2) Poland, partitions of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Poland, partitions of, The basic causes leading to the three successive partitions (1772, 1793, 1795) that eliminated Poland from the map were the decay and the internal...

3) Reichenbach, town, Poland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Reichenbach, town, Poland, see Dzierzoniow, Poland....

4) Galicia, historic region, Poland and Ukraine. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Galicia, historic region, Poland and Ukraine, (glish´e, -) (KEY) , Pol. Galicja, Ukr. Halychyna, historic region (32,332 sq mi/83,740 sq km), SE Poland and W Ukraine,...

5) John II, king of Poland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...John II, king of Poland, (John Casimir), 1609-72, king of Poland (1648-68), son of Sigismund III. He was elected to succeed his brother, Ladislaus IV. The turbulent...

6) Ladislaus IV, king of Poland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ladislaus IV, king of Poland, 1595-1648, king of Poland (1632-48), son and successor of Sigismund III. His reign was marked by struggles with his subjects and wars...

7) Ladislaus III, king of Poland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ladislaus III, king of Poland, 1424-44, king of Poland (1434-44) and, as Uladislaus I, king of Hungary (1440-44), son of Ladislaus II. He led two crusades against...

8) Ladislaus II, king of Poland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ladislaus II, king of Poland, or Ladislaus Jagiello (yagye´lo) (KEY) , 1350?-1434, king of Poland (1386-1434), grand duke of Lithuania (1378-1401), founder of the...

9) Ladislaus I, king of Poland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Ladislaus I, king of Poland, 1260-1333, duke (1306-20) and later king (1320-33) of Poland; called Ladislaus the Short. He restored the Polish kingdom, which had been...

10) John III, king of Poland. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...John III, king of Poland, (John Sobieski) (sobye´ske) (KEY) , 1624-96, king of Poland (1674-96), champion of Christian Europe against the Ottomans. Born to an ancient...