list of polish rulers

Poland was ruled by dukes (c.962–1025, 1032–1076, 1079–1295, 1296–1300 and 1306–1320) and kings (1025–1032, 1076–1079, 1295–1296, 1300–1305 and 1320–1795). The best-known dynasties are the Piast (c.962–1370) and Jagiellonian (1386–1572): intervening and subsequent monarchs were often rulers also of neighboring lands, or princes drawn from foreign dynasties. Polish kingship ended after the third Partition in 1795, and independence was restored on a republican basis in 1918.

Early Piast Dynasty

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olspan="3"\| Early Piast dynasty Dynastia Piastw (962–1138)
small>870 to 900	Siemowit	disputable
small>900 to 930	Lestko	disputable
small>930 to 960	Siemomysł	disputable
small>962 to 992	Mieszko I
small>992 to 1025	Boleslaus I the Brave	King in 1025
small>1025 to 1034	Mieszko II Lambert	King 1025–1031, duke 1032–1034
small>1039 to 1058	Casimir I the Restorer
small>1058 to 1079	Boleslaus II the Generous	King 1076–1079, deposed
small>1079 to 1102	Vladislaus I Herman
small>1102 to 1107	Zbigniew and Boleslaus III	Together
small>1107 to 1138	Boleslaus III the Wrymouth

Regional division
Rozbicie dzielnicowe (1138–1306)

Note: only rulers acknowledged as overlords (or high-dukes,senior) of all Poland (usually those who inherited the "royal province of Cracow") are listed.

Vladislaus II the Exile (1138–1146) (Władysław II Wygnaniec, exiled by his brothers)
Boleslaus IV the Curly (1146–1173) (Bolesław Kędzierzawy)
Casimir II the Just (1173–1194) (Kazimierz Sprawiedliwy)
Mieszko III the Old (Mieszko Stary) and Leszek Biały (1194–1202) (Leszek Biały)
Vladislaus III Laskonogi (1202) (Władysław III Laskonogi)
Leszek Biały (the White) (1202–1210)
Mieszko Platonogi (1210–1211)
Leszek the White (1211–1227) Leszek Biały
Vladislaus III Laskonogi (1227–1228)
Konrad of Mazovia (1228–1232) Konrad Mazowiecki
Henry I the Bearded (1232–1238) Henryk I Brodaty
Henry II the Pious (1238–1241) Henryk II Pobożny
Konrad of Mazovia (1241–1243) Konrad Mazowiecki
Boleslaus V the Shy (1243–1279) Bolesław Wstydliwy
Leszek Czarny (the Black) (1279–1288) Leszek Czarny
Henry IV Probus (1288–1290)
Przemysl II, Duke of Poland - duke of Poznan (since 1273), duke of Great Poland (since 1279), duke of Cracow 1290-1291, duke of Pommerania (since 1294), King 1295-1296
Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1291–1305) King of Poland 1300–1305
Wenceslaus III of Bohemia (1305–1306) Assassinated before crowning

Piast unification

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olspan="3"\| Piast unification (1306–1370)
small>1306 to 1333	Vladislaus I the Short	until 1320, Duke Vladislaus IV, King of Poland 1320–1333
small>1333–1370	Casimir III the Great

Angevin dynasty

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olspan="3"\|Angevin dynasty (House of Capet-Anjou) Dynastia Andegawenw (1370–1399)
small>1370 to 1382	Louis I of Hungary
small>1384 to 1399	Jadwiga of Poland	♀, since 1386 together with her husband Władysław Jagiełło

Jagiellonian Dynasty

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olspan="3"\| Jagiellonian Dynasty Dynastia Jagiellonw (1386–1572)
small>1386 to 1434	Vladislaus II Jagiełło	Until 1399 with his wife, Jadwiga of Poland
small>1434 to 1444	Vladislaus III of Varna	Killed in the Battle of Varna in 1444, hence the nick-name
small>1447 to 1492	Casimir IV the Jagiellonian
small>1492 to 1501	John I Olbracht
small>1501 to 1506	Alexander the Jagiellonian
small>1506 to 1548	Sigismund I the Old
small>1548 to 1572	Sigismund II Augustus

Electoral kings

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olspan="3"\| de Valois Dynasty Dynastia Walezych (1572–1573)
small>1572 to 1573	Henry III de Valois	He abandoned the throne and fled to France where he was crowned as Henry III of France
olspan="3"\|House of Bthory (1576–1586)
small>1576 to 1586	Stephen Bathory
olspan="3"\|Vasa Dynasty Dynastia Wazw (1587–1668)
small>1587 to 1632	Sigismund III Vasa
small>1632 to 1648	Vladislaus IV Vasa
small>1648 to 1668	Jan Kazimierz Vasa	Abdicated and became a monk
olspan="3"\|Polish szlachta families (1669–1696)
small>1669 to 1673	Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki
small>1674 to 1696	John III Sobieski
olspan="3"\|Wettin Dynasty Dynastia Wettinw (1697–1706 and 1709–1766)
small>1697 to 1706 1709 to 1733	Augustus II the Strong	also Elector of Saxony as Frederick Augustus I
small>1733 to 1763	August III Wettin
olspan="3"\|War of Polish Succession (1733-1738)
small>1706 to 1709 1733 to 1736	Stanisław Leszczyński
olspan="3"\|Polish szlachta family (1764–1795)
small>1764 to 1795	Stanisław August Poniatowski	Abdicated

Duchy of Warsaw

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olspan="3"\|Duchy of Warsaw Ksiestwo Warszawskie (1807–1815), dependent from France
small>1807 to 1815	Frederick Augustus I of Saxony	Wettin dynasty

Congress Kingdom

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olspan="3"\|Kingdom of Poland Krlestwo Polskie (1815–1832), in personal union with Russia
small>1815 to 1825	Alexander I of Russia	Romanov dynasty
small>1825 to 1831	Nicholas I of Russia	dismissed by Polish parliament on January 25, 1831 during the November Uprising

Republic (since 1918)

Presidents of Poland