Siemowit
Duke of the Polans
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Predecessor | Piast the Wheelwright |
Successor | Lestek |
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Issue | Lestek |
House | Piast |
Father | Piast the Wheelwright |
Mother | Rzepicha |
Religion | Slavic paganism |
Siemowit (Polish pronunciation: [ɕɛˈmɔvit], also Ziemowit [ʑɛˈmɔvit]) was, according to the chronicles of Gallus Anonymus , the son of Piast the Wheelwright and Rzepicha . He is considered to be the first ruler of the Piast dynasty. [1]
He became the Duke of the Polans in the 9th century after his father, Piast the Wheelwright , son of Chościsko , refused to take the place of legendary Duke Popiel . Siemowit was elected as new duke by the wiec . [2] According to a popular legend, Popiel was then eaten by mice in his tower on Gopło lake. [3]
The only mention of Siemowit, along with his son, Lestek , and grandson, Siemomysł , comes in the medieval chronicle of Gallus Anonymus. [4]
Siemowit's great-grandson, Mieszko I , was the first Christian ruler of Poland.
References
- ↑ K. Jasiński, Rodowód pierwszych Piastów, p. 47.
- ↑ Janusz Roszko (1980). Kolebka Siemowita . Iskry . p. 170. ISBN 978-83-207-0090-9 . Retrieved 29 February 2012 .
- ↑ Jan Bondeson (2000). Two-Headed Boy, and Other Medical Marvels . Cornell University Press . pp. 91–2. ISBN 978-0-8014-8958-7 .
- ↑ (in English and Latin) Gallus Anonymus ; Knoll, Schoer; Bisson, Schaen (10 May 2003). The Chronicles and Deeds of the Dukes or Princes of the Poles . Central European University Press. pp. 17–22. ISBN 978-963-9241-40-4 .
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