// Middle Ages
Kingdom of Poland
- Period
- AD 962 – AD 1449
- Duration
- approx. 487 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1003
- Area (max.)
- approx. 423,000 km²
Period and duration
Kingdom of Poland — according to the map data from AD 962 to AD 1449, roughly 487 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Kingdom of Poland — greatest extent around AD 1003: the mapped borders then cover about 423,000 km², roughly 0.3% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 961)
- Duchy of Bohemia
- Kingdom of Germany
- Holy Roman Empire
- Principality of Hungary
After
- Holy Roman Empire
- Kingdom of Bohemia
Neighbours around AD 1003
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Kievan Rus'
- Byzantine Empire
- Holy Roman Empire
- Old Kingdom of Norway
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Kingdom of Croatia
- Kingdom of Denmark
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1003 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Kingdom of Poland on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.