poland

Introduction: This is a timeline about Eastern Europe following the First World War. In this timeline, Józef Klemens Piłsudski is assassinated in 1919. Piłsudski was the leader of Poland from 1919 until 1935 (with some breaks) in our timeline, and he was an enormously influential man...

Alexander Jagiellon was't very fortunate ruler, so let's improve his reign a bit. ITTL Alexander is more capable, healthlier and more lucky. Let's start with his marriage: Helen of Moscow gives him a son in 1498 and dies in childbirth (Alexander would not consider it fortunate event, he really...

I have recently found myself curious as to how the polish-saxon going Russias way (russia annexes the whole of the duchy of warsaw lets say) would effect things like an alt January uprising and the general development of these lands and its effects on the polish people

As title says-Charles Robert has a son (Charles) born from his Luxembourg wife (who dies roughly like IOTL, just from different reason-in childbirth). Thus Charles Robert still marries Elizabeth of Poland (say that their offspring is roughly like IOTL). What does it mean? Charles Jr is heir to...

I just discovered an interesting historical occurrence... between 1945 and 1948, the town of Haren in northwestern Germany, near the border with the Netherlands, was controlled by a Polish unit of the British army and renamed to Maczków. The existing residents were expelled, and a Polish...

Encyclopedia Britannica 1842, gives 1825 data for West Prussia and Posen: https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=fVhBAAAAcAAJ&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PP1 Georg Hassel has a lot of data about ethnic structure in his book from 1823: Provinz (Grand Duchy) Posen...

Europe in 1370: https://www.deviantart.com/randaglar/art/Lithuanian-Russia-Europe-1370-411931189 OTL: Lois Anjou dies in 1382 leaving Hungary, Czech and Silesian lands united at the time under his first daughter Queen Mary of Anjou and her fiancée Sigismund Luxembourg. His second daughter Queen...

@Jan Olbracht @krieger Is it possible for Lokietek and Ryksa to ally by marrying Agnes of Bohemia to Casimir III?

Henry III, Duke of Głogów, was one of main rivals of Władysław Łokietek in struggle for Polish Crown. Although he wasn't as lucky (Łokietek's career 'from zero to hero' was one of the most ASBish events in Polish history) and longevity. Henry controlled his native Duchy of Głogów and most of...

Zbigniew Oleśnicki, bishop of Cracow and first Polish cardinal, was prominent figure in Poland's politics during late Władysław II's reign and reign of his young son Władysław III. Oleśnicki was ambitious and capable man, but his actions caused lots of problems for rulers of Poland, starting...

19th Century Polish nationalist and poet Adam Mickiewicz had a dream. Well, he had lots of dreams, poets are like that. But Mickiewicz had a dream of an independent Poland, and lots of other dreams sprang from that. For example, he had a fascination with the Jewish people, and he believed that...

Is it possible for Elizabeth Richeza to take Henry IV the faithful, the Duke of Glogow as her husband after her marriage with Wenceslaus II and Rudolf of Austria? @krieger @Jan Olbracht

Blanche of France, a daughter of Philip III the Bold, wife of Rudolph III of Austria died giving birth to shortlived daughter. But if she and her daughter had lived? Rudolph couldn't marry Richeza Elizabeth and claim a crown of Bohemia (and formally Poland) for himself by this marriage. Albert...

Vladislaus II, King of Bohemia and Hungary, was oldest and least competent son of Casimir IV. Under his rule and then under rule of his retarded son Louis II Kingdom of Hungary was on the way to cathastrophe. Say, that Vladislaus dies as teenager in 1468. Thus after death of George of Podebrady...

Casimir of Słupsk, grandson of King of Poland Casimir the Great, was married two times, but both his marriages were childless (so it was seemingly his fault). Say, that situation is reversed-Casimir is not sterile, he just have bad luck with wives. Also, it is not Casimir but Margaret of Mazovia...

POD is death of Anna of Bohemia and Hungary in childbirth in 1538, 9 years earlier than IOTL. Widowed Ferdinand Habsburg had lots of children with her already (although mostly daughters) and IOTL he was not willing to remarry after death of Anna, but at this there is something, that could change...

Władysław Łokietek, King of Poland, had two other sons besides future Casimir the Great, but these sons-Stefan and Władysław, bot died young. Say, that Władysław Jr (few years older than Kazimierz) lives longer, long enough to marry Anna Aldona, but not long enough to outlive father. Władysław...

So, basically, assume that the Western Allies don't withdraw from the purple zone in the map following the end of WW2 (perhaps through increased fortunes in the later fight against the Germans). The Soviet occupation zone is considerably smaller. Therefore, Stalin, doubting the economic...

So, assume that Napoleon ultimately decides to destroy Prussia for good after his victory at the Battle of Friedland in 1807. The Duchy of Warsaw would still be created. How would he divide the spoils? Here's what i think: My guess is that a rump Hohenzollern state would linger on in most of...

Edward Lewinski-Corwin, in his book The Political History of Poland, makes an argument for the failure of the November Uprising that happened in 1830, in Poland. He mentions the procrastination and lack of commitment of the Polish rebel leaders, principally that of interim dictator Jozef...