Kingdom of Poland in Silesia

Kingdom of Poland in Silesia


This is a Polish state that splintered from Bohemia that calls itself the rightful Kingdom of Poland.



The Beginings


The Bohemians, who distrusted him as the betrayer of Hus, were soon in arms; and the flame was fanned when Sigismund declared his intention of prosecuting the war against heretics. Three campaigns against the Hussites ended in disaster although the army of his most loyal ally Stibor of Stiboricz and later his son Stibor of Beckov could hold the hussite side away from the borders of the Kingdom. The Turks were again attacking Hungary. The king, unable to obtain support from the German princes, was powerless in Bohemia. His attempts at the diet of Nuremberg in 1422 to raise a mercenary army were foiled by the resistance of the towns; and in 1424 the electors, among whom was Sigismund's former ally, Frederick I of Hohenzollern, sought to strengthen their own authority at the expense of the king. Although the scheme failed, the danger to Germany from the Hussites led to the Union of Bingen, which virtually deprived Sigismund of the leadership of the war and the headship of Germany.
He was supported by the Silesian Dukes in his wars against the Hussites until in 1440, he decided to make peace with the Hussites and decided to make a treaty wherein he gives up the rule of Bohemia and Moravia to the Hussites, he maintains his rule in Lusatia and Silesia due to the Catholic Poles, Sorbs and Germans ,his daughter, Elisabeth of Luxembourg ruled after his death in 1445, she was not elected to the Thrones of Hungary and Bohemia which gone to the Hunyadis and the Podiebrady, before she became the ruler, she married Jan I of Opole and ruled Silesia and Lusatia as a separate realm from Bohemia, all of the Silesian dukes pledged allegiance to them except for Bolko V the Hussite, most of the Subjects are either Catholic Poles or Sorbs with a minority of Germans, Elisabeth of Luxembourg bought back the Duchy of Siewierz from the Bishop of Krakow.

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List of Kings
Casimir III(Piast-Kuyavia) 1333 - 1370
Casimir IV(Gryfita) 1370 - 1377
Elisabeth I(Gryfita) 1377 - 1393
Sigismund I(Luxembourg) 1393 - 1445
Elisabeth II(Luxembourg) 1445 - 1470
Jan I (Piast - Opole) 1470 -….


The ones in blue are the ones that never reigned but are recognized, basically this state is a Polish "Taiwan".
 
Wouldn't the rulers of Silesian Poland, also claim the royal title of Bohemia (and probably also Hungary-Croatia)? Like how the Premyslids had been titular kings of Poland or how the king of England had claimed the throne of France?
 
Wouldn't the rulers of Silesian Poland, also claim the royal title of Bohemia (and probably also Hungary-Croatia)? Like how the Premyslids had been titular kings of Poland or how the king of England had claimed the throne of France?
but the problem is that they made peace with the Hussites by her father giving up Bohemia and Moravia, the claim to Hungary and Croatia was given up via a Marriage.
 
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Elisabeth II

Elisabeth II and her schemes
Elisabeth of Luxembourg claims that she is the rightful heiress of Casimir III, she was able to gather allies against the regency of Sophia of Halszany in Greater Poland and Mazovia who recognize her as their Queen and was said to have even ordered the poisoning of the male children of Jogaila but Elisabeth of Luxembourg was not able to gain allies against the Lithuanian faction in Lesser Poland, she is basically the rightful queen of Both Poland and Hungary since her father had given up his claim to Moravia and Bohemia, she can only claim both Poland and Hungary.


On 1450, Elisabeth of Luxembourg with the support of the Pope Nicholas V was crowned as Queen of Poland or rather informally as the Queen of Silesia-Lusatia as Elisabeth II since she is the rightful heiress, the state comprising Silesia and Lusatia calls itself the Kingdom of Poland, Elisabeth of Luxembourg have forsaken her German roots and had become Polish in culture, and spoke Polish frequently than German with her children.



Elisabeth of Luxembourg arranges a cease fire between the Piast Faction led by her and the Mazovian Piasts and the Lithuanian Faction led by Sophia of Halszany by having Elisabeth Jagiellon married to her son and heir John in 1455 which have stopped the war between the Lithuanian and the Piast Faction causing her supporters to migrate to Silesia and Mazovia but majority of her supporters migrated to Silesia, Elisabeth Jagiellon’s dowry is Wschowa and the areas around it but even if with a marriage the culture of her realm is conservative and ultra catholic the opposite of the liberal and tolerant culture of the Polish-Lithuanian state and also one of the members of the Piast Faction that migrated from Greater Poland killed Bolko the Hussite, her youngest daughter Elisabeth married Mathias Corvinus of Hungary and with her the claims to the throne of Hungary, while her eldest daughter, Kunigunde married George Podiebrady to confirm the treaty made by Sigismund of Luxembourg in which he ceases to claim Moravia and Bohemia.









