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Lands held by the Piast dynasty (992–1025), with a shaded area corresponding to the territory of present-day Poland. The Piast position was decisively enfeebled by an era of fragmentation following the 1138 Testament of Bolesław III Wrymouth.
The period of rule by the Piast dynasty between the 10th and 14th centuries is the first major stage of the history of the Polish state. The dynasty was founded by a series of dukes listed by the chronicler Gall Anonymous in the early 12th century: Siemowit, Lestek and Siemomysł.
Piast Dynasty, first ruling family of Poland. According to a 12th-century legend, when Prince Popiel of Gnesen (now Gniezno) died, in the second half of the 9th century, he was succeeded by Siemowit, the son of the prince’s plowman, Piast, thus founding a dynasty that ruled the Polish lands until.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Piastowie – pierwsza historyczna polska dynastia panująca. Za jej protoplastę uchodzi legendarny Piast, syn Chościska, rataj spod Gniezna. Według legendy syn Piasta – Siemowit został pierwszym księciem Polan. Kolejnymi byli Lestek i Siemomysł. Pierwszym władcą z dynastii Piastów, którego historyczność nie jest kwestionowana, był Mieszko I.
The Crisis of the Piast dynasty was a period of constant wars, invasions and rebellions, lasting from the death of Bolesław the Brave in 1025 until the reunification of the Polish lands by Casimir the Restorer.
Piast dynasty. 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.
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.
