PIAST Mieszko

Male Abt 0930 - 0992  (62 years)

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  • Name PIAST Mieszko 
    Birth Abt 0930  Poznań, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 25 May 0992  Poland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Note
      Note: 1er Rey Polaco
      Note: Mieszko I. (* 922/945 † 25. Mai 992)
      Name
      Name: Mieszko I //
      Given Name: Mieszko I
      Name Prefix: Dagon of Poland
      Event
      Mieszko I (bc 922, died May 25 992) was prince of Poland from 963 and adopted Christianity 966. He belonged to Piastdynastin. Mieszko preceded incorporation under Polish descendants of the chiefs Siemomysl (died around 960), Lestko (d. about 930), Siemowit (d. about 900), and the ancestor of the dynasty, Piast Hjulmakaren who lived in the second half of the 800s. Mieszko I often counted as Poland's founder. He was married to Princess Dubrawka of Bohemia (Polish Dabrówka) from 965 and this is believed to have accelerated the Christianization of Poland, which took place 966th He was the father of King Boleslaw I of Poland and Swietoslawa (wife of Sweyn of Denmark).
      wife: Dobravy of Bohemia; Born: ABT 922, Poznan, Poland Acceded: ABT 960 Died: 25 MAY 992 Notes: It is not clear from sources which wife sired which child, hence the multiplicity of unknown spouses. AKA Burislaf of Wendland. Father: , Ziemonislaw of Poland, Duke of Poland Mother: , Gorka Married to Haraldsdottir, Thyra

      Child 1: , Boleslaw I the Brave of Poland, King of Poland, b. ABT 967 Married to , Dobravy of Bohemia Child 2: , Vladivoj of Bohemia, Duke of Bohemia Child 3: , Gunhilda of Poland

      Married #2 Oda of Haldensleben. Also called Miseconus.
      Death
      25 May, Place: Poznan, Lubelskie, Poland

      Burial
      Cathedral Basilica St Peter St Paul, Poznan, Poland

      see biography here:Medieval Lands

      Sources
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieszko_I_of_Poland
      Medieval Lands - Poland - Mieszko I Piast
    Person ID I58073  Freeman-Smith
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

    Father PIAST Siemomysł,   b. Abt 0922, Wielkopolska, Poland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 0960, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 37 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother van POLEN Unknown,   b. Abt 0900 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F25913  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family BOHEMIA Doubravka,   b. Aft 0940, Praha Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0977, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 35 years) 
    Marriage 0965  Poland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. PIAST Bolesław,   b. Abt 0967, Poznan, Poland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1025, Krakow, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F25908  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 


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