Kazimierz I the Restorer. Drawing by Jan Matejko.

Kazimierz I the Restorer (Polish: Kazimierz I Odnowiciel; July 25, 1015 - November 28, 1058), Duke of Poland, was the son of Mieszko II Lambert and Rixa von Lothringen. Casimir I of Poland This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Casimir I of Poland This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. ... Jan Matejko , self-portrait Jan Matejko, also Jan Mateyko (b. ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... Events August: Canute the Great invades England. ... November 28 is the 332nd day (333rd on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events March 17 - King Lulach I of Scotland is killed in battle against his cousin and rival Malcolm Canmore, who later becomes King of Scotland as Malcolm III of Scotland. ... The term duke is a title of nobility which refