 Abt 922 - 992 (70 years)
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| Name |
Mieszko I Of Poland |
| Prefix |
Prince |
| Suffix |
Prince Of Poland |
| Birth |
Abt 922 |
Of, Poznan, Poznan, Poland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
25 May 992 |
| Person ID |
I53982 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
8 Dec 2010 |
| Family 1 |
Princess Dubravka Of Bohemia, Princess Of Bohemia, b. Abt 931, Of, Praha, Praha, Czechoslovokia d. 977 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage |
965 |
Poland |
| Children |
| | 1. Queen Swietoslava Of Sweden Norway & Denmark, Princess Of Poland, b. Abt 970, Of, Poznan, Poznan, Poland d. Aft 2 Feb 1014, Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden (Age 44 years) |
| | 2. King Boleslaus I Of Poland, b. 967 d. 17 Jun 1025 (Age 58 years) |
| | 3. Boleslaw I "Krobny" Unknown, King Of Poland, b. Abt 947, Poznan, Poland d. 17 Jun 1025 (Age 78 years) |
| | 4. Princess Gunhild Of Polen |
| | 5. Wladiwoj Unknown, Prince Of Poland, b. Abt 952, Poznan, Poland d. Jan 1003 (Age 51 years) |
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| Family ID |
F22472 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
8 Dec 2010 |
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| Notes |
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Mieszko I
Reign From c. 960
until May 25, 992
Mieszko I (c. 935-May 25, 992), son of the semi-legendary Siemomysl, was the first (historically known) Piast duke of the Polans, which gave that name to a country later called Poland. Mieszko was not his actual name, but given at a later time.
In either 964 or 965 (more probably) he married Dobrawa (or Dobrava/Dubrawka), a daughter of Boleslaus I, duke of Bohemia. In 978 he married Oda von Haldensleben, daughter of Dietrich (Theoderic) of Haldensleben, count of the North March (965-985), after abducting her from the monastery of Kalbe.
The early career of Mieszko was dominated by fighting with the tribes of Wieletes and Volinians south of the Baltic Sea, and their ally, the Saxon count Wichman. Mieszko was baptised in 966 (probably under the influence of his Christian first wife or maybe in order to avoid confrontation with the Holy Roman Empire to the west) he built a church dedicated to Saint George at Gniezno and in 968 he founded the first Polish cathedral in Poznan dedicated to Saint Peter.
At the time of the reign of Mieszko there was no single place serving as the capital, instead he built serveral castles around his country. Of the most important were: Poznan, Gniezno and Ostr
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| Sources |
- [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 2:120 (Reliability: 3).
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