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5 unusual facts about Gallus Anonymus


Mieszko Bolesławowic

According to the Chronicler Gallus Anonymus, Bolesławowic was being groomed for the responsibilities of a monarch from an early age.

Mieszko Kazimierzowic

Gallus Anonymus, an author of Gesta principum Polonorum written in the early 12th century, put Mieszko third in order, among his brother.

Siemowit

Siemowit (also Ziemowit) was, according to the chronicles of Gallus Anonymus, the son of Piast the Wheelwright and Rzepicha.

Spycimierz

The village was first mentioned as Spicimir in the chronicle of Gallus Anonymus, written in 1112–1116.

Żarnowiec, Silesian Voivodeship

The village was first mentioned in the Chronicle of Gallus Anonymus, who wrote that near Żarnowiec, Prince Władysław I Herman met with his sons Zbigniew of Poland and Bolesław III Wrymouth.


Selencia

Selencia is mentioned twice in the first book of Gallus Anonymus' Gesta principum Polonorum (The Poles' princes' deeds), a chronicle composed in Piast Poland between 1112 and 1118 to glorify the Piast dynasty in general, and the contemporary Piast ruler Boleslaw III Wrymouth in particular.


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