Princely houses of Poland and Lithuania

The princely houses of Poland and Lithuania differed from other princely houses in Europe. The Polish and Lithuanian nobility (szlachta) could not be granted noble titles by the King in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth as hereditary titles, with some exceptions, were largely forbidden. Therefore, the title of prince either dated to the times before the Union of Lublin, which created the Commonwealth in 1569, or was granted to some nobles (usually magnates) by foreign kings. Due to the longstanding history of common statehood, some noble families often described as "Polish" actually originated in Grand Duchy of Lithuania and are of Lithuanian or Ruthenian descent.

#	Name	Title recognition	Remarks
Royal Houses
1	Piast dynasty	c. 960 The first historical dynasty prevailing in Poland from about 960 to 1370. Their progenitor, the semi-legendary Piast the Wheelwright, son of Chościsko, came from Gniezno. According to the chronicles of Gallus Anonymus, the son of Piast the Wheelwright and his wife Rzepicha – Siemowit, became the first ruler of the Piast dynasty. Followed by Lestek and Siemomysł. The first ruler of the Piast dynasty and Civitas Schinesghe (the first recorded name related to Poland as a political entity), who historically is not questioned, was Mieszko I of Poland.	died out in 1370 in the Kingdom of Poland with the death of king Casimir III the Great; the last Silesian Piasts, who formed the oldest branch of the first Polish royal Piast dynasty, were George William, Duke of Liegnitz in 1675, and the last Silesian Piast female was Karolina, Duchess of Liegnitz-Brieg-Wohlau in 1707, in the Duchies of Silesia
2	Jagiellonian dynasty	1386 Princely (grand ducal) roots of this family are older, but only connected with Lithuania. Previously also known as the Gediminid dynasty in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The dynasty takes its name from Władysław II Jagiełło who was the Grand Duke of Lithuania between 1377–1434 and then alongside his wife queen regnant Jadwiga of Poland (reign 1384–1399) became king of Poland between 1386 and 1434.	died out in 1596

#	Name	Title recognition	Remarks
Dukes of Pomerania
1	House of Griffins	1106	died out in 1660
2	House of Sobiesław	1227	died out in 1317 (Duchy of Pomerelia)

#	Name	Title recognition	Estates	Remarks
"Ancient" Princely Houses (Rody „stare”)
1	Olelkowicz	1569	Duchy of Kopylsko-Słuck	title expired in 1592
2	Ostrogski	1569	Ordynacja and Duchy of Ostroróg, Jarosław, Tarnów	title expired in 1620
4	Borkowski	1499	Duchy of Samogitia^[1]	family exists
5	Borowski	~1528	Princely family of Rurikid origin, Kniaz, Kśiestwo Żmudzkie	family exists ^[2]
6	Zasławski	1569	Duchy of Zasław, Ordynacja and Duchy of Ostroróg	title expired in 1682
7	Zbaraski	1569	Duchy of Zbaraż	title expired in 1631
8	Wiśniowiecki	1569	Duchy of Wiśniowiec, Duchy of Łubniów, Duchy of Zbaraż	title expired in 1744
9	Korecki	1569	Duchy of Korets	title expired in 1651
10	Sanguszko	1569	Duchy of Koszyrsk, Ordynacja Ostrogska, Duchy of Zasław	family exists
11	Czartoryski	1569	Duchy of Czartorysk, Duchy of Klewań, Puławy, Sieniawa	family exists
12	Czetwertyński	1569	Duchy of Czetwertynia	family exists
13	Radziwiłł	1569	Duchy of Birżańsk, Ordynacja and Duchy of Nieświez, Duchy of Dubienica, Ordynacja and Duchy of Ołyka, Ordynacja Kleck, Duchy of Kopylsko-Słuck	family exists
14	Tarczyński	1569	Duchy of Tarczyn,	family exists
"New" Princely Houses (Rody „nowe”)
14	Lubomirski	1682	Wiśnicz, Kolbuszowa, Jarosław, Przeworsk, Ordynacja Ostrogska	family exists
15	Poniatowski	1764	Korsun-Shevchenkivskyi, Jabłonna, Kozienice, Grodno, Wołczyn	family exists
16	Sapieha	1768	Różana, Kodeń, Horki, Zelwa	family exists
Princes of the Partition Sejm
17	Poniński	1773	Września	title expired in 1920
18	Sułkowski	1774	Leszno, Ordynacja Rydzyńska	family exists
19	Jabłonowski	1775	Duchy of Ostrog	title expired in 1926
20	Massalski (Hetmans-Bishops line)	1775	Lachowicze, Mysz, Werki, Druja	title expired in 1794
Ordynacja families
21	Zamoyski (Hetman line)	1588	Ordynacja Zamojska, Szarogród	title expired in 1665
22	Zamoyski (Younger line)	1676	Ordynacja Zamojska	family exists
23	Gonzaga-Myszkowski	1601	Ordynacja Pińczowska	title expired in 1727
24	Gonzaga-Myszkowski-Wielopolski	1729	Ordynacja Pińczowska	family exists
Lords of Principalities
25	Potocki family	1696	Duchy of Zbaraz	family exists
26	Mniszech	1744	Duchy of Wiśniowiec	died out in 1905
Royal Houses
27	Sobieski	1674	Żółkiew	died out in 1737
28	Leszczyński	1705	Leszno	died out in 1766
Dukes of Polish fiefs
29	Hohenzollern	1525	Duchy of Prussia, Lębork, Bytów, Taurogi, Sereje	family exists
30	Kettler	1561	Duchy of Courland and Semigallia	title expired in 1737
31	Movilești (Mohyłowie)	1595	Principality of Moldavia, Wielkie Oczy	title expired, family exists in Ukraine and Western Russia
32	Wettin	1759	Duchy of Courland and Semigallia	title expired in 1763, family exists
33	Biron	1737	Duchy of Courland and Semigallia	family exists
Clergy Princes
34	Bishops of Gniezno	traditionally	Duchy of Łowicz	liquidated in 1795
35	Bishops of Krakow	traditionally	Duchy of Siewierz	liquidated in 1790
36	Bishops of Warmia	traditionally	Duchy of Warmia	liquidated in 1772
37	Bishops of Płock	traditionally	Duchy of Pułtusk	liquidated in 1795
38	Provost of Płock	traditionally	Duchy of Sieluń	liquidated in 1790

