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Svatopluk I
ruler of Moravia
Piast the Wheelwright
The legendary ancestor of the Piast dynasty
Siemowit
Siemowit (Polish pronunciation: [ɕɛˈmɔvit], also Ziemowit [ʑɛˈmɔvit]) was, according to the chronicles of Gallus Anonymus, the son of Piast the Wheelwright and Rzepicha. He is considered to be the first ruler of the Piast dynasty.
Rastislav
Grand Duke of Moravia
Lestek
Lestek (also Leszek, Lestko) was the second duke of Polans, and son of Siemowit, born c. 870–880, mentioned in the oldest Polish chronicle, Gesta principum Polonorum by Gallus Anonymus. The dukes of Polans were the foundation of the Piast dynasty, the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland.
Spytihněv I, Duke of Bohemia
Duke of Bohemia
Mojmir I
Duke of Great Moravia
Kocel
Principality of Lower Pannonia under Kocel|thumb|250px
Mojmir II
Duke of Great Moravia
Borna of Croatia
Duke of Croatia
Braslav of Pannonian Croatia
Duke of Pannonia
Saint Gorazd
bishop of Moravia
Popiel
thumb|Prince Popiel thumb|The Mouse Tower in Kruszwica, constructed in 1350, incorrectly associated with Popiel Prince Popiel ІІ was a legendary 9th-century ruler of two proto-Polish tribes, the Goplans and West Polans. He was the last member of the Popielids, a legendary dynasty before the Piasts. According to the chroniclers Gallus Anonymus, Jan Długosz, and Marcin Kromer, as a consequence of his bad rule he was deposed, besieged by his subjects, and eaten alive by mice in a tower in Kruszwica.
Gostomysl
thumb|Gostomysl depicted on the first plate of the book Illustrated History of the Russian State|Karamzin (1836), depicting the history of Russia. Gostomysl (, ) was a legendary 9th-century prince or posadnik of Novgorod, who was introduced in chronicles of the XV century and developed in the Russian historiography by Vasily Tatishchev (1686–1750).
Svatopluk II
prince of NItra
Slavomír
duke of Moravia
Rzepicha
thumb|Piast and Rzepicha (Polish rulers) in Poznań (by Czesław Woźniak).
Predslav
thumb|Modern sketch depicting a scene from the legend of Svatopluk's twigs showing the king and his three sons Predslav (Latin: Predeslaus, born around 850) is an almost unknown son of Svatopluk, the most important ruler of Moravia (870–894).
Čestibor
Čestibor () was a 9th-century King of the Sorbs. He was a vassal of Louis the German. In 856 he led the Sorbs into battle alongside King Louis against the Glomacze tribe, defeating them and putting them under German rule. Shortly after in 859, the Sorbs had risen against Čestibor and killed him, causing a rebellion against King Louis.
Miliduch
Miliduch or Miliduh (, , ; d. 806) was an Early Slavic ruler (duke) of the Sorbs, a Polabian Slavic ancestral tribe of modern Sorbs.
Dragovit
Dragovit (; ; ; died in 810;) was a pagan ruler (prince or chief) of the Veleti (; "king of the Wiltzes"). It is thought that Dragovit began his rule .
Czimislav
Czimislav () was a 9th-century King of the Sorbs. The Saxons won a battle at Kesigesburg and Czimislav was killed in 840. He was part of the Colodici, a Sorbian sub-tribe.
Laborec
medieval Slavic ruler, prince of the Slavic tribal confederation of the White Croats; he fell in 896 during an attack by Hungarian tribes near present-day Uzhhorod
Slavibor
Slavibor was a Sorbian prince, and father of the Czech saint Ludmila.
Tunglo
Tunglo (c. 826) was an Early Slavic ruler (duke) of the Sorbs, a Polabian Slavic ancestral tribe of modern Sorbs. He is mentioned in the Royal Frankish Annals, as one of Sorbian leaders () who was suspected of disobedience towards the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pius, as also recorded in the Vita Hludowici Imperatoris. In May 826, at a meeting at Ingelheim, dukes of the Obotrites and Tunglo of the Sorbs () were accused in absence, and required to appear before the emperor. In October of the same year, both Čedrag and Tunglo came to Ingelheim, where the imperial assembly was held, thus trying
Milegast
Milegast (8th/9th century; Latin: Milegastus; Polish: Miłogost) was a prince of the Confederation of the Veleti, ruling in 823. He was the eldest son, and successor, of Liub. In 823, he was deposed in an uprising, and replaced with his younger brother, Cealadragus.
Ceadrag
Cealadragus (8th/9th century; Polish: Całodróg) was a prince of the Confederation of the Veleti. He was the second son of Liub. In 823, his brother, Milegast, who, at the time, was a ruler of the Veleti, was deposed, with Cealadragus replacing him. It is unknown how long Cealadragus ruled.
Liub
Liub (died 823; ), also known as Lub, was a grand prince of the Confederation of the Veleti, ruling from 810 to 823. He was the eldest son, and successor, of Dragovit. He had two sons, Milegast, and Cealadragus, with Milegast, as the eldest son, succeeding his throne.