Royal coronations in Poland
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Royal coronations in Poland

Coronations in Gniezno cathedral

• 18 April 1025 - Boleslaus I the Brave
• 25 December 1025 - Mieszko II Lambert
• 25 December 1076 - Boleslaus the Generous
• 26 June 1295 - Przemysl II and his wife Margaret
• August 1300 - Wenceslaus II of Bohemia

Coronations in Poznan cathedral

• 29 September 1341 - Adelaide of Hessen, wife of Casimir the Great

Coronations in St. John church in Warsaw

• 13 September 1637 - Cecylia Renata, wife of Ladislaus IV Vasa
• 29 September 1670 - Eleonora of Habsburg, wife of Michael Korybut Wisniowiecki
• 4 October 1705 - Stanislaw Leszczynski and Katarzyna Leszczynska z Opalinskich
• 25 November 1764 - Stanislaw August Poniatowski

Coronations if Wawel cathedral, Cracow

• 20 January 1320 - Ladislaus I the Short and his wife Jadwiga
• 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 toLadislaus II Jagiello/Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania
• 4 March 1386 - Ladislaus II Jagiello, married to Jadwiga, union of Poland and Lithuania
• 25 February 1403 - Anna Cylejska, second wife of Ladislaus II Jagiello
• 19 December 1417 - Elizabeth Pilecka, third wife of Ladislaus II Jagiello
• 12 February 1424 - Zofia Holszanska, forth wife of Ladislaus II Jagiello
• 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 of 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, next of John Casimir
• 17 January 1649 - John II Casimir Vasa
• 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 Jozefa

Queens not crowned

• 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 III the Strong, daughter of Christian Enst, markgrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, because she was of Protestant faith

However, both used the title Queen of Poland (Regina Poloniae).

Further reading

• Michał Rożek, Polskie koronacje i korony, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Kraków 1987

See also:

List of Polish rulers

Piast dynasty

Angevin/Anjou dynasty

Jagiellonian dynasty

Valois Dynasty

Vasa dynasty

Wettin dynasty

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

History of Poland

History of Lithuania

History of Ukraine

History of Belarus

Guidelines for the spelling of names of Polish rulers

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