Editing Gniezno (section)

===Regional site of Greater Poland===
[[File:Gniezno old seal with CoA.jpg|upright|thumb|left|Medieval seal of Gniezno]]
After an administrative reform Gniezno, as a [[Royal city in Poland|royal city]], became a county seat within the [[Kalisz Voivodeship (1314–1793)|Kalisz Voivodeship]] (since the early 14th century till 1768). It was destroyed again by the [[Teutonic Knights]]' [[Polish-Teutonic War (1326–1332)|invasion in 1331]]. The city was soon rebuilt during the reign of King [[Casimir III the Great]], while during the reign of King [[Władysław II Jagiełło]], in 1419, the status of "the capital of Christianity in Poland" was confirmed after the archbishops of Gniezno were given the title of Primate of Poland.<ref name=gni/> Trade flourished in Gniezno, four large annual [[fair]]s took place, in which merchants from various Polish cities and European countries took part.<ref name=gni/> Crafts also developed, and Gniezno remained one of the major cities of Poland until the mid-17th century,<ref name=pwn/> even despite fires of 1515 and 1613.<ref name=gni/>

[[File:Wladyslaw IV zatwierdza poprzednie przywileje miasta Gniezna.jpg|thumb|King [[Władysław IV Vasa]] confirms the old [[privilege (law)|privileges]] of Gniezno, 1635]]
It was devastated during the [[Polish-Swedish wars|Swedish invasion wars]] of the 17th–18th centuries and by a plague in 1708–1710. All this caused depopulation and economic decline, but the city was soon revived during the 18th century to become the capital of the [[Gniezno Voivodeship]] within the larger [[Greater Poland Province, Crown of the Kingdom of Poland|Greater Poland Province]] in 1768. Gniezno remained one of the main cultural centres of the Polish Kingdom.<ref name=gni/> The 11th Polish Infantry Regiment and 1st Polish National Cavalry Brigade were stationed there in 1790 and 1792, respectively.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gembarzewski|first=Bronisław|title=Rodowody pułków polskich i oddziałów równorzędnych od r. 1717 do r. 1831|year=1925|language=pl|publisher=Towarzystwo Wiedzy Wojskowej|location=Warszawa|pages=7, 29}}</ref>