Crown Army

Crown Army

Royal Banner of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Active1569–1795
Country Poland–Lithuania
TypeArmy
RoleLand combat
Part ofMilitary of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

The Crown Army (Polish: Armia koronna) was the land service branch of the military forces of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. It existed from the establishment of the federation in 1569 until the Third Partition of Poland in 1795.[1][2]

  1. ^ Mariusz Machynia, Czesław Srzednicki: Oficerowie Rzeczypospolitej Obojga Narodów 1717-1794, vol.1 1: Oficerowie wojska koronnego, part 1: Sztaby i kawaleria, p. 1-2.
  2. ^ Bronisław Gembarzewski: Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831.

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