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Royal Prussia
Royal Prussia (; or Preußen Königlichen Anteils) or Polish Prussia (Polish: Prusy Polskie; German: Polnisch-Preußen) was a province of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth that was carved out of the State of the Teutonic Order. It consisted of the following districts: Pomerelia (Gdansk Pomerania) with Danzig (Gdansk), Chelmno Land ('Kulmerland) with Michalów Land (Michelauer land) and Torun (Thorn), the mouth of the Vistula with Elblag (Elbing) and Malbork (Marienburg), the Bishopric of Warmia (Ermland) with Olsztyn (Allenstein ). By the Second Peace of Thorn (1466), these districts were ceded to the Kingdom of Poland. Until the 1569 Union of Lublin the region enjoyed a substantial autonomy. After 1569, Royal Prussia was directly administered by the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.

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