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The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I ( c. 960 –992). The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of King Casimir III the Great.
Family tree of the House of Silesian Piast, from Władysław II Wygnaniec the Exile, to George William of Legnica, the last of the Silesian Piasts and the last of the Piast Dynasty itself. Items portrayed in this file
Opavian (1255-1521) The Přemyslid dynasty or House of Přemysl ( Czech: Přemyslovci, German: Premysliden, Polish: Przemyślidzi) was a Bohemian royal dynasty that reigned in the Duchy of Bohemia and later Kingdom of Bohemia and Margraviate of Moravia (9th century–1306), as well as in parts of Poland (including Silesia ), Hungary and Austria .
Karolina of Legnica-Brieg-Wohlau ( German: Charlotte von Liegnitz-Brieg-Wohlau, Polish: Karolina Piastówna; 2 December 1652 in Brzeg – 24 December 1707 in Wrocław ), was a Silesian noble, duchess of Legnica, Brzeg and Wołów and the last member of the Silesian Piasts dynasty. She was the eldest daughter of Christian, Duke of Brieg and ...
Beatrice of Brandenburg. Beatrice of Silesia (also known as Beatrice of Świdnica; Polish: Beatrycze świdnicka, German: Beatrix von Schweidnitz ; 1290 – 24 August 1322) was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast in the Silesian branch of Jawor - Świdnica and by marriage Duchess of Bavaria and German Queen.
Gertrude. Christ crowning Gertrude and Yaropolk, illumination from the Trier Psalter. Turov. Gertrude-Olisava (c. 1025 [1] – 4 January 1108), was Grand Princess consort of Rus' by marriage to Iziaslav I of Kiev. She was the daughter of King Mieszko II Lambert of Poland and Queen Richeza of Lotharingia, and the great-granddaughter of German ...
The Duchy of Teschen ( German: Herzogtum Teschen ), also Duchy of Cieszyn ( Polish: Księstwo Cieszyńskie) or Duchy of Těšín ( Czech: Těšínské knížectví ), was one of the Duchies of Silesia centered on Cieszyn ( Teschen) in Upper Silesia. It was split off the Silesian Duchy of Opole and Racibórz in 1281 during the feudal division of ...
