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Freeman-Smith History and Ancestry
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 Abt 0930 - 0992 (62 years)
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| Name |
PIAST Mieszko |
| Birth |
Abt 0930 |
Poznań, Poland |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
25 May 0992 |
Poland |
| Notes |
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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
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| Person ID |
I58073 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Family |
BOHEMIA Doubravka, b. Aft 0940, Praha d. 0977, Poland (Age < 35 years) |
| Marriage |
0965 |
Poland |
| Children |
| | 1. PIAST Bolesław, b. Abt 0967, Poznan, Poland d. 17 Jun 1025, Krakow, Poland (Age 58 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F25908 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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