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Royal Prussia
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Royal Prussia
Royal Prussia
(; or
Preußen Königlichen Anteils
) or
Polish Prussia
(Polish:
Prusy Polskie
; German:
Polnisch-Preußen
) was a province of the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
that was carved out of the
State of the Teutonic Order
. It consisted of the following districts:
Pomerelia
(
Gdansk Pomerania
) with Danzig (
Gdansk
),
Chelmno Land
('Kulmerland) with
Michalów Land
(Michelauer land) and
Torun
(Thorn), the mouth of the
Vistula
with
Elblag
(Elbing) and
Malbork
(Marienburg), the
Bishopric of Warmia
(Ermland) with
Olsztyn (Allenstein )
. By the
Second Peace of Thorn (1466)
, these districts were ceded to the
Kingdom of Poland
. Until the 1569
Union of Lublin
the region enjoyed a substantial autonomy. After 1569, Royal Prussia was directly administered by the
Crown of the Kingdom of Poland
in the
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
.
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