Territorial change of Kingdom of Poland

“Kingdom of Poland” — appears in this map’s data from AD 962 to 1449. Its territory was largest in AD 1003 – 1009, at ≈ 425 thousand km².

Territory by period

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1003 – 1009 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Its highest rank was in AD 1003: number 125 of 16.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

• Kingdom of Hungary — 34 frames
• Holy Roman Empire — 21 frames
• Holy Roman Empire — 19 frames
• Kingdom of Bohemia — 19 frames
• Teutonic Order — 19 frames
• Kievan Rus' — 18 frames
• Grand Duchy of Lithuania — 17 frames
• Moldavia — 12 frames
• Margraviate of Brandenburg — 10 frames
• Principality of Volhynia — 8 frames
• Principality of Peremyshl — 8 frames
• Duchy of Masovia — 5 frames
• Duchy of Bohemia — 5 frames
• Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia — 5 frames
• Golden Horde — 4 frames
• Duchy of Bavaria — 4 frames
• Margraviate of Brandenburg — 4 frames
• Vikings — 2 frames
• Principality of Hungary — 2 frames
• Duchy of Głogów — 1 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 10 by area.

Preceded and succeeded by

Succeeded by: Congress Poland · Duchy of Warsaw

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Kingdom of Poland (Polish: Królestwo Polskie; Latin: Regnum Poloniae) was a state in Central Europe during the medieval and early modern periods from 1025 until 1795.

Wikipedia (English) “Kingdom of Poland”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

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