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The Bohemian Přemyslid dynasty, the Hungarian Arpads and their Anjou successors, the Kievan Rus', later also the State of the Teutonic Order and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania were mighty neighbours. Lands held by the Piast dynasty (992–1025), with a shaded area corresponding to the territory of present-day Poland
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.
Under the onslaught of the Mongol invasion, many Rus' princes, including Daniel Romanovich and his brother Vasylko, fled to the lands of Konrad of Mazovia, seeking refuge. [73] In early 1241, the Mongols launched their first invasions of Poland and Hungary.
A member of the Piast dynasty, he was the first Christian ruler of Poland and continued the policies of both his father Siemomysł and his grandfather Lestek, who initiated a process of unification among the Polish tribes and the creation of statehood.
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 ...
The bulk of the Silesian lands around Wrocław had passed to Mieszko's elder brother Duke Bolesław I the Tall, leaving the younger dissatisfied. After Bolesław had died in 1201, Mieszko occupied the Duchy of Opole, that had been created for his deceased nephew Jarosław , forming the united duchy of Opole and Racibórz. [ 1 ]
The Samborides (German: Samboriden) or House of Sobiesław (Polish: Sobiesławice) were a ruling dynasty in the historic region of Pomerelia.They were first documented about 1155 as governors (princeps) in the Eastern Pomeranian lands serving the royal Piast dynasty of Poland, and from 1227 ruled as autonomous princes until 1294, at which time the dynasty died out.