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  Encyclopedia: Henry II of Poland
Boleslaus II the Bald (Polish: Bolesław II Łysy Rogatka) (1220/5 - December 26, 1278) - High-Duke of Poland in 1241.
Boleslaus III on a painting by Jan Matejko Boleslaus III the Wrymouth (Polish: Bolesław III Krzywousty), (1086-1138) was duke of Poland from 1102.
Bolesław IV Kędzierzawy Boleslaus IV the Curly (Polish: Bolesław Kędzierzawy) - high-duke of Poland (1146-1173) Born: 1120 Poland Died: 1173 Poland Parents: Boleslaus III the Wrymouth, duke of Poland, and Salome von Berg-Schelklingen, daughter of Henry duke of Berg Married to: Russian pricess Wierzchoslawa...
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 Encyclopedia: Boleslaus II the Pious
Boleslav II the Pious (died February 7, 999) was the son of Boleslav I the Cruel.
Boleslav (or Boleslaus) I the Cruel (died July 15, 972 (or 967)), was the Duke of Bohemia from 935 to 972 (or 929 - 967).
Henry II the Wrangler, Duke of Bavaria (951-995) was the son of Henry I and Judith of Bavaria.
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 Augustus II of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Augustus II, nicknamed "the Strong" (May 12, 1670–February 1, 1733; (Polish: August II Mocny; German: August II der Starke) was Elector of Saxony (where he was known as Frederick Augustus I) from 1694 to 1733 and King of Poland from 1697 to 1704 and again from 1709 to 1733.
Born in Dresden in Saxony, Frederick Augustus was the son of John George III and Princess Anne Sophie of Denmark.
Although this figure would be extremely difficult to verify, Augustus II did father a very large number of illegitimate children, the most famous of whom was Maurice, comte de Saxe (his son by Aurora von Königsmarck), the brilliant French military commander.
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 Boleslaus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boleslaus II the Pious, Duke of Bohemia (?–999)
Boleslaus III the Wrymouth, Duke of Poland (1085–1138)
Boleslaus I, Duke of Sandomierz, Sieradz, and Masovia (1208–1248)
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 Boleslaus I of Poland - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Bolesław I Chrobry ('Boleslaus the Brave') (966/967 - 1025) of the Piast family, son of Mieszko I and of his first wife, the Czech princess Dobrawa, ruled as duke of Poland from 992 to 1025 and reigned as King of Poland in 1025.
In 984 Boleslaus married Rikdaga, the daughter of Riddag (Rikdag, Ricdag), the margrave of Meissen.
Boleslaus was the first Polish King, since during his rule Poland became a Kingdom, despite the fact that some of the Polish rulers before 1295 never received a crown.
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 Przemysl II of Poland
Przemysł II (October 14, 1257 – February 8, 1296), was a duke of Poznań, Greater Poland, Kraków and Pomerania, and King of Poland from 1295 until his death.
He was born to Przemysł I;, duke of Greater Poland, and Elisabeth, daughter of Henry II the Pious of Silesia.
According to the Treaty of Kepno (1282) he was the co-ruler of Mestwin II, duke of Eastern Pomerania (Poland) and in 1294 his successor successor in Poland.
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 Encyclopedia: Jadwiga of Poland
Jagiellonian University (Polish: Uniwersytet Jagielloński) is a university in Krakow, Poland.
Casimir I on Jan Matejkos painting Casimir I, the Restorer (Polish: Kazimierz I Odnowiciel) (1015- 1058), duke of Poland, was the son of Mieszko II of Poland and Rixa von Lothringen.
Despite widespread veneration for Jadwiga in Poland, it was only on 8 June 1979 that Pope John Paul II prayed at her sarcophagus, and the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments officially affirmed her beatification on 8 August 1986.
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 Station Information - Przemysl II of Poland
Przemysł II (1257 died 1296), was a duke of Poznan, Greater Poland, Cracow and Pomerania, and King of Poland from 1295 until his death.
According to the Treaty of Kepno (1282) he was the co-ruler of Mestwin II, duke of Eastern Pomerania (Gdansk) and in 1294 his successor successor in Gdansk.
According to the last will of Henry IV Probus, duke of Silesia and high-duke of Poland, he inherited in 1290 the provinces of Cracow and Sandomierz (both were called Lesser Poland), but soon ceded them to Venceslas II of Bohemia.