#	Name	Remarks
Princely Houses
1	Giedroyć	family exists
2	Światopełk-Mirski	family exists
3	Drucki	Branches: Druccy-Sokoliński, Drucki-Konopla, Drucki-Ozierecki, Drucki-Pryhabski, Drucki-Horski, Drucki-Tołoczyński, Drucki-Lubecki family exists
4	Rużyński	died out in the 17th century
5	Kurcewicz	family exists
6	Połubiński	family exists
7	Łukomski	family exists
8	Ostrożecki	died out
9	Zasławski	family exists
10	Porycki	died out in 1637. Princes of Ruthenian origin in the Korybut clan.
12	Żyżemski	perhaps died out
13	Hołowczyński	died out in 1658
14	Szujski	died out in 1658
15	Holszański	died out
16	Szemiot / Szameit	family exists
17	Pac	died out in 1835
17	Świrski	family exists
18	Fedorowicz / Fiedorowicz	died out
19	Gliński	died out

#	Name	Title recognition		Remarks
1	Czartoryski	1433^[4]	Holy Roman Empire A confirmation of the old princely title	family exists
2	Radziwiłł	1515/18 and 1547	Holy Roman Empire A confirmation of the old princely title	family exists
3	Ossoliński	1633, 1634, 1736	Papal States, Holy Roman Empire, France	entitled family lines died out
4	Denhoff	1637	Holy Roman Empire	entitled family line died out
5	Koniecpolski	1637	Holy Roman Empire	entitled family line died out
6	Lubomirski	1647	Holy Roman Empire	family exists
7	Jabłonowski	1698, 1733/34, 1743	Holy Roman Empire	entitled family line died out
8	Sapieha/Sapieha-Rożański/Sapieha-Kodeński	1700	Holy Roman Empire A confirmation of the old princely title	family exists
9	Sułkowski	1752	Holy Roman Empire	family exists
10	Lichnowski	1773	Prussia	family exists
11	Poniatowski	1765, 1847, 1850	Austro-Hungarian Monarchy (Bohemian title of Prince), Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy	family exists
12	Zajączek [ru]	1818	Russia	title expired in 1826
13	Łowicki	1820	Russia An additional title of prince donated to the wife of Grand Duke Konstantin and for their descendants	there were not children from this marriage. The title was expired
14	Radoliński	1888	Prussia	family exists

Princely houses of Poland and Lithuania

Kingdom of Poland

Duchy of Pomerania

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Old Lithuanian Gediminid and Ruthenian (Rurikid) Princely Houses

Princely Houses with Tatar origin

Princely titles granted by foreign monarchs

Kingdom of Poland (Congress Poland)

See also

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