Quick Facts
- Byname:
- Mieszko the Old
- Polish:
- Mieszko Stary
- Born:
- 1126/27
- Died:
- March 13, 1202
- House / Dynasty:
- Piast dynasty
- Notable Family Members:
- brother Casimir II
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Mieszko III
Polish prince
Also known as: Mieszko Stary, Mieszko the Old
Mieszko III (born 1126/27—died March 13, 1202) was the prince of Great Poland from 1173 to 1177 and, during a period of civil war, in 1190/91 and 1194. The brother and successor of Bolesław IV, he was so brutal and despotic that he provoked a revolt of the magnates, who drove him out and tried, with mixed success, to replace him with his brother Casimir II.
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