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Death and legacy. Leszek died in 1186. The day of his death is unknown. The Duke Leszek whose death is mentioned in the necrology of the abbey of St. Vincent in Wrocław on 21 November is, according to historians, Senior Duke Leszek the White, who was killed on 24 November 1227.
- 1173-1186
- Wierzchosława
- Bolesław IV the Curly
- Christian (Roman Catholic)
Leszek's body was transported to Kraków and buried in Wawel Cathedral on or before 6 December 1227. The death of Leszek the White fundamentally changed the political situation in Poland. Despite his turbulent government, Leszek was the Duke of Kraków universally recognized by all the Polish princes.
- Casimir II the Just
- Helen of Znojmo
- 1194–1198, 1199, 1206–1210, 1211–1227
- Władysław Spindleshanks
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Dukes of Masovia in 1450. Duke of Masovia (Polish: Książę Mazowsza) was a title borne by the sons and descendants of the Polish Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth. In accordance with the last will and testament of Bolesław, upon his death his lands were divided into four to five hereditary provinces distributed among his sons, and a royal province of Kraków reserved for the eldest, who was to be ...
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Nov 24, 2020 · On November 24, 1227, the High Duke of Poland, Leszek the White, was assassinated in an ambush on a council of Polish Dukes held in the city of Gąsawa, an event which later became known as the Gąsawa massacre. Since Mieszko I first unified the Polish lands at the end of the 10th century, laying….
Duke of Masovia and Kuyavia. The death of his older brother Bolesław in 1172 left Leszek as the only heir of his father. High Duke Bolesław IV, reportedly devastated by his first-born son's death, died one year later (5 January 1173).
Leszek of Masovia was the second Duke of Masovia and Kuyavia from 1173 until his death. He was the second but only surviving son of Bolesław IV the Curly, High Duke of Poland by his first wife Viacheslava, daughter of St. Vsevolod, Prince of Novgorod and Pskov.
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