Wladislaus I of Poland - Definition and Overview

Wladislaus I on Jan Matejko's painting

Wladislaus I the Short (Władyslaw I Łokietek) was King of Poland from 1320 till 1333.

He reunited Poland after a long period of desintegration and fragmentation. When he was crowned king in 1320, Poland finally had a king who wielded real power. All previous kings were merely the first amongst the Polish dukes.

Wladislaus was a duke till 1300 and the Prince of Kraków from 1305 until his coronation on January 20, 1320.

Royal titles

• Title before coronation: Wladislaus Dei gracia, dux Regni Polonie et dominus Pomerania, Cuiavie, Lancicie as Siradie

English translation: Vladislaus by God's grace duke of the Kingdom of Poland, and lord of Pomerania, Kuyavia, Łęczyca and Sieradz

• Royal title after coronation: Wladislaus Dei gracia, rex Polonie ...

See also

• Piast Poland

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