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 Sigismund II of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Sigismund II Augustus (1520-1572), Polish: Zygmunt II August, was the only son of Sigismund I the Old., King of Poland, whom he succeeded in 1548, and Bona Sforza.
A far less imposing figure than his father, the elegant and refined Sigismund II was nevertheless an even greater statesman than the stern and majestic Sigismund I.
Sigismund II died at his beloved Knyszyn on July 6, 1572, at the age of 52.
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 Augustus II of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Born in Dresden in Saxony, Frederick Augustus was the son of John George III and.
Poland's reward was to be the Swedish territory of Livonia.
Although this figure would be extremely difficult to verify, Augustus II did father a very large number of illegitimate children, the most famous of whom was Maurice, comte de Saxe (his son by), the brilliant French military commander.
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 Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski, King of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was the son of Stanisław Poniatowski (1676-1762), Castellan of Kraków, and brother of Michal Jerzy Poniatowski, primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland.
He protested the first partition of Poland (1772); but being powerless to do anything about it, and in the face of implacable opposition from Polish magnates, he was obliged to place his reliance in Russia's German ambassador, Otto Magnus Stackelberg.
He was accused by some of striving for absolutism, of doing away with the liberties of the szlachta (Polish nobility), of desiring the downfall of the Roman Catholic Church; by others, of weakness and subservience, even of treason, especially after he had joined the Targowica Confederation.
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 Casimir II of Poland
Casimir "the Just" (1138-1194; Polish: Kazimierz Sprawiedliwy) of the Piast dynasty was the youngest son of Boleslaus III of Poland.
He reigned as duke of Krakow and senior prince of Poland (see Seniorate[?]) from 1177 until his death.
Born shortly before or after his father's death, and omitted (possibly for that reason) from Boleslaus's will dividing the kingdom between Casimir's four elder brothers, he set about securing the territorial basis for a claim to power, gaining the dukedom of Wislica in 1167 and of Sandomierz in 1173.
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 Mieszko II of Poland
Their children were Casimir I of Poland, Rixa of Poland, and Gertrude of Poland.
Casimir I of Poland, son of Mieszko, was either expelled by this uprising, or the uprising was caused by expelling by aristocracy.
Greater Poland was so devastated that it ceased to be the core of the Polish kingdom.
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 Boleslav II of Bohemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boleslav II became Duke (or Prince) of Bohemia in 972.
Boleslav maintained good relations with the Ottonian German kings, and in 975 supported Otto II during his civil war against Henry of Bavaria.
War between Poland and Bohemia was continual in this period and by 990 Boleslav had occupied Silesia.
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 Stanislaus I Leszczyński, King of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stanisław I Leszczyński (October 20, 1677–February 23, 1766) was the King of Poland and Duke of Lorraine.
In 1697, as cupbearer of Poland, he signed the confirmation of the articles of election of Augustus II.
The first act of the new king was to cement an alliance with Charles XII whereby Poland engaged to assist Sweden against the tsar.
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 List of Polish rulers : Rulers of Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Poland was ruled by dukes (c.962-1025, 1032-1076, 1079-1295, 1296-1300 and 1306-1320) and kings (1025-1032, 1076-1079, 1295-1296, 1300-1305 and 1320-1795).
II of Poland">Boleslaus II of Poland (1058-1079), King from 1076-1079, deposed
II of Poland">Frederick Augustus II of Poland Elector of Saxony, HRE (King 1733-1763)
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 Boleslaus II of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Boleslaus II was a duke and king of Poland 1058-1079 (crowned 1076).
The king was forced into exile and Ladislaus Herman of Poland, 1079-1102, became duke of Poland.
After him, two brothers, Zbigniew and Boleslaus, ruled jointly from 1102-1107.
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 Szczecin
In a winter campaign of 1121/1122 Szczecin was subjugated by Boleslaus II of Poland, who invited bishop Otto of Bamberg to baptize the citizens (1124).
During World War II Szczecin was main centre of weapons industry and there were several slave workers camps in the city.
The city was settled with the new inhabitants from every region of Poland, including those who lost their homes in the eastern Polish territories lost to the Soviet Union, especially people from Wilno.
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 CHAPTER XXIII: EARLY HISTORY OF POLAND
It is to him that Poland owed the important acquisition of the greater part of Red Russia or Galicia, which enabled her to secure her fair share of the northern and eastern trade.
Poland, indeed, was far less able to cope with the Turks than compact, wealthy Hungary, which throughout the 15th century was one of the most efficient military monarchies in Europe.
Poland had established a sort of suzerainty over Moldavia as early as the end of the 14th century, but at best it was a loose and vague overlordship which the Hospodars repudiated whenever they were strong enough to do so.
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 Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski, King of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
He was the son of Stanislaw Poniatowski, Castellan of Kraków, and brother of Michal Jerzy Poniatowski, primate of the Roman Catholic Church in Poland.
Born in 1732, Poniatowski already at twenty, in 1752, as a Sejm deputy attracted attention with his oratory.
He protested the first partition of Poland (1772); but being powerless to do anything about it, and in the face of implacable opposition from Polish magnates, he was obliged to place his reliance in Russia's German ambassador,.
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Boleslaus I of Bohemia - (935-972), Czech ruler
Boleslaus II of Poland - (1058-1079), Polish ruler
Boleslaus II the Pious - (972-999), Czech ruler
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 Boleslaus I of Poland Biography
Boleslaw I Chrobry ('Boleslaus the Brave') (966/967 - 1025) of the Piast family, son of Mieszko I and of his first wife, the Czech princess Dubrawka, ruled as duke of Poland from 992 to 1025 and reigned as King of Poland in 1025.
After the death of Henry in 1024, Boleslaus crowned himself king, rising Poland to the rank of kingdom (1025).
Boleslaus sent an army to aid his friend Canute in his conquest of England.
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 Casimir II of Poland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Casimir II the Just (1138 – 5 May 1194; Polish: Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy) of the Piast dynasty was the youngest son of Boleslaus III of Poland.
He reigned as duke of Kraków and senior prince of Poland (see Seniorate) from 1177 until his death.
In 1180 he won acceptance by the nobility and clergy of the principle of hereditary succession to the Kraków dukedom, though it would take more than a century to restore the Polish kingship.
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 Boleslaus II the Pious -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Boleslav II the Pious (died February 7, (Click link for more info and facts about 999) 999) was the son of (Click link for more info and facts about Boleslav I the Cruel) Boleslav I the Cruel.
Boleslav II became Duke (or Prince) of (A historical area and former kingdom in the Czech Republic) Bohemia in (Click link for more info and facts about 972) 972.
On September 28, 995 Boleslav stormed Libice in southern Bohemia and massacred the Slavnikovci.
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 St. Stanislaus of Cracow
Boleslaus was a man of ability, but he had grave flaws in character that eventually impaired his rule.
Boleslaus was certainly responsible for the Bishop's death - he himself slew him in the Church of St. Michael, Cracow.
In Poland, Boleslaus faced such nationwide opposition that, after killing Stanislaus, he fled to Hungary, never to return; and his brother Ladislaus succeeded him.
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 History of Pomerania . Reich   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
In the 1030s, the Polish state was destroyed and fragmented into several provinces, but was soon rebuilt when Casimir I of Poland Casimir I the Restorer was victorious in a battle with Mazovians and Pomeranians in 1047.
Boleslaus II of Poland "Boleslaw Smialy" is reported to have lost control of Pomerania.
In 1107, there was a civil war in Poland between Duke Boleslaus III of Poland and his brother Zbigniew.
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 Casimir I of Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Casimir I, the Restorer (Polish: Kazimierz I Odnowiciel) (July 25, 1015 - November 28, 1058), duke of Poland, was the son of Mieszko II of Poland and Rixa von Lothringen.
Casimir married Dobronega (Maria) of Kyiv and they had two children: Boleslaus II, King of Poland and Ladislaus Herman, duke of Poland.
In 1046 the emperor Henry held royal/imperial courts at Merseburg and Meissen, where he ended the strife between the Dux Bomeraniorum (Pomerania), the duke Bratislaw of Bohemia and Casimir I of Poland.
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 brief history of Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Poland was a Slavic principality, founded by duke Mieszko or Miesko (960-992), with its center in Gniezno (near Poznan) and an episcopal see in Poznan (western Poland).
Boleslaus I Chrobry (the brave) (992-1025) declared Poland a kingdom and was crowned by Holy Roman Emperor Otto III (983-1002).
After Boleslaus the kingdom divided, but the crown was held by Miesko II (1025-1034).
www.worldhistoryplus.com /p/poland.html   (145 words)

  
 POLISH - Online Information article about POLISH
Paris, and died in Poland in 1223 as a Cistercian monk.
Olympus, he represents the struggles of parties in Poland, not without severely satirizing the nobility and ecclesiastics.
Pro- testantism in Poland, which is so intimately mixed up with the development of the national language.
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