The Mongol invasion of Poland from late 1240 to 1241 culminated in the Battle of Legnica, where the Mongols defeated an alliance which included forces from fragmented Poland and their allies, led by H
The Mongols at Legnica display the head of Duke Henry II of Silesia (a 15th-century illumination from the Legend of St. Hedwig)
Battle of Legnica, 1241. From a medieval illuminated manuscript
Monument to gold diggers from Złotoryja, Poland killed in the Battle of Legnica
Henry II the Pious
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Henry II the Pious was Duke of Silesia and High Duke of Poland as well as Duke of South-Greater Poland from 1238 until his death. Between 1238 and 1239 he also served as regent of Sandomierz and Opole
First Mongol invasion of Poland
…1241 culminated in the Battle of Legnica, where the Mongols defeated an alliance which included forces from fragmented Poland and their allies, led by Henry II the Pious, the Duke of Silesia and High Duke of Poland. The first invasion's intention was to secure the flank of the main Mongolian army attacking the Kingdom…
Henry II (center) holding a shield with the arms of Silesia, Hedwig Codex, c.. 1353
Henry II's reach of power at its greatest extent, 1239
The Mongols carrying the head of Henry II before Legnica, Hedwig Codex, c. 1353
Henry's body discovered on the battlefield, as depicted in a stained glass window at the Lutheran Church of the Virgin Mary in Legnica