Piast the Wheelwright
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Key facts
- Predecessor
- Chościsko
- Successor
- Siemowit
- Born
- 740/741?
- Died
- 861? (claimed age 120)
- Spouse
- Rzepicha
- Issue
- Siemowit
- House
- Piast (founder)
- Father
- Chościsko
- Religion
- Slavic paganism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Rzepicha
- Child
- Siemowit
- Father
- Chościsko
- Occupation
- beekeeper
- Religion
- Slavic religion
- Family
- Piast dynasty
- Image
- Piast (99006906).jpg
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- Commons category
- Piast
- date of death
- 0861-00-00
- date of birth
- 0800-00-00
- name in native language
- Piast
- different from
- Piast
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Encyclopedic overview
Piast the Wheelwright (c. 740/741? – 861?, Polish: Piast Kołodziej [ˈpʲast kɔˈwɔd͡ʑɛj], Piast Oracz, i.e. Piast the Plower, or Piast; Piast Chościskowic, Latin: Past Ckosisconis, Pazt filius Chosisconisu) was a legendary figure in medieval Poland (9th century), the progenitor of the Piast dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Poland.
Legend
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Piast the Wheelwright” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.