Bolesław I the Brave
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Bolesław I the Brave, less often known as Bolesław the Great, was Duke of Poland from 992 to 1025 and the first King of Poland in 1025. He was also Duke of Bohemia between 1003 and 1004 In Latin his n
One of the earliest Polish coins featuring the supposed effigy of Bolesław with the inscription Bolizavs - gnezdvn civitas, c. 992–1000
Bolesław's replica of the Holy Lance, Wawel Hill, Kraków
Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor depicted in the Seeon Evangeliary, c. 1014–1024
Coronation of the First King, as imagined by Jan Matejko
Swein Forkbeard
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Swein Forkbeard was King of Denmark from c. 986 and briefly King of England from December 1013. He was also overlord of Norway c. 986 – c. 994 and from c. 1000. He married the sister of Boleslaw, rule
Bolesław I the Brave
…a few years. According to chronicler Adam of Bremen, Boleslaw supported an attack in 992 or 993 by his sister's husband, King Erik of Sweden, on King Swein Forkbeard of Denmark. Bolesław's first coins were issued around 995. One of them bore the inscription Vencievlavus, showing that he regarded his mother's uncle…
Silver penny dated around 995, with inscription on obverse 'SVEN REX AD DENER' (Swein King of the Danes), reverse 'GODPINE M AN DNER' (Godwine moneyer in Denmark). This is the earliest surviving example of the Latin alphabet in Denmark.