Note
Elisabeth II of Poland(Silesia) is in a situation similar to later Catherine I of Navarre(Basse Navarre), most of the territories of the Kingdoms they are ruling have been usurped due to the nobles supporting the usurpers.
Since the Culture between the Two Polands are opposites would it be possible for the Two Polands to unite one day, actually in this day the two Polands are still separate from each other, there is a movement that wants the two Polands to unite.


This is the Flag of this realm
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The Cross signifies the Ultracatholic and Conservative leanings of this state.
 
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The reign of John I
John I was crowned as the King of Silesian Poland in 1465, the people of the Polish-Lithuanian Union call him the King of Silesia and Lusatia, his wife Elisabeth Jagiellon, created peace between these two Polands, however the Kingdom of Silesian Poland would never recognize Poland-Lithuania as a legitimate state nor would the Archbishop of Wroclawia who claims the Archbishopy of Krakow and Metropolitan of Gniezno, they consider the Poland under the rule of the Jagiellonians as an Occupied land and in one day to be liberated due to the Kings of Silesian Poland are the direct descendants of Casimir III, the other thing is that the current Archbishop of Wroclawia discovered marriage between Jogaila and Jadwiga of Poland to be null and void due to them being related in prohibited degrees and the marriage has no dispensation since they are both descended from Casimir of Kuyavia, son of Konrad of Mazovia who called the Teutonic Knights who the ruler of Silesian Poland is also descended from so the Archbishop does not consider the union of Krewo and the Jagiellonian rule as legitimate and an occupation of their country, in order to remedy the situation between Poland-Lithuania and Silesian Poland the pope decided to make the Archbishop of Wroclawia to be under the Pope directly, the ruler of Silesian Poland does not act in order to maintain peace since he is married to Elisabeth Jagiellon[1], his first son, George Casimir is betrothed to Isabella of Aragon(Isabel de Trastamara)[2], the daughter of Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon, the betrothal between Isabella of Aragon and George Casimir of Silesia which was suggested by his liege Emperor Maximillian, in his reign after his marriage with Mary of Burgundy.


Printing in the Polish language started in the Kingdom of Silesian Poland by Kasper Elyan who printed Our Father in Polish after Gutenberg invented the Printing Press, John I supported the printing of books in the Polish language as well as Czech which is the second language of the Kingdom, John I supported Kasper Elyan, the Polish language in Silesia prospered, literature and grammars are also published in Polish, the Archbishop of Wroclawia was happy about what is happening because it would reverse the germanization of the Realm.


Some of the people hope that the Poland ruled by the Jagiellonians which they call as Lithuanian occupied Poland to be liberated once more and be ruled by the House of Piast, in his reign half the duchy of Glogow ruled by John the Mad and passed to the Royal domain due to his death without heirs causing the Duchy of Glogow to be part of the Royal Domain completely uniting it with the half of Glogow and Wschowa in the Royal domain, the same thing happened to the Duchy of Opole and Raciborz ruled by John II the Good of Opole, Raciborz was inherited by him due to his arrangement with the Premyslid dukes of Raciborz and the last Premyslid duke of Raciborz dying without heirs, it was near the end of the reign of John I of Silesian Poland that Opole-Raciborz passed to the Royal domain.


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Commemoration of the First Printing in Polish Language in Silesia.



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Isabella of Aragon(Elzbieta Aragonii/Trastamara), wife of George I Casimir(Jerzy I Kazimierz)

[1]In OTL Elisabeth Jagiellon is born as Casimir IV Jagiellon, the butterflies switched the sperm, Wladyslaw of Varna is also born as a female although Sophia of Halshany gave birth to a son for Jogaila in 1445, just before his death.
[2]This means Pogrom against the Jews in the reign of George I Casimir in Silesia instead of Portugal having the Pogrom
 
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Map of the HRE Before the Jewish Expulsion by Philip II, the Holy Roman Empire due to his wife telling him to expel the jews from Germany


Hussites are overdue for a crusade.
 

Kingpoleon

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As a Prussophile, I should be steadfast against this AAR. But it's kind of grown on me. Is a Prussian Kingdom of Poland and German Prussia a possibility? I really think that Bohemia will be extremely affected by this. Also, Wenceslas V of Poland in 1480, a grandson of Sigismund could be King of Bohemia as Wenceslaus V. A personal union, perhaps?
 
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As a Prussophile, I should be steadfast against this AAR. But it's kind of grown on me. Is a Prussian Kingdom of Poland and German Prussia a possibility? I really think that Bohemia will be extremely affected by this. Also, Wenceslas V of Poland in 1480, a grandson of Sigismund could be King of Bohemia as Wenceslaus V. A personal union, perhaps?

