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Following the Napoleonic Wars, many sovereigns claimed the title of Polish king, duke or ruler, notably German (the King of Prussia was also the sovereign of the Grand Duchy of Posen 1815-1918), Russian (the Congress Kingdom of Poland was founded in 1815 with the widely unrecognized title of King of Poland to the Emperor of Russia until 1915 ...
Chościsko: Piast the Wheelwright: Siemowit: Lestek: Siemomysł died ca. 950–960: Mieszko I 930–960–992: Judith of Hungary 969–988: Bolesław I Chrobry
Princely (grand ducal) roots of this family are older, but only connected with Lithuania. Previously also known as the Gediminid dynasty in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania . The dynasty takes its name from Władysław II Jagiełło who was the Grand Duke of Lithuania between 1377–1434 and then alongside his wife queen regnant Jadwiga of Poland ...
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. Branches of the Piast dynasty continued to rule in the Duchy of Masovia (until 1526) and in the Duchies of Silesia until the last male Silesian Piast died in 1675.
The family motto is "God advises us" [9] (Polish: Bóg nam radzi, Belarusian: Бог нам раіць, Boh nam rajić). In 1547, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor , created Mikołaj "the Black" and his brother, Jan, [ 10 ] hereditary Reichsfürsten of Nesvizh and Olyka ; [ 11 ] [ 8 ] their cousin Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł [ 10 ] was created ...
Polish line died out 41: Fredro: Bończa. G 1822; K.P. ... Title is honored by the Polish Republic for the Żeleński Family Foundation's major contributions to ...
Polish royal houses (7 C, 2 P) Burial sites of Polish noble families (3 C) B. Badeni (5 P) Báthory family (1 C, 21 P) ... Biel family with Ostoja coat of arms; Biron ...
Hedwig of Silesia (also Hedwig of Andechs (German: Heilige Hedwig von Andechs, Polish: Święta Jadwiga Śląska, Latin: Hedvigis; 1174 – 15 October 1243), a member of the Bavarian comital House of Andechs, was Duchess of Silesia from 1201 and of Greater Poland from 1231 as well as High Duchess consort of Poland from 1232 until 1238.