Poland
Permanent kingdom from 1320 until 1795. The kings were elected, so many dynasties from Lithuania, Sweden, France, Saxony and Poland were taking turns. Nevertheless, most of them were buried in Kraków.
| Name | Born-died | Burial site |
|---|---|---|
| Duke Mieszko I | c. 935-992 | Cathedral in Poznań |
| King Bolesław I Chrobry | 967-1025 | Cathedral in Poznań |
| King Mieszko II Lambert | 990-1034 | Cathedral in Poznań |
| Duke Casimir I the Restorer | 1016–1058 | Cathedral in Poznań |
| King Bolesław II the Generous | c. 1042-1082 | unknown, maybe Benedictine abbey in Tyniec |
| Duke Władysław I Herman | c. 1042-1102 | Płock Cathedral in Płock |
| Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth | 1086–1138 | Płock Cathedral in Płock |
| High Duke Władysław II the Exile | 1105–1159 | unknown, maybe in Altenburg |
| High Duke Bolesław IV the Curly | 1125–1173 | Wawel Cathedrale in Kraków |
| High Duke Mieszko III the Old | 1126/7-1202 | St. Paul church in Kalisz |
| High Duke Casimir II the Just | 1138–1194 | Wawel Cathedrale in Kraków |
| High Duke Leszek I the White | 1186–1227 | Wawel Cathedrale in Kraków |
| High Duke Władysław III Spindleshanks | 1165–1231 | unknown, probably church in Racibórz or Benedictine monastery in Lubin |
| Duke Henry I the Bearded | 1165/70-1238 | Cistercian church in Trzebnica |
| Duke Henry II the Pious | 1196–1241 | Franciscan church of St. Jakub in Wrocław |
| Duke Konrad I of Masovia | 1187–1247 | Płock Cathedral in Płock |
| Duke Bolesław V the Chaste | 1226–1279 | Franciscan church in Kraków |
| Duke Leszek II the Black | c. 1241-1288 | Dominican church in Kraków |
| Duke Henry IV Probus | c. 1258-1290 | Kolegiata of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomeus in Wrocław |
| King Przemysł II | c. 1257-1296 | Cathedral in Poznań |
| King Wenceslaus II Přemyslid | c. 1271-1305 | Cistercian monastery in Prague |
| King Wenceslaus III Přemyslid | c. 1289-1306 | Cathedral in Olomouc |
| King Władysław I | 1260–1333 | Wawel Cathedrale in Kraków |
| Jadwiga Kaliska | 1266–1339 | Clarissine convent in Stary Sącz |
| King Casimir I | 1310–1370 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Aldona of Lithuania | 1311–1339 | Wawel Cathedrale in Kraków |
| Adelaide of Hesse | 1324–1371 | Agustinian convent in Kassel, Germany |
| Hedwig of Sagan | 1350–1390 | Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Legnica |
| King Louis I | 1326–1382 | Székesfehérvár Basilica, Hungary |
| Elisabeth of Bosnia | 1340–1387 | Székesfehérvár Basilica, Hungary |
| Queen Jadwiga I | 1373–1399 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| King Władysław II | 1348–1434 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Anna of Celje | 1380–1416 | in the apsis of the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Elisabeth of Pilica | 1372–1420 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Sophia of Halshany | 1405–1461 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| King Władysław III | 1424–1444 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| King Casimir IV | 1427–1492 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Elisabeth of Austria | 1437–1505 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| King John I Albert | 1459–1501 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| King Alexander I | 1461–1506 | Vilnius Cathedral, Lithuania |
| Helena of Moscow | 1476–1513 | Cathedral of the Theotokos in Vilnius, Lithuania |
| King Sigismund I | 1467–1548 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Barbara Zápolya | 1495–1515 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Bona Sforza | 1494–1557 | Basilica di San Nicola in Bari |
| King Sigismund II Augustus | 1520–1572 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Elisabeth of Austria | 1526–1545 | Cathedral of Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Barbara Radziwiłł | 1520–1551 | Cathedral of Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Catherine of Austria | 1533–1572 | Crypt in Sankt Florian Abbey, Upper Austria |
| King Henry III | 1551–1589 | first in St-Corneille, since 1610 in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
| King Stefan Batory | 1533–1586 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Anna Jagiellon | 1523–1596 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| King Sigismund III | 1566–1632 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Anna of Austria | 1573–1596 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Constance of Austria | 1588–1631 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| King Władysław IV | 1595–1648 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Cecilia Renata of Austria | 1611–1644 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Ludwika Maria Gonzaga | 1611–1667 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| King John II Casimir | 1609–1672 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| King Michael Korybut | 1640–1673 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria | 1653–1697 | Leopold's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
| King John III Sobieski | 1629–1696 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Marie Casimire Louise de la Grange d'Arquien | 1641–1716 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| King Augustus II the Strong | 1670–1766 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków; the heart: Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
| Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | 1671–1727 | Parish church in Pretzsch, Germany |
| King Stanislas I | 1677–1766 | first in Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours in Nancy, then in Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
| Katarzyna Opalińska | 1682–1747 | Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours in Nancy |
| King Augustus III | 1696–1763 | Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
| Maria Josepha of Austria | 1699–1757 | Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
| King Stanislas II Augustus | 1732–1798 | first in St. Petersburg, then in Wolczyn, since 1995 in St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw |
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“It is often said that Poland is a country where there is anti-semitism and no Jews, which is pathology in its purest state.”
—Bronislaw Geremek (b. 1932)