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Dukes of Silesia. Dissolution. 1675 (male line) Cadet branches. Silesian Piasts of Opole. Silesian Piasts of Glogów. The Silesian Piasts were the elder of four lines of the Polish Piast dynasty beginning with Władysław II the Exile (1105–1159), eldest son of Duke Bolesław III of Poland.
Silesian Piasts, the agnatically senior and later last surviving branch of the dynasty. Masovian Piasts (dissolved in 1526) House of Griffins [1] [2] (uncertain) The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. [3] The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I ( c. 960 –992). [4]
NameLifespanReign StartReign EndWładysław II the Exile Polish: Władysław ...1105 – 30 May 115911381146Bolesław IV the Curly Polish: Bolesław ...ca. 1125 – 5 January 117311461173Mieszko III the Old Polish: Mieszko III ...ca. 1127 – 13 March 120211731177Casimir II the Just Polish: Kazimierz II ...ca. 1138 – 5 May 119411771190- 10th century
Mar 11, 2024 · Silesia, historical region that is now in southwestern Poland. Silesia was originally a Polish province, which became a possession of the Bohemian crown in 1335, passed with that crown to the Austrian Habsburgs in 1526, and was taken by Prussia in 1742. In 1945, at the end of World War II, Silesia.
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First of the Silesian Piasts. Drawing by Jan Matejko. In 1146, High Duke Władysław II was driven into exile to Germany by his brothers, who opposed his attempts to strengthen control of High Duke over the remaining dukes. Silesia then became a possession of the new High Duke, Bolesław IV the Curly.
The Silesian Piasts, as vassals of Bohemia and mediate princes of the Holy Roman Empire, retained the ducal title and continued to hold the duchy of Oppeln until 1532 and the principalities of Brieg, Liegnitz, and Wohlau until their extinction in 1675. Piast (pyäst), 1st dynasty of Polish dukes and kings.
Branches of the Piast dynasty continued to rule in the Duchy of Masovia (until 1526) and in the Duchies of Silesia until the last male Silesian Piast died in 1675. The Piasts intermarried with several noble lines of Europe, and possessed numerous titles, some within the Holy Roman Empire.
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