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Piast
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Piast , 1st dynasty of Polish dukes and kings...death (1370) of his son, Casimir III , the Piast dynasty ended in Poland; it was finally...king of Bohemia, as suzerain over the Piast domains in Silesia, which in the meantime...
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Silesia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Boleslaus III (reigned 1102-38), of the Piast dynasty, divided Poland into four hereditary...remained with the Silesian branch of the Piast dynasty until the extinction of the line...concluded (1537) an alliance with the Piast duke, by which Brandenburg would inherit...
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Polish Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
...or later, Poland. Under the Polanian duke Mieszko and his Piast dynasty, further consolidation around what is modern Poznan...created political chaos and civil war among rival princes of the Piast lineage. Following devastations caused by Tatar invasions in...
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Poland to 1569
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...neighboring tribes in the tenth century and to the foundation of a state under the hereditary rule of the Piast dynasty. The first recorded Piast ruler was Mieszko I (d. 992), who, after assuming power, probably at the beginning of the 960s...
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Poland
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...roughly present-day Poland. Under Duke Mieszko I (reigned 960-92) of the Piast dynasty began (966) the conversion of Poland to Christianity. Gniezno was...324; (1466) they became vassals of the Polish kings. The main line of the Piast
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Wladyslaw II Jagiello, King of Poland
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...which had been Europe's last pagan state. In Poland he maintained the growth in power and influence that had begun under the Piast dynasty, and, with the assistance of his sainted bride, Jadwiga, reestablished a university that exists today as one of...
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Silesians
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...possession, but was separated from Poland in 1163 and divided into a number of autonomous duchies ruled by branches of the Polish Piast dynastic family. Because of the custom of partitioning heritable lands practiced by Silesia's ruling families, the region...
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Legnica
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...metal goods, textiles, and foodstuffs. Chartered in 1252, it was until 1675 the capital of a duchy ruled by a branch of the Piast dynasty. In the War of the Austrian Succession it was acquired (1742) by Prussia. The city was heavily damaged in World...
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Wrocław
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...subordinate to the archbishop of Gniezno. It became (1163) the capital of the duchy of Silesia, ruled by a branch of the Polish Piast dynasty. Sacked by the Mongols in 1241, the city was rebuilt by German settlers and developed as a trade center. Passing...
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Mazovia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...historic region, central Poland. At the death (1138) of Boleslaus III, Mazovia became an independent duchy under the Piast dynasty. It became a suzerainty of Great Poland in 1351 and was finally united with it in 1526. Mazovia passed to Prussia...
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