Mieszko III of Poland

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Mieszko III Stary

Mieszko III the Old (Polish: Mieszko III Stary) was a duke of Greater Poland (1138-1202) and also a high-duke of all Poland (1173-1202, with interruptions), belonging to the Piast dynasty.


Parents: Boleslaus III the Wrymounth, duke of Poland, and Salome of Berg (Mieszko was the third son of Boleslaus, and second son of the ducal couple).
Born: 1126/1127 ?
Realm of power:
1138-1202 Duke of Greater Poland
1173-1177, 1190, 1198/1199, 1202 Duke of Kraków, High-duke of Poland
Married to:
(1) in ca. 1140 Elizabeth of Hungary, daughter of Prince Álmos, brother of the king of Hungary
(2) in ca. 1154 Eudoksia of Kiev, daughter of Izjaslav II, grand duke of Kyiv (Kievan Rus')
Children:
Odon I
Boleslaus of Cuiavia
Mieszko of Kalisz
Vladislaus III Laskonogi
Died: 13 March 1202

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Biography

According to the statute of the Polish duke Boleslaus III the Wrymouth Poland was divided into the 4-5 hereditary provinces distributed among his sons, and a royal province of Kraków for the eldest to be the high-duke of all Poland.

One of these provinces, Greater Poland was given to Mieszko, the third oldest son of Boleslaus, and subsequenly divided among his descendants and successors. In 1173 Mieszko was promoted to the throne of Kraków and became a high-duke of Poland (dux maximus, dux totius Poloniae), but was soon expeled from Kraków by his younger brother Casimir the Just, and from Greater Poland by his son. Mieszko never resigned his rights and ambitions and returned to Kraków four times before he died in 1202.


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See also


 
Monarchs of Poland 		Image:Orzelek2.gif
Siemowit • Lestko • Siemomysł • Mieszko I • Boleslaus I the Brave • Mieszko II Lambert • Bezprym • Mieszko II Lambert • Casimir I the Restorer • Boleslaus II the Generous • Wladislaus I Herman • Zbigniew • Boleslaus III the Wrymouth • Wladislaus II the Exile • Boleslaus IV the Curly • Mieszko III the Old • Casimir II the Just • Leszek I the White • Wladislaus III Spindleshanks • Leszek I the White • Mieszko IV Plątonogi • Leszek I the White • Wladislaus III Spindleshanks • Konrad I of Masovia • Henry I the Bearded • Henry II the Pious • Konrad I of Masovia • Boleslaus V the Chaste • Leszek II the Black • Henry IV Probus • Przemysł II • Wenceslaus II • Wenceslaus III • Wladislaus I the Elbow-high • Casimir III the Great • Louis of Hungary • Jadwiga • Wladislaus II Jagiełło • Wladislaus III of Varna • Casimir IV the Jagiellonian • John I Olbracht • Alexander the Jagiellonian • Sigismund I the Old • Sigismund II Augustus • Henry Valois • Stephen Báthory • Sigismund III Vasa • Wladislaus IV Vasa • John II Casimir • Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki • John III Sobieski • Augustus II the Strong • Stanislaus I Leszczyński • Augustus II the Strong • Stanislaus I Leszczyński • Augustus III • Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski


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