Royal coronations in Poland
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This is a list of royal coronations in Poland from the 10th century on, beginning in the town of Gniezno, which was the main residence of the early Piast dynasty (founders of Polish state). In 1025 Boleslaw I of Poland (Polish: Bolesław Chrobry) crowned himself at the Gniezno Cathedral as the first king of Poland.
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[edit] Gniezno Cathedral
- 18 April 1025 - Boleslaus I the Brave
- 25 December 1025 - Mieszko II Lambert and his wife Richensa of Lotharingia
- 25 December 1076 - Boleslaus the Generous and his wife Wyszeslawa of Kiev
- 26 June 1295 - Przemysl II and his wife Margaret of Brandenburgia
- August 1300 - Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
[edit] Basilica of St. Peter and Paul, Poznań
- 29 September 1341 - Adelaide of Hessen, wife of Casimir III of Poland
[edit] Wawel Cathedral, Kraków
- 20 January 1320 - Władysław I the Short and his wife Jadwiga of Kalisz
- 25 April 1333 - Casimir III the Great and his wife Aldona Anna of Lithuania
- 10 November 1370 - Louis I Anjou of Hungary
- 15 October 1384 - Jadwiga Anjou, married to Wladislaus II Jagiełło, Grand Duke of Lithuania
- 4 March 1386 - Wladislaus II Jagiełło, married to Jadwiga, union of Poland and Lithuania
- 25 February 1403 - Anna Cylejska, second wife of Wladislaus II Jagiełło
- 19 December 1417 - Elizabeth Pilecka, third wife of Wladislaus II Jagiełło
- 12 February 1424 - Zofia Holszanska, fourth wife of Wladislaus II Jagiełło
- 25 July 1434 - Ladislaus III of Varna
- 25 June 1447 - Casimir IV the Jagiellonian
- 10 February 1454 - Elisabeth of Austria, wife of Casimir IV
- 23 September 1492 - John I Albert
- 12 December 1501 - Alexander I the Jagiellonian
- 24 January 1504 - Sigismund I the Old
- 8 February 1512 - Barbara Zapolya, wife of Sigismund I the Old
- 18 April 1518 - Bona Sforza, wife of Sigismund I the Old
- 20 February 1530 - Sigismund II Augustus
- 8 May 1543 - Elisabeth of Habsburg, first wife of Sigismund II Augustus
- 4 December 1550 - Barbara Radziwillowna, second wife of Sigismund II Augustus
- 30 June 1553 - Catherine of Habsburg, third wife of Sigismund II Augustus
- 21 February 1574 - Henry Valois
- 1 May 1576 - Stephen Bathory and Anna the Jagiellonian
- 27 December 1587 - Sigismund III Vasa
- 31 May 1592 - Anna of Austria, wife of Sigismund III Vasa
- 11 December 1605 - Constance of Austria, wife of Sigismund III Vasa
- 6 February 1633 - Ladislaus IV Vasa
- 15 July 1646 - Ludwika Maria Gonzaga, wife of Ladislaus IV (later of John II Casimir of Poland)
- 17 January 1649 - John II Casimir of Poland
- 29 September 1669 - Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki
- 2 February 1676 - John III Sobieski and Maria Casimira d'Arqien
- 15 September 1697 - August II the Strong (Wettin)
- 17 January 1734 - August III Wettin and Maria Josepha of Austria
[edit] St. John's Cathedral, Warsaw
- 13 September 1637 - Cecilia Renata of Austria, wife of Władysław IV Vasa
- 29 September 1670 - Eleonora Wiśniowiecka, wife of Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
- 4 October 1705 - Stanislaw Leszczynski and Katarzyna Opalinska
- 25 November 1764 - Stanislaw August Poniatowski
[edit] Kings and queens not crowned
- Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, assassinated before crowning
- Wiola of Cieszyn, wife of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia, daughter of Mieszko of Cieszyn, duke of Cieszyn
- Jadwiga of Zagan, wife of Casimir III of Poland, daughter of Henryk Zelazny, duke of Zagan
- Elisabeth of Bosnia, wife of Louis the Great, daughter of Stephen II of Bosnia, ban of Bosnia
- Helen of Moscow, wife of Alexander the Jagiellon, daughter of Ivan III, Grand Duke of Moscow, because she was of Orthodox faith
- Christine Eberhardine of Bayreuth, wife of August II the Strong, daughter of Christian Enst, margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, because she was of Protestant faith
However, they used the title King of Poland (Rex Poloniae) or Queen of Poland (Regina Poloniae).
[edit] Crowned outside Poland
- 26 May 1303 - Elisabeth Richeza, wife of Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague
[edit] Further reading
- Michał Rożek, Polskie koronacje i korony, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Kraków 1987
