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
Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia
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Jaromír, a member of the Přemyslid dynasty, was Duke of Bohemia in 1003, from 1004 to 1012, and again from 1034 to 1035.
Bolesław I the Brave
…1004, but heavy snows forced him to withdraw. He invaded Bohemia in August 1004, taking the oldest brother of the blinded Boleslaus III of Bohemia, Jaromír, with him. The Bohemians rose up in open rebellion and murdered the Polish garrisons in the major towns. Bolesław left Prague without resistance, and…
Jaroměř Jaromír