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Bolesław I the Brave

First King of Poland, unifier and expander of the realm.

Bolesław I the Brave was a Piast monarch who transformed Poland into a hereditary monarchy through military campaigns and state-building.[1] A law from the year 1000 banned beaver hunting and established the "Bobrowniczy" position to ensure compliance.[2][3]

Quick Facts

Reign
992 – 1025
Predecessor
Mieszko I

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

After Mieszko I died on 25 May 992, Bolesław unified the country and expelled his stepmother and half-brothers from Poland.[4] He ransomed the remains of Bishop Adalbert of Prague after the bishop was murdered by Prussians on 23 April 997.[5] Bolesław took advantage of Emperor Otto III's pilgrimage to Saint Adalbert's tomb in Gniezno in early 1000.[6] After Henry II's death in 1024, Bolesław crowned himself king in 1025, and Poland was raised to the rank of a kingdom.[7][8]

Mieszko I and the Bohemian princess Dobrawa had only one known child, Bolesław, whose birth occurred in either 966 or 967.[9] An epitaph from the 11th century characterizes Bolesław's mother as "true-believing" and his father as "faithless," which implies his birth preceded his father's baptism.[10] Territories in modern-day Slovakia, Moravia, Red Ruthenia, Meissen, Lusatia, and Bohemia were conquered by Bolesław through successful military campaigns to the west, south, and east.[1] Around 995, Bolesław's earliest coins were minted; one of these carried the inscription Vencievlavus.[11]

What the cited sources add

Thietmar, a chronicler, depicted Bolesław as a merciless ruler who punished transgressions against the new faith with the fervor of a convert.[12]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Bolesław I the Brave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: A. Czubinski, J. Topolski, Historia Polski, Ossolineum, 1989. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Bolesław I the Brave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Ciekawostki o bobrze", puszcza.tv; "bobrowniczy - Encyklopedia Leśna", encyklopedialesna.pl; "Bobry to skryte, ale bardzo ciekawe zwierzęta", Lasy Państwowe (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. "Ciekawostki o bobrze", puszcza.tv. facts only, no text reused. puszcza.tv
  4. Wikipedia, "Bolesław I the Brave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Manteuffel 1982, p. 51; Wiszewski 2010, p. xliii; Warner 2001, p. 192; Pleszczyński 2001, p. 417; Manteuffel 1982, p. 51; Warner 2001, p. 192; Manteuffel 1982, p. 51 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Bolesław I the Brave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Manteuffel 1982, p. 51; Manteuffel 1982, p. 51; Pleszczyński 2001, p. 417; Manteuffel 1982, p. 51; Life of Saint Adalbert Bishop of Prague and Martyr (ch. 25), p. 165.; Wiszewski 2010, p. xliii; Barford 2001, p. 163; Wiszewski 2010, p. xliii; Life of Saint Adalbert Bishop of Prague and Martyr (ch. 26), p. 167.; Manteuffel 1982, p. 51; Vlasto 1970, p. 115; Manteuffel 1982, p. 51; Manteuffel 1982, p. 51; Barański 2008, p. 51, 60–68; Manteuffel 1982, p. 51; Vlasto 1970, p. 115; Vlasto 1970, p. 115 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Bolesław I the Brave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Manteuffel 1982, p. 51; Vlasto 1970, p. 115; Vlasto 1970, p. 115; Manteuffel 1982, p. 51; Barford 2001, p. 163; Vlasto 1970, p. 115; Warner 2001, p. 192; Pleszczyński 2001, p. 417; Pleszczyński 2001, p. 417; The Deeds of the Princes of the Poles (ch. 6), p. 35. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Bolesław I the Brave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Grabski 1964, p. 287; Urbańczyk 2017, p. 311–313; Urbańczyk 2017, p. 311–313; Urbańczyk 2017, p. 311–313; Manteuffel 1982, p. 51 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Bolesław I the Brave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Tadeusz Wojciechowski: Szkice historyczne jedynastego wieku, ed. III. 1951, p. 153.; Grabski 1964, p. 287; Urbańczyk 2017, p. 311–313; Schwarzenberg Hucek 1994, p. 19 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Bolesław I the Brave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Tymieniecki Kazimierz, Bolesław Chrobry. In: Konopczyński Władysław (ed): Polski słownik biograficzny. T. II: Beyzym Jan – Brownsford Marja. Kraków: Nakładem Po; Wiszewski 2010, p. xliii; Vlasto 1970, p. 115; Barford 2001, p. 163 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Bolesław I the Brave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Vlasto 1970, p. 115; Wiszewski 2010, p. xliii; Wiszewski 2010, p. xliii (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Bolesław I the Brave" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Berend Urbańczyk Wiszewski 2013, p. 145; Berend Urbańczyk Wiszewski 2013, p. 145; Pleszczyński 2001, p. 417; Manteuffel 1982, p. 51; Pleszczyński 2001, p. 417; Manteuffel 1982, p. 51; Vlasto 1970, p. 115; Vlasto 1970, p. 115 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. "Czy Bolesław Chrobry podbił Słowację?", 28 February 2011. facts only, no text reused. ciekawostkihistoryczne.pl

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Bolesław I the Brave (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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