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  2. Mar 4, 2014 · Catherine presented herself to the world as an “Enlightened” autocrat who did not govern as a despot but as a monarch guided by the rule of law and the welfare of her subjects.

  3. Nov 13, 2022 · Duchy of Masovia. During the 9th century Mazovia was perhaps inhabited by the tribe of Mazovians, and it was incorporated into the Polish state in the second half of 10th century under the Piast ruler Mieszko I. As a result of the fragmentation of Poland after the death of Polish monarch Bolesław III Wrymouth, in 1138 the Duchy of Mazovia was ...

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  5. The answer is misogyny. The male-dominated world in which Catherine lived and ruled made her an exception to the norm. Those who opposed her were men. Those in a position to smear her reputation were men. Her male enemies created the legends that still reverberate around today’s World Wide Web.

  6. Catherine of Masovia (Polish: Katarzyna mazowiecka; 1413/16 – between 2 June 1479 and 5 July 1480) was a Polish princess member of the House of Piast in the Masovian branch. She was the eighth and youngest daughter of Siemowit IV, Duke of Masovia and Alexandra , a daughter of Algirdas , Grand Duke of Lithuania and sister of King Władysław ...

  7. Masovian Voivodeship (Polish: województwo mazowieckie, pronounced [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ mazɔˈvjɛt͡skʲɛ] ⓘ) is a voivodeship in east-central Poland, containing Poland's capital Warsaw. The Masovian Voivodeship has an area of 35,579 square kilometres (13,737 sq mi) and had a 2019 population of 5,411,446, making it Poland's largest and most ...

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  8. Aug 24, 2016 · Mazovia (məzō´vēə) or Masovia (məsō´–) Pol. Mazowsze, historic region, central Poland. At the death (1138) of Boleslaus III, Mazovia became an independent duchy under the Piast dynasty. It became a suzerainty of Great Poland in 1351 and was finally united with it in 1526. Mazovia passed to Prussia during the 18th-century partitions of ...

  9. Agafia was the daughter of Svyatoslav III Igorevich [1] and his wife Yaroslava Rurikovna, a daughter of prince Rurik Rostislavich of Belgorod . Between 1207 and 1210, Agafia arrived in Poland to marry Konrad I of Masovia. [1] The marriage was for political reasons, as her father had become an ally of Leszek I the White and wanted to improve ...

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