Siemowit
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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.
Key facts
- Royalty.image
- Siemowit (99006958).jpg
- Royalty.reign
- 861 – 900
- Royalty.succession
- Duke of the Polans
- Royalty.predecessor
- Piast the Wheelwright
- Royalty.successor
- Lestek
- Royalty.issue
- Lestek
- Royalty.house
- Piast
- Royalty.father
- Piast the Wheelwright
- Royalty.mother
- Rzepicha
- Royalty.birth_date
- 845
- Royalty.death_date
- 900
- Royalty.religion
- Slavic paganism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Child
- Lestek
- Father
- Piast the Wheelwright
- Mother
- Rzepicha
- Occupation
- traditional leader or chief
- Position held
- duke
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Religion
- paganism
- Family
- Piast dynasty
- Noble title
- duke
- Image
- Siemowit (99006958).jpg
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- Siemowit
- date of birth
- 0845-00-00
- date of death
- 0900-00-00
- described by source
- Polish Biographical Dictionary
- social classification
- nobility
- name in native language
- Siemowit
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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.
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. According to a popular legend, Popiel was then eaten by mice in his tower on Gopło lake.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Siemowit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.