; † 13/03 1767; ‡ Sens Cathedral;
   m 09/02 1747 Dauphin Louis of France (Fr. 032-3); * 1729; † 1765;
  9.   Charles of Courland; * 13/07 1733; † 16/06 1796;
   Duke of Courland from 1758 to 1763;
   m morganatically 25/03 1760 Franziska Corvin-Krasinska, Princess from 1775; * 09/03 1742; † 30/04 1796;
   they got:
     a) Maria Cristina Albertina Carolina; * 07/12 1779; † 24/11 1851;
10.   Christine; * 12/02 1735; † 19/11 1782; Abbess of Remiremont;
11.   Elisabeth; * 09/02 1736; † 24/12 1818;
12.   Albert; * 11/07 1738; † 10/02 1822;
   Governor of the Austrian Netherlands from 1781 to 1793;
   m 08/04 1766 Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria; * 13/05 1742; † 24/06 1798;
   they got:
     a) Maria Theresia; * 16/05 1767; † 17/05 1767;
13.   Klemens Wenzel; * 28/09 1739; † 27/07 1812; Archbishop-Elector of Trier;
14.   Kunigunde; * 10/11 1740; † 10/11 1740; Abbess of Thorn and Essen;
PVI-105 - 1764-1795 Stanislav II Poniatowski;
s Stanislaus Poniatowsky, Count of Krakow; * 17/01 1732; † 12/02 1798;
King of Poland from 1764;
Abdicated 1795;

Elzbieta Szydlowska; * 1748; m 1784 morganatic (her m(2)); † 1810;
child :
1.   Count Stanislaw Grabowski; * 1780; † 1845;
   m(1) Cecylia Dembowska; * 19/12 1787; † 17/01 1821;
   m(2) 08/05 1822 Countess Julia Zabiello;
PVI-106 1750 1807-1813 Frederick Augustus III Joseph Maria Anton Johann Nepomuk Aloys Xaver of Saxony;
gs(PVI-104); s Friedrich Christian Leopold Johann Georg Franz Xaver, Elector of Saxony (Tysk 049);
* 23/12 1750; † 05/05 1827 in Dresden;
Duke of Saxony as Frederick August II from 17/12 1763 to 1806;
King of Saxony from 11/12 1806 to 1827; as King Frederik August I of Saxony;
Grand Duke of Warsaw from 1807 to 1813 or 1814;
King of Poland from 08/07 1807;
Deposed from 1812 to 1815, re-instated 1815 to 05/05 1827;

Princess Amalie von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld; *10/05 1752; m (proxy) 17/01 1769; in person 29/01 1769; † 15/11 1828;
child :
1.   Maria Augusta Nepomucena Antonia Franziska Xaveria Aloysia; * 21/06 1782; † 14/03 1863;

By the peace in Tilsit 1807 the Grand Dukedom of Warsaw was founded. The sovereignty was illusory and dictated through the Duke / King of Saxony who again was dependent on Napoleon. Somewhat diminished a Polish kingdom was created in 1815 during the Congress of Vienna.

PP-1 .. 29 : Dukes of Pomerania and of Pomerania-Stettin from 1124 to 1637

Abbreviations used:
b = brother of, d = daughter of, m = married to (year), s = son of, gs = grandson of,
ggs = great grandson; † = died; ‡ = buried.

No. Born Ruled King's name and relations
Queen's name and relations
PP-01 - 1124-1148 Vratislav I;
Duke of Pomerania from 1124;
PP-02 - 1148-1156 Ratibor;
b(PP-01);

PPI-01 .. 26 : Dukes of Pomerania-Wolgast and Rügen from 1295 to 1637;

Abbreviations used:
b = brother of, d = daughter of, m = married to (year), s = son of, gs = grandson of,
ggs = great grandson; † = died; ‡ = buried.

No. Born Ruled King's name and relations
Queen's name and relations
PPI-03 - 1326-1373 Bogislav IV = Bogislav V;
s(PPI-02); † 1373;

Elisabeth; * 1335 c.; † 1361; d Kazimir III the Great (PVI-85);
children :
1.   Kasimir IV (PPI-08); † 1377;
2.   Wratislaw VII (PPI-09); † 1394;
3.   Elisabeth;
   m Emperor Karl IV (Germ. 037); 1316-1378;
4.   Bogislav VI/VII (PPI-10); † 1418;
5.   Bogislaw VIII; † 1417;
m Sophia, d Jernhenrik (Oldenb.O-11-1);
6.   Barnim IV (PPI-011); † 1403;
PPI-06 - 1187-1219 Casimir II = Kasimir II;
s(PP-3);

Ingerd, d Knud III of Denmark;
PPI-14 - 1405-1457 Vratislav VII = Wartislaw VII;
s(PPI-12);

Maria; *1363; † 1402?; (Sw028a); d Heinrich III of Mecklenburg, † 1384, and Ingeborg, d Valdemar IV Atterdag;
child:
1.   Erik af Pommern;
2.   Cathrine Sophie; m Duke John, Count Palatine s of Rupert III of Germany;
     They got Christoffer III of Bavaria, king of Denmark;


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