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2 unusual facts about Piast dynasty


Lublin-class minelayer-landing ship

The ships ae named after the chief cities of the Piast dynasty.

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.


Germany–Poland relations

At the same time when the Kingdom of Germany grew out of the German stem duchies of East Francia in the 10th century, the West Slavic Polan tribes under the Piast prince Mieszko I about 960 were able to establish a sovereign state around Poznan and Gniezno in an area later called Greater Poland.

Princely Capital City of Płock

Formerly, in the period of the rule of the first monarchs of Piast State, like also before Baptism of Poland in 966, in the 10th century Płock as the capital castle were one of monarchal seats, among others of prince Mieszko I and of king Bolesław I Chrobry, which on the Płock Tumskie Hill over the Vistula River raised one's palatium.


see also

Janusz of Masovia

Janusz III of Masovia (1502–1526), son of Konrad III Rudy, last male of the Masovian Piast dynasty