Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 .
The Piast lands totaled about 250,000 km 2 (96,526 sq mi) in area, [8] with an approximate population of under one million. [9] Expansion of the Polans territory under the Piast dynasty in the 10th century. Initially a pagan, Mieszko I was the first ruler of the Polans tribal union known from contemporary written sources.
The Crisis of the Piast dynasty [citation needed] 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.
From 1722, the dukes of Teschen hailed from the Dukes of Lorraine dynasty, from 1767 to 1822 from the Wettin dynasty, and from 1822 to 1918 from the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty. Cieszyn Silesia was cemented as a uniform historic, geopolitical, socio-cultural and economic entity during the period of Habsburg rule.
In order to establish the Piast vision in the consciousness of the population and to convince them of the historical justice of the annexation of the former German territories, the 'Recovered Territories' were covered with a network of designations connected with the Piast dynasty, even if the buildings themselves had no reference to the Piast ...
First geographical map of Lower Silesia (to south) by Martin Helwig, 1561. Piast state from 1329 onwards became a Czech vassal, the political weakness of the duchy continued, caused by domestic conflicts between Bolesław's the Wastefull sons Wenceslaus and Louis the Fair strengthening the influences of the Bohemian monarchs.
The history of the Silesian Piasts began with the feudal fragmentation of Poland in 1138 following the death of the Polish duke Bolesław III Wrymouth. While the Silesian province and the Kraków seniorate were assigned to Władysław II the Exile, his three younger half-brothers Bolesław IV the Curly, Mieszko III the Old, and Henry of Sandomierz received Masovia, Greater Poland and ...
Regions forming part of Poland since first historic rulers Mieszko I and Bolesław I the Brave of the Piast dynasty: Coat of arms of Silesia and Lower Silesia. Silesia (Polish: Śląsk, Silesian: Ślōnsk), mostly in Poland, small parts in the Czech Republic and Germany. Largest city and historical capital: Wrocław. One of the major historical ...