The Crown Army (

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

: ''Armia koronna'') was the

land Land, also known as dry land, ground, or earth, is the solid terrestrial surface of Earth not submerged by the ocean or another body of water. It makes up 29.2% of Earth's surface and includes all continents and islands. Earth's land sur ...

service branch of the

military forces A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a d ...

of the

Crown of the Kingdom of Poland The Crown of the Kingdom of Poland (; ) was a political and legal concept formed in the 14th century in the Kingdom of Poland, assuming unity, indivisibility and continuity of the state. Under this idea, the state was no longer seen as the Pat ...

in the

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, also referred to as Poland–Lithuania or the First Polish Republic (), was a federation, federative real union between the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ...

. It existed from the establishment of the federation in 1569 until the

Third Partition of Poland The Third Partition of Poland (1795) was the last in a series of the Partitions of Poland–Lithuania and the land of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth among Prussia, the Habsburg monarchy, and the Russian Empire which effectively ended Polis ...

in 1795.Bronisław Gembarzewski: ''Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831''.

References

Bibliography

*Mariusz Machynia, Czesław Srzednicki: ''Oficerowie Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów 1717-1794'', vol.1 1: ''Oficerowie wojska koronnego'', part 1: ''Sztaby i kawaleria''. Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka. Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 2002. ISBN 83-71-88-500-8. * Military history of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Disbanded armies Military units and formations established in 1569 Military units and formations disestablished in 1795 1569 establishments in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 1569 establishments in Poland 1795 disestablishments in Poland {{Poland-mil-stub