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Feb 18, 2024 · Casimir III was the last king of the Piast Dynasty to rule in Poland. (CC BY-SA 4.0) An Heirless King and the Dwindling of the Piast Dynasty. Casimir III faced challenges related to the lack of a direct male heir. His death in 1370 after a hunting accident, left him without a legitimate male successor and led to the end of the Piast 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] The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of King Casimir III the Great .
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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 .
The Piast dynasty is identified with Sigrid Storråda, well known from the sources, i.e. the wife of Eric the Victorious and Sweyn Forkbeard. Researchers assume that ‘Świętosława’ had an important role in the diplomacy of the time, and it is extremely telling that she was queen of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and England during her lifetime.
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 1370. (The name Piast was not applied to the ...
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Initially inhabited by various tribes such as Celts, Scythians, and Slavs, the West Slavic Lechites eventually dominated, establishing early Polish settlements. By the 10th century, the Piast dynasty began, with Duke Mieszko I formalizing the Polish state in 966 CE through his conversion to Western Christianity. His descendants, particularly ...
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. By Bolesław's testament, Władysław was granted Silesia as his hereditary province and also the Lesser Polish Seniorate Province at Kraków ...
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