Name | Portrait | Arms | Birth | Marriage(s) | Death | Claim | House |
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King Henry Polish: Henryk Walezy 16 May 1573 – 12 May 1575 (1 year, 362 days) | | | 19 September 1551 Fontainebleau Son of Henry II and Catherine de' Medici | (1) Louise of Lorraine, no children | 2 August 1589 Saint-Cloud Aged 37 | Elected Left Poland in June 1574 to succeed his brother in France Interregnum until 1575 | Valois |
Queen Anna Polish: Anna Jagiellonka 15 December 1575 – 19 August 1587 (de facto) (11 years, 248 days) – 9 September 1596 (de jure) (20 years, 270 days) | | | 18 October 1523 Kraków Daughter of Sigismund I and Bona Sforza | (1) Stephen Báthory, no children | 9 September 1596 Warsaw Aged 72 | Elected co-monarch with Stephen Báthory Sole ruler until Báthory's arrival and coronation in May 1576 Ruled after husband's death until her nephew was elected | Jagiellon |
King Stephen Báthory Polish: Stefan Batory 1 May 1576 – 12 December 1586 (10 years, 226 days) | | | 27 September 1533 Szilágysomlyó (Șimleu Silvaniei) Son of Stephen Báthory of Somlyó and Catherine Telegdi | (1) Anna Jagiellon, no children | 12 December 1586 Grodno Aged 53 | Elected as co-monarch with Anna Jagiellon Previously Prince of Transylvania | Báthory |
King Sigismund III Polish: Zygmunt III Waza 19 August 1587 – 30 April 1632 (44 years, 256 days) | | | 20 June 1566 Gripsholm Son of John III of Sweden and Catherine Jagiellon | (1) Anne of Austria (2) Constance of Austria | 30 April 1632 Warsaw Aged 65 | Elected, nephew of Anna Jagiellon Transferred capital from Kraków to Warsaw Hereditary King of Sweden until deposition in 1599 | Vasa |
King Władysław IV also Ladislaus IV Polish: Władysław IV Waza 8 November 1632 – 20 May 1648 (15 years, 195 days) | | | 9 June 1595 Łobzów Son of Sigismund III and Anne of Austria | (1) Cecilia Renata of Austria (2) Marie Louise Gonzaga | 20 May 1648 Merkinė Aged 52 | Elective succession Also titular King of Sweden and elected Tsar of Russia (1610–1613) when the Polish army captured Moscow | Vasa |
King John II Casimir Polish: Jan II Kazimierz 20 November 1648 – 16 September 1668 (19 years, 302 days) | | | 22 March 1609 Kraków Son of Sigismund III and Constance of Austria | (1) Marie Louise Gonzaga (2) Claudine Françoise Mignot (morganatic marriage) | 16 December 1672 Nevers Aged 63 | Elective succession, succeeded half-brother Previously a cardinal Titular King of Sweden Abdicated | Vasa |
King Michael I Polish: Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki 19 June 1669 – 10 November 1673 (4 years, 145 days) | | | 31 May 1640 Biały Kamień Son of Jeremi Wiśniowiecki and Gryzelda Konstancja Zamoyska | (1) Eleonora Maria of Austria, no children | 10 November 1673 Lwów Aged 33 | Elected Born into nobility of mixed heritage, the son of a military commander and governor | Wiśniowiecki |
King John III Sobieski Polish: Jan III Sobieski 19 May 1674 – 17 June 1696 (22 years, 30 days) | | | 17 August 1629 Olesko Son of Jakub Sobieski and Teofila Zofia | (1) Marie Casimire d'Arquien, 13 children | 17 June 1696 Wilanów Aged 66 | Elected Born into nobility A successful military commander | Sobieski |
King Augustus II Polish: August II Mocny 15 September 1697 – 1706 (1st reign, 9 years) | | | 12 May 1670 Dresden Son of John George III and Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark | (1) Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, 1 son by wife | 1 February 1733 Warsaw Aged 62 | Elected Previously Elector and ruler of Saxony Dethroned by Stanislaus I in 1706 during the Great Northern War | Wettin |
King Stanislaus I Polish: Stanisław I Leszczyński 12 July 1704 – 8 July 1709 (1st reign, 4 years, 362 days) | | | 20 October 1677 Lwów Son of Rafał Leszczyński and Anna Jabłonowska | (1) Catherine Opalińska, 2 children | 23 February 1766 Lunéville Aged 88 | Usurped Nominated as ruler in 1704, crowned in 1705 and deposed predecessor in 1706 Exiled in 1709 | Leszczyński |
King Augustus II Polish: August II Mocny 8 July 1709 – 1 February 1733 (2nd reign, 23 years, 209 days) | | | 12 May 1670 Dresden Son of John George III and Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark | (1) Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, 1 son by wife | 1 February 1733 Warsaw Aged 62 | Restored | Wettin |
King Stanislaus I Polish: Stanisław I Leszczyński 12 September 1733 – 26 January 1736 (2nd reign, 2 years, 137 days) | | | 20 October 1677 Lwów Son of Rafał Leszczyński and Anna Jabłonowska | (1) Catherine Opalińska, 2 children | 23 February 1766 Lunéville Aged 88 | Elected His election sparked the War of the Polish Succession Deposed by Augustus III in 1736 | Leszczyński |
King Augustus III Polish: August III Sas 5 October 1733 – 5 October 1763 (30 years) | | | 17 October 1696 Dresden Son of Augustus II the Strong and Christiane Eberhardine | (1) Maria Josepha of Austria, 16 children | 5 October 1763 Dresden Aged 66 | Usurped Proclaimed King of Poland in 1733, crowned in 1734 Dethroned elected predecessor in 1736 | Wettin |
King Stanislaus II Augustus Polish: Stanisław II August 7 September 1764 – 25 November 1795 (31 years, 80 days) | | | 17 January 1732 Wołczyn Son of Stanisław Poniatowski and Konstancja Czartoryska | Unmarried | 1 February 1798 Saint Petersburg Aged 66 | Elected Born into nobility Last King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, his reign ended in the Partitions of Poland | Poniatowski |