Bohemia is Hussite at this time and overdue for a crusade and it is surrounded by Hostile Catholic Poles and Gemans and the ruler of Silesian Poland have given up their claims on Bohemia but chose to establish a Polish Government in Silesia - They can do this because they are the LEGITEMATE heirs of Casimir III and Brandenburg and Silesian Poland will participate on the war after the extinction of the Jagiellon Dynasty, Silesian Poland gets bits and Brandenburg gets Gniezno and Prussia.
 
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Lancastrian Aquitaine
King Louis XI of France wanted to start a war with Burgundy, allies of the Yorkist King Edward IV. He believed if he allied himself to restoring Lancastrian rule they would help him conquer Burgundy. As a compliment to his new allies Louis made young Edward godfather to his son Charles, Edward of Westminister decided not to embark and after the death of the Duke of Guyenne, Charles of Valois, duke of Berry on 1472, he received Aquitaine from his King of France, this will be the core of the state that the Catalonians and the People of Southern France want to be in and he married Anne of France.



Expulsion of the Jews, Brandenburgian Gniezno

On 1510, George I Casimir became King, his first action was to expel the jews as a request of his wife, Isabella of Aragon due to her mother having the Jews expelled from her homeland, her sister, Joanna asked the same for Philip II of Germany that is expel the Jews from all the lands of the Holy Roman Empire, he is adamant that his oldest son and heir Frederick should marry the Italian Bona Sforza which had the claims to Jerusalem included in the marriage, which was given dispensation by the Pope as well.
In 1515, Casimir IV, the son of Wladyslaw III of Poland-Lithuania dies childless due to a disease which starts a succession dispute, both George I Casimir and Mathias I of Brandenburg marched to Gniezno, for George I Casimir, it was to gain the heritage of his ancestor, Casimir III and to unite the Whole Corona Regni Poloniae but for Mathias I of Brandenburg, it was because he is the Grandchild of Jadwiga of Lithuania, the eldest surviving child of Jogaila and the oldest sister of Wladyslaw III, however, Philip II of Holy Roman Empire stepped in and prevented any of the two of them from getting the Polish throne and Installed Maximillian, his half-brother from Sophia of Lithuania, the second wife of Maximillian, the eldest sister of Wladyslaw IV.
The two were compensated of territories – For George I Casimir, he was given Rawicz and Wielun and the areas around them, for Mathias I he was given Gniezno and the areas around it and be the liege of the Pomeranian Duchies which will lead to his descendants claim Prussia and Pomerellia from the Teutonic Order, he also had Frederick I, the Archbishop of Wroclawia end his pretentions to the seat of the Bishop of Krakow and the Primate of Gniezno.




Mathias I of Brandenburg told George I Casimir that he is a loser and he will never gain his ancestor’s claims, the two compared, George I Casimir promoted the Polish language in his realm while Mathias I was the Opposite, he promoted the German language in his realm.
After his victory he carried the Black Madonna picture from Jasna Gora, Czestochowa, Wielun to the City of Wroclawia, his capital and put the Black Madonna in the coat of arms of the City of Wroclawia.
After the Dispute he was able to see his son marry the young Bona Sforza who carries the claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem making them titular Kings of Jerusalem as well.
In this time, Philip II is planning to war against the Hussites ruled by George III Podiebrady and George I Casimir refused to take part in this new war.


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Bona Sforza


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Coat of Arms of Wroclawia.

Before the Succession Dispute
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After the Succession Dispute.
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Second Hussite Wars and Finale
Philip II of Germany marched to Bohemia and Moravia and warred against George III Podiebrady, with the help of Teutonic Order, the war in Bohemia was so bloody and resulted in the death of George III Podiebrady and Bohemia was annexed to the Habsburg realms – now the hussites being alone were forced to be converted to Catholicism or death and parts of Bohemia and Moravia are given to the Teutonic Order and Pomerellia and West Prussia was given to Brandenburg.
The Habsburgs in the PLC died off and Poland-Lithuania was annexed by Russia and the rest of Greater Poland was annexed by Brandenburg while Mazovia, The Piast lines of Mazovia and Silesia died off in the male line one by one until only one survived – after the Mazovian Piast line died the Duchy of Mazovia became part of Brandenburg, only one line survived to the 18th century the line that ruled the Kingdom of Silesian Poland, the last heiress of Silesian Poland, Anna of Silesian Poland in 1700 married George Radziwill, a Lithuanian nobleman, starting the House of Radziwill-Piast.
In the present the country of Aquitaine pressures France and Spain to respect the rights of the Aquitainians living in their country while the Kingdom of Silesian Poland survives – in Silesian Poland, Brandenburgian Polish lands(Greater Poland and Mazovia) and Russian Poland there is a movement that wants the unification of Polish lands – will the Polish lands be united in the future – it is not known if the unification will happen or not.





-Fin


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