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May 21, 2024 · Born: c. 930. Died: May 25, 992. House / Dynasty: Piast dynasty. Notable Family Members: son Bolesław I. Mieszko I (born c. 930—died May 25, 992) was a Piast prince or duke of Poland (from c. 963), who brought Poland into Christendom and expanded the state to the Baltic Sea.
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May 17, 2024 · Jadwiga of Poland c. 1373 –1399 King of Poland: Elizabeth of Luxembourg 1409–1442: Albert the Magnanimous 1397–1439 King of Bohemia r. 1437–1439 also King of Hungary and Croatia: Sophia of Halshany 1405–1461: Władysław II Jagiełło c. 1352 –1434 Grand Duke of Lithuania King of Poland: Anna of Cilli c. 1381 –1416: Frederick III ...
2 days ago · Mieszko I (ca. 940 – 25 May 992), was the ruler of the Polans from about 960 until his death. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was son of Siemomysł; grandchild of Lestek; father of Bolesław I the Brave, the first crowned King of Poland; likely father of Świętosława (Sigrid), a Nordic Queen; and grandfather of her son, Cnut the Great.
May 20, 2024 · of Poland 1016–1058: ASCANIAN : Świętosława of Poland c. 1047 – 1126: Władysław I Herman of Poland c. 1044 – 1102: Otto of Ballenstedt c. 1070 – 1123: Eilika of Saxony c. 1080 – 1142: Vladislav I of Bohemia c. 1065 – 1125: Bołesław III of Poland 1086–1138: Salomea of Berg c. 1100 – 1144: Albert I the Bear c. 1100 – 1157 ...
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May 16, 2024 · Gunhild (Świętosława «Gunhilda» Mieszkówna) that was married to Svend Haraldsen, (Svein Tjugeskjegg), was a daughter of Mieszko-I-of-Polan and would only fit if Burislav (Burisleif, Byrislaw) and Mieszko-I-of-Poland were one and the same man, but that seems unlikely.
3 days ago · The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg and the Encomium Emmae report Cnut's mother as having been Świętosława, a daughter of Mieszko I of Poland. Norse sources of the High Middle Ages , most prominently Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson , also give a Polish princess as Cnut's mother, whom they call Gunhild , a daughter of Burislav , the king ...
May 3, 2024 · Opolskie. Silesia, Poland. Silesia, historical region located mainly in what is now Poland, shown before the First Silesian War, 1740. (more) Silesia, historical region that is now in southwestern Poland.
