Siemomysl
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Siemomysł or Ziemomysł ( – ) was the third duke of the Polans and the father of Poland's first Christian ruler, Mieszko I. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was listed by Gallus Anonymous in his Gesta principum Polonorum as the son of Lestek, the second known duke of the Polans. According to Gallus' account and historical research, Siemomysł has been credited with leaving the lands of the Polans, Goplans and Masovians to his son Mieszko I, who further expanded them during his reign.
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Key facts
- Royalty.image
- Chronica Polonorum, Zemomislaus.jpg
- Royalty.image_size
- 200px
- Royalty.caption
- Siemomysł as imagined in the Chronica Polonorum, 1519
- Royalty.succession
- Duke of the Polans
- Royalty.reign
- 950 – 960
- Royalty.reign type
- Tenure
- Royalty.predecessor
- Lestek
- Royalty.pre type
- Predecessor
- Royalty.successor
- Mieszko I
- Royalty.suc type
- Successor
- Royalty.house
- House of Piast
- Royalty.father
- Lestek
- Royalty.issue
- Mieszko I of PolandCzcibor
- Royalty.death_date
- (aged 50)
- Royalty.religion
- Slavic paganism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Father
- Lestek
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- King of Poland
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Religion
- paganism
- Family
- Piast dynasty
- Noble title
- duke
- Image
- Siemomysl (99007021).jpg
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- Siemomysł
- date of birth
- 0922-01-01
- date of death
- 0950-00-00
- name in native language
- Siemomysł
- described by source
- Polish Biographical Dictionary
- P8168
- Borys Gudziak
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Siemomysł or Ziemomysł ( – ) was the third duke of the Polans and the father of Poland's first Christian ruler, Mieszko I. A member of the Piast dynasty, he was listed by Gallus Anonymous in his Gesta principum Polonorum as the son of Lestek, the second known duke of the Polans. According to Gallus' account and historical research, Siemomysł has been credited with leaving the lands of the Polans, Goplans and Masovians to his son Mieszko I, who further expanded them during his reign.
==Details== Siemomysł's birth year and birthplace remain unknown. According to the chronicles, he was the son of a prince named Lestek who presumably ruled as Duke of Polans. In older sources, Siemomysł features under the name Ziemomysł.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Siemomysl” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.