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The Crown of the Polish Kingdom (latin: Corona Regni Poloniae), or simply the Crown (Polish: Korona), 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 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.
[edit] ProvincesCrown was divided into two provinces: Lesser Poland (Polish: Małopolska) and Greater Poland (Polish: Wielkopolska) which were further divided into administrative units known as voivodeships. [edit] Greater Poland Province
[edit] Lesser Poland Province
[edit] Royal Prussia Province (1569 - 1772)Royal Prussia Polish: Prusy Królewskie) 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). [edit] 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. [edit] See also
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