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Bolesław I: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Bolesław Chrobry • Bolesław the Brave
Born 966 or 967
Died June 17, 1025
Title / Office king (1024-1025), Poland
House / Dynasty Piast dynasty
Notable Family Members father Mieszko I • son Mieszko II Lambert
Casimir III
Casimir III
king of Poland
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
king of Poland
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Casimir I
duke of Poland
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Mieszko I
duke and prince of Poland
Painting by Albrecht Durer of Charlemagne in ornate coronation robes and crown, holding a sword and orb, with gold embroidery and regal symbols behind him.
Charlemagne
Holy Roman emperor [747?–814]
Władysław II Jagiełło, sarcophagus figure, Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland
Władysław II Jagiełło
king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania
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Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Ladislas I
Ladislas I
king of Hungary
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Piłsudski
Polish revolutionary and statesman
Władysław Gomułka
Władysław Gomułka
Polish politician
Carel Allardt: engraving of Jan (John III) Sobieski
John III Sobieski
king of Poland
Tommaso Dolabella: Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa
king of Poland
Augustus II
Augustus II
king of Poland and elector of Saxony
Andrzej: Sigismund I
Sigismund I
king of Poland
Marcin Kober: Stephen Báthory
Stephen Báthory
king of Poland
Jadwiga
Jadwiga
queen of Poland
Hugo Kołłątaj
Hugo Kołłątaj
Polish priest
Stanisław Konarski
Stanisław Konarski
Polish priest
Skrzyński, Aleksander
Aleksander Skrzyński
Polish statesman
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Bolesław II
king of Poland

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