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| | Mieszko I and Boles³aw Chrobry (Boleslaus the Brave) (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | The reigns of Mieszko I (?-992) and his son Boles³aw Chrobry (Boleslaus the Brave), mark the period when the Polish tribes were brought together in a united and internally well-knit realm which made an active contribution to European politics. |
 | | The wars skilfully conducted by Mieszko and Boleslaus earned Poland not only new territories (the Strongholds of Czerwieñ and, temporarily, Moravia and Lusatia), but also the reputation of a power to be reckoned with even by the Holy Roman Emperor. |
 | | The major success of early Piastian foreign policy was the Congress of Gniezno (1000), during which the Emperor Otto III recognised Boleslaus as the principal ally for his plan to unite Europe under the imperial rule, and approved the erection of an independent Polish metropolitan see, as well as Boleslaus' subsequent coronation (1025). |
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