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 Wladyslaw Lokietek - Definition 

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Royal seal of Władyslaw I Łokietek

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







de:Wladyslaw IV. (Polen) pl:Władysław I Łokietek sv:Vladislav I Lokietek av Polen

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