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{{Infobox Settlement
| name = Sieradz
| image_skyline = Klasztor w Sieradzu.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| image_caption = Monastery in Sieradz
| image_flag = POL Sieradz flag.svg
| image_shield = POL Sieradz COA.svg
| pushpin_map = Poland
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{POL}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Voivodeships of Poland|Voivodeship]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Łódź Voivodeship|Łódź]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Powiat|County]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Sieradz County]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Gmina]]
| subdivision_name3 = Sieradz <small>(urban gmina)</small>
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Jacek Walczak
| established_title = Established
| established_date = [[11th century]]
| established_title3 = Town rights
| established_date3 = 1247
| area_total_km2 = 51.22
| population_as_of = 2006
| population_total = 44045
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST = +2
| latd = 51 | latm = 36 | lats = | latNS = N | longd = 18 | longm = 45 | longs = | longEW = E
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 98-200
| area_code = +48 043
| blank_name = [[Polish car number plates|Car plates]]
| blank_info = ESI
| website = http://www.umsieradz.pl }}
'''Sieradz''' {{Audio-IPA-pl|PL-Sieradz.ogg|'|ś|e1|r|a|c}} (Latin ''Syradia'') is a town on the [[Warta]] river in central [[Poland]] with 44,326 inhabitants (2004).
It is situated in the [[Łódź Voivodship]] (since 1999), but was previously the eponymous capital of the [[Sieradz Voivodship]] (1975-1998), and historically one of the minor duchies in [[Lesser Poland]].
== Politics ==
=== Sieradz constituency ===
Members of Parliament ([[Sejm]]) elected from Sieradz constituency
* [[Anita Błochowiak]], [[Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej|SLD-UP]]
* Waldemar Borczyk, Samoobrona
* Tadeusz Gajda, PSL
* Cezary Grabarczyk, PO
* Krystyna Grabicka, LPR
* Michał Kaczmarek, SLD-UP
* Piotr Krzywicki, PiS
* Irena Nowacka, SLD-UP
* [[Wojciech Olejniczak]], SLD-UP
* Andrzej Pęczak, SLD-UP
* Renata Rochnowska, Samoobrona
* Wojciech Zarzycki, PSL
== Historical rulers ==
===Dukes of Sieradz-[[Łęczyca]] ===
* [[1228]]-[[1232]] [[Henry I the Bearded]] (Henryk I Brodaty)
* [[1232]]-[[1233]] [[Konrad of Masovia]] (Konrad Mazowiecki)
* [[1234]]-[[1247]] [[Konrad of Masovia]] (Konrad Mazowiecki)
* [[1247]]-[[1260]] [[Casimir I of Mazovia]] (Kazimierz I Mazowiecki)
* [[1260]]-[[1275]] [[Leszek the Black]] (Leszek Czarny)
* [[1275]]-[[1294]] divided into two duchies of Sieradz and Leczyca (below)
* [[1294]]-[[1297]] [[Ladislaus III of Poland|Ladislaus III the Short]] (Władysław Łokietek)
* [[1297]]-[[1305]] [[Wenceslaus II of Bohemia]] (Wacław II Czeski)
after 1305 parts of the united [[Kingdom of Poland (1138–1320)|Kingdom of Poland]] initially as two vassal duchies, later incorporated as [[Leczyca Voivodship]] and [[Sieradz Voivodship]].
=== Dukes of Sieradz ===
* [[1233]]-[[1234]] [[Boluslaus I of Mazovia]] (Bolesław I Mazowiecki)
* [[1275]]-[[1288]] [[Leszek the Black]] (Leszek Czarny)
* [[1288]]-[[1294]] [[Ladislaus III of Poland|Ladislaus III the Short]] (Władysław Łokietek )
* [[1327]]-[[1339]] [[Przemysl of Cuiavia]] (Przemysł Kujawski)
After [[1305]] part of the united [[Kingdom of Poland (1138–1320)|Kingdom of Poland]] as a vassal duchy, later after [[1339]] incorporated by the Polish king [[Casimir III of Poland|Casimir III the Great]] as the [[Sieradz Voivodship]].
==See also==
*[[Dukes of Sieradz-Leczyca]]
{{Commons|Sieradz}}
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