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... Mazovia from Czersk to Warsaw. When the Mazovian Princes died leaving no heir the region was incorporated into the Polish Crown. Attempts to rescue its independence came to nothing. On 25 August 1526 King Zygmunt Stary made a triumphant entry and in September the local Parliament swore allegiance to him. Thanks to its convenient location Warsaw experienced a period of rapid development becoming the leading city of the entire state. Its central position was one of the main reasons why the Lublin Union Parliament in 1569 passed a resolution to hold joint Polish-Lithuanian parliamentary sessions there. Also here the free elections of Polish kings had been taking place from 1573 onwards. All this contributed to the transformation of the city into the capital in the years 1596-1610. Following a fire at Wawel Castle in Cracow King Zygmunt III Vasa moved the permanent royal residence, court and crown offices to the expanded Warsaw ca... Read all>>