Kingdom of Poland
The Kingdom of Poland (Polish: Królestwo Polskie; Latin: Regnum Poloniae) was a state in Central Europe during the medieval and early modern periods from 1025 until 1795. == Background == The West Slavic tribe of Polans, who lived in what is today the historic region of Greater Poland, gave rise to a state in the early 10th century, which would become the nascent predecessor of the Kingdom of Poland.