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Crown of the Polish Kingdom, or just colloquially the '''Crown''' ( until the end of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795 , for the Territories under Polish direct administration, 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 Magnate s. VOIVODESHIPS OF THE CROWN Crown was divided into two s. Voivodships of Greater Poland
Voivodships of Lesser Poland
See Administrative Division Of The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for more details on the historical administrative division of Poland. |
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