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Mieszko I of Cieszyn (Polish: Mieszko cieszyński, Czech: Měšek I. Těšínský, German: Mesko I (Teschen); also known as Mieszko I of Opole; 1252/56 – by 27 June 1315), was a Duke of Racibórz during 1282–1290 (with his brother as co-ruler) and the first Duke of Cieszyn since 1290 until his death.
Mieszko I (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmjɛʂkɔ ˈpjɛrfʂɨ] ⓘ; c. 930 – 25 May 992) was the first historical ruler of Poland and the founder of the first independent Polish state, Civitas Schinesghe also known as the Duchy of Poland.
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Mieszko I ( Polish pronunciation: [ ˈmjɛʂkɔ ˈpjɛrfʂɨ] ⓘ; c. 930 – 25 May 992) was the first ruler of Poland and the founder of the first independent Polish state, Civitas Schinesghe also known as the Duchy of Poland.
6 days ago · Mieszko I was a Piast prince or duke of Poland (from c. 963), who brought Poland into Christendom and expanded the state to the Baltic Sea. Mieszko accepted Christianity from Rome in 966 in order to resist forced conversion by the Germans and the incorporation of Poland into the Holy Roman.
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Mieszko granted Vaclav the right to enter his strongholds and guaranteed him freedom to take his armies through the Duchy of Cieszyn, in return for which Vaclav promised to pay a ransom if ever Mieszko should be taken into captivity and to support him in conflicts with other princes.
The Piast dynasty. Mieszko I was a member of the ruling Piast family, or dynasty, which had begun the process of organizing the Polish state maybe two hundred years earlier. He was born in 922 and ruled as Duke of Poland from 963 until he died in 992. Gallus Anonimus, one of the early chroniclers names Mieszko as heir to earlier Piasts.
A monument to Mieszko I, the first Cieszyn Duke. An obelisk of the Emperor Francis Joseph I, which had been left abandoned until 1931, was used in the new monument by the well-known sculptor Jan Raszka. The figure of duke was cleared away by the Nazi invader in 1939; however, the figure was put back in its place again in 1957.
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