Royal Prussia (Polish: Prusy Królewskie; German: Königlich-Preußen or Preußen Königlichen Anteils, Kashubian: Królewsczé Prësë) or Polish Prussia[1](Polish: Prusy Polskie;[2] German: Polnisch-Preußen)[3] was a break-away territory of the Teutonic Order that in 1466 was granted autonomy under the protection of the King of Poland.[4] Ultimately, in 1569 Royal Prussia was fully integrated into the Kingdom of Poland.[5]
Royal Prussia was established after the Second Peace of Thorn (1466), from territory in western Prussia which had previously been part of the State of the Teutonic Order.[6][7] It became a 'protectorate' of Poland. As such, it was not part of Poland proper, but feudal overlord status lay to the Polish king, reflected in the title "Royal Prussia" or the King's Prussia.[4] Royal Prussia retained its autonomy, governing itself and maintaining its own laws, customs, rights and German language.[8][9] As a royal protectorate, its magnates could participate in the election of its titular monarch, however it could not participate in the Sejm, the Polish parliament.[10]
In 1772, the former territory of Royal Prussia, which by then was fully merged into the Kingdom of Poland and administered in the form of several voivodeshipswas annexed by Prussia and subsequently re-organized into the province of West Prussia. This occurred at the time of the First Partition of Poland, with other parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth being annexed by the Russian Empire and Habsburg Austria.
| Royal Prussia | |
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| Autonomous dependency of the King of Poland | |
| 1466–1569 | |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Prussia
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