Przemysł II was the Duke of Poznań from 1257–1279, of Greater Poland from 1279 to 1296, of Kraków from 1290 to 1291, and Gdańsk Pomerania (Pomerelia) from 1294 to 1296, and then King of Poland from 1295 until his death. After a long period of Polish high dukes and two nominal kings, he was the first to obtain the hereditary title of king, and thus to return Poland to the rank of kingdom. A member of the Greater Poland branch of the House of Piast as the only son of Duke Przemysł I and the Silesian Princess Elisabeth, he was born posthumously; for this reason he was brought up at the court of his uncle Bolesław the Pious and received his own district to rule, the Duchy of Poznań in 1273. Six years later, after the death of his uncle, he also obtained the Duchy of Kalisz.
Henry IV Probus, Duke of Wrocław. Codex Manesse, ca. 1305
Przemysł II allows to locate cities Gostyń and Brzezie on Magdeburg rights, a document from 1278.
Memorial stone in the city of Kępno commemorating the treaty between Przemysł II and Mestwin II
Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul in Poznań, the burial place of Przemysł II
Poznań is a city on the River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair, traditional Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect. Among its most important heritage sites are the Renaissance Old Town, Town Hall and Gothic Cathedral.
Image: Stary Rynek w Poznaniu, widok z drona
Image: Katedra w Poznaniu, fasada frontowa
Image: Ratusz w Poznaniu panoramio
Image: Baltyk Poznan 2018 widok (cropped)
