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Mieszko I: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born c.930
Died May 25, 992
House / Dynasty Piast dynasty
Notable Family Members son Bolesław I
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Casimir I
duke of Poland
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Bolesław II
king of Poland
Casimir III
Casimir III
king of Poland
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Bolesław I
king of Poland
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
king of Poland
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Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Statue of Vladimir I in Kiev, Ukraine, showing a robed figure holding a large cross, standing atop a decorated pedestal against a clear blue sky.
Vladimir I
grand prince of Kyiv
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Mindaugas
ruler of Lithuania
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Hien Vuong
Vietnamese ruler
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
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Bolesław III
prince of Poland
Skrzyński, Aleksander
Aleksander Skrzyński
Polish statesman
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Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki
Polish general
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Józef Beck
Polish foreign minister