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4 days ago · Mieszko's son Bolesław I established a bishopric in the Kołobrzeg area in 1000–1005/07, before the area was lost again. Despite further attempts by Polish dukes to again control the Pomeranian tribes, this was only partly achieved by Bolesław III in several campaigns lasting from 1116 to 1121.
2 days ago · Bolesław also expanded the realm considerably by seizing parts of German Lusatia, Czech Moravia, Upper Hungary and southwestern regions of the Kievan Rus'. Casimir III the Great is the only Polish king to receive the title of Great. He built extensively during his reign, and reformed the Polish army along with the country's legal code, 1333–70.
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2 days ago · This is a chronological list of wars in which Poland or its predecessor states of took an active part, extending from the reign of Mieszko I (960–992) to the present. This list does not include peacekeeping operations (such as UNPROFOR, UNTAES or UNMOP), humanitarian missions or training missions supported by the Polish Armed Forces.
4 days ago · Count Olenski, estranged husband of Ellen Olenska in Edith Wharton 's novel The Age of Innocence (1920) Pan Tadeusz, poetic distillation of Polish patriotism and nostalgia. Roland "Prez" Pryzbylewski, in HBO 's The Wire, went from police officer to school teacher. Officer Eddie Pulaski in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
3 days ago · Roman Catholicism. Signature. Sigismund III Vasa ( Polish: Zygmunt III Waza, Lithuanian: Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to 1599. He was the first Polish sovereign from the House of Vasa.
- 19 August 1587 – 30 April 1632
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4 days ago · Base map shows modern national borders. / 51.6; 17.2. Silesia [a] (see names below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Its area is approximately 40,000 km 2 (15,400 sq mi), and the population is estimated at 8,000,000.
5 days ago · Jerzy Wilhelm, cz. Jiří Vilém Břežsko-Lehnický, niem. Georg Wilhelm (ur. 29 września 1660 w Oławie, zm. 21 listopada 1675 w Brzegu [1]) – książę legnicko - wołowsko - brzeski. Był ostatnim księciem ze śląskiej linii Piastów i ostatnim męskim potomkiem całej dynastii Piastów (w 29. pokoleniu potomek Piasta), synem księcia ...
