PIAST Mieszko

Abt 0990 - 1034  (44 years)

• Name	PIAST Mieszko
  Birth	Abt 0990	Poland
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 May 1034	Poznań, Poland
  Notes	King of Poland from 1025–1031, and Duke from 1032 until his death. Sources Górczyk, Wojciech, "Półksiężyc, orzeł, lew i smok. Uwagi o godłach napieczętnych Piastów" Histmag.org June 14, 2009 Wikipedia: Mieszko II Lambert Mieszko II Lambert at Medieval Lands Project: MIESZKO LAMBERT of Poland, son of BOLESŁAW I "Chrobry" Prince [King in 1025] of Poland & his [third] wife Emnilda --- (990-10 May 1034). Thietmar refers to the two sons of Bolesław as his wife Emnilda as "Miesco and another…named after his beloved lord [Otto]". The Chronicæ Polanorum names "secundus Mescho" as son of "magnus Bolezlavum". The Annales Kamenzenses record the birth in 990 of "Mesco filius Bolezlai". The Annales Silesiaci Compilati record the birth in 990 of "Boleslau filius Meczko". The Chronica principum Polonie records that "Boleslaus" had "filium Meziconem secundum" in 990. He succeeded his father in 1025 as MIESZKO II King of Poland. He launched raids on the territory of the Ostmark in 1030, devastating hundreds of villages. A German-Russian coalition defeated Prince Mieszko in 1030, conquered territory, divided what remained of Poland between members of the Piast dynasty and forced the king to send his crown to Germany. The country descended into civil war. The Annales Cracovienses Vetusti record the death in 1034 of "Mysko rex Poloniorum". The necrology of Merseburg records the death "10 May" of "Lanpertus sive Misico dux poloniorum". m ([1013], [divorced]) RICHEZA, daughter of EZZO Pfalzgraf of Lotharingia & his wife Mathilde of Germany (-21 Mar 1063, bur Köln St Maria ad gradus). The Brunwilarensis Monasterii Fundatio names the seven daughters (in order) "Richza, Adelheit, Ida, Mathild, Theophanu, Heylewig, Sophia" as children of "Herenfridus comes palatinus, qui post Ezo nominatus est" and his wife "Mathilde filia Magni Ottonis", specifying in a later passage that "Richza" was divorced from her husband and was mother of "Gazimerum". The Annales Kamenzenses record the marriage in 1013 of "Mesco filius Bolezlai primi" and "sororem Ottonis tercii imperatoris". "Heinricus…Romanorum imperator augustus" confirmed the foundation of Kloster Brauweiler by charter dated 18 Jul 1051 which names "Richeza regina quondam Poleniæ…pro remedio anime sue fratrisque sui beate memorie Ottonis ducis aliorumque parentum suorum in monasterio Brunwilarensi sepultorum…per manum Heinrici palatini comitis filii patrui sui" and witnessed by "Heinricus comes palatinus, Sicco comes, Starchri comes…". She fled for shelter to a western monastery when Poland descended into civil war. The Kalendarium of Köln Cathedral records the death “XII Kal Mai” of “Rigza regina soror Herimanni archiepiscopi”. King Mieszko II & his wife had four children: KAZIMIERZ, daughter ---, [RYKSA], GERTRUDA.
  Person ID	I58068	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	PIAST Bolesław,   b. Abt 0967, Poznan, Poland d. 17 Jun 1025, Krakow, Poland (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	von LUSTATIA Emenilda,   b. 0973, Slovenia d. Abt 1017, Kraków, Kraków, Poland (Age ~ 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	0987
  Family ID	F25907	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	LORRAINE Richeza,   b. Abt 0993, Lorraine, France d. 21 Mar 1063, Saalfeld, Mulhausen, Thüringen, Germany (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1013
  Children	1. PIAST Richeza,   b. 22 Sep 1013, Poznan, Poznan d. 21 May 1075 (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026