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Until 1795 Poland, or at least its nucleus, was ruled at various times either by książęta (dukes, ca. 960 – 1025, 1032–1076, 1079–1295, 1296–1300 and 1306–1320) or by kings (1025–1031, 1076–1079, 1295–1296, 1300–1306 and 1320–1795). The longest-reigning dynasties were the Piasts (ca. 960 – 1370) and Jagiellons (1386–1572). Intervening and subsequent monarchs were often also foreign rulers, or princes recruited from foreign dynasties. Polish independence ended with the Third Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (1795) and was restored at the end of World War I (1918) on a republican basis.

Kingdom of Poland of the Piasts

Early Piasts

Piast Dynasty

Fragmentation

Piast Dynasty

Přemyslid Dynasty

Late Piasts

Piast Dynasty

Kingdom of Poland of the Jagiellons

Angevin Dynasty

Jagiellon Dynasty

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Valois Dynasty

Jagiellon Dynasty

Vasa Dynasty

House of Wiśniowiecki

House of Sobieski

Wettin Dynasty

House of Leszczyński

Wettin Dynasty

House of Leszczyński

Wettin Dynasty

House of Poniatowski

Partitions, 1795-1918

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

Habsburg Dynasty

Duchy of Warsaw

Wettin Dynasty

Congress Kingdom

Romanov Dynasty

Hohenzollern Dynasty

Royal coronations in Poland
Royal Coronations at Wawel Cathedral
Dukes of Greater Poland
Dukes of Masovia
Dukes of Pomerania
Dukes of Sieradz-Łęczyca
Dukes of Silesia
List of Galician rulers