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Boleslaw III (23 September 1291 – 21 April 1352), called the Generous ( Polish: Hojny) and the Wasteful (Polish: Rozrzutny) was Duke of Legnica and Brzeg from 1296 until 1342, and Duke of Wrocław from 1296 to 1311. He was the eldest son of Henry V the Fat, Duke of Legnica and Wrocław, by his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Bolesław the Pious ...
Bolesław III Wrymouth. more... Bolesław III Wrymouth ( Polish: Bolesław III Krzywousty; 20 August 1086 [1] [2] – 28 October 1138), also known as Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed, was the duke of Lesser Poland, Silesia and Sandomierz between 1102 and 1107 and over the whole of Poland between 1107 and 1138. He was the only child of Duke Władysław ...
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- Władysław II the Exile
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Following the death of his father Casimir in 1058, Bolesław II, as the eldest son, inherited Greater and Lesser Poland as well as the Mazovian, Pomerelian, and Silesian lands. His younger brothers Władysław Herman and Mieszkobecame Governors of the remaining provinces. However Mieszko died relatively early, in 1065, at which point his lands came un...
When Hildebrand of Sovana, an enemy of the German king, became Pope Gregory VII in 1073, Bolesław II saw in him a natural ally; he started to apply the Pope's reforms in the Archbishopric of Gniezno and commenced negotiations to obtain the royal crown. He spurred the ongoing revolt in Saxony, which had forced Henry IV to retreat from that region (h...
In 1077 Bolesław II's troops helped two pretenders to assume the throne: Ladislaus I of Hungary, another son of Béla I, and again Iziaslav in Kiev. In 1078, while returning from the latter campaign, the Polish troops conquered Red Ruthenia. In 1079, however, the conflict with the Polish nobles culminated into open revolt and Bolesław was deposed an...
A popular legend holds that Bolesław proceeded to Rome to beg forgiveness from Pope Gregory, who imposed on him to wander incognito as a mute repentant. On a summer evening in 1082, he reached the Benedictine Abbey at Ossiach in Carinthia, where he was received and did all kind of hard work until he finally was reconciled in the Sacrament of Penanc...
Before 1069 Bolesław II married Wyszesława (d. aft. 1089), who, according to the Chronicle of Jan Długosz (and supported by some sources), was a daughter of Grand Prince Sviatoslav II of Kiev by his first wife Kilikia, possibly a member of the House of Dithmarschen. They had one son, Mieszko(1069 – 1089), who was brought up in the Hungarian court b...
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Sep 10, 2022 · Bolesław III the Generous From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bolesław III the Generous (Polish: Bolesław III Rozrzutny; b. 23 September 1291 - d. Brieg, 21 April 1352), was a Duke of Legnica, Brzeg (Brieg) since 1296 until 1342, and Duke of Wroclaw since 1296 until 1311.
- "Bolko Hojny"
- Legnica, Wroclaw, Poland
- September 23, 1291
- April 21, 1352 (60)Brzeg, Opole, Poland
Aug. 20, 1085. Died: Oct. 28, 1138 (aged 53) House / Dynasty: Piast dynasty. Bolesław III (born Aug. 20, 1085—died Oct. 28, 1138) prince of Poland who introduced into his country the senioriate system, by which the eldest son received the major part of the royal inheritance. He converted the people of Pomerania to Christianity.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Date of birth: 23 September 1291 (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584), 1291: Date of death: 21 April 1352 (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584), 1352
Boleslaw III the Wasteful (Polish: Bolesław III Rozrzutny; 23 September 1291 – Brieg, 21 April 1352), was a Duke of Legnica, Brzeg (Brieg) from 1296 until 1342, and Duke of Wrocław from 1296 until 1311. He was the eldest son of Henry V the Fat, Duke of Legnica and Wrocław, by his wife Elisabeth, daughter of Bolesław the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.
