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Facts

Born c.930
Died May 25, 992
House / Dynasty Piast dynasty
Notable Family Members son Bolesław I
Casimir III
Casimir III
king of Poland
Bolesław I
king of Poland
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
king of Poland
Casimir I
duke of Poland
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Vladimir I
Vladimir I
grand prince of Kyiv
Mindaugas
ruler of Lithuania
Hien Vuong
Vietnamese ruler
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Piłsudski
Polish revolutionary and statesman
Władysław Gomułka
Polish politician
Carel Allardt: engraving of Jan (John III) Sobieski
John III Sobieski
king of Poland
Tommaso Dolabella: Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa
king of Poland
Augustus II
Augustus II
king of Poland and elector of Saxony
Andrzej: Sigismund I
Sigismund I
king of Poland
Marcin Kober: Stephen Báthory
Stephen Báthory
king of Poland
Bolesław III
prince of Poland
Skrzyński, Aleksander
Aleksander Skrzyński
Polish statesman
Bolesław II
king of Poland
Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki
Polish general
Józef Beck
Polish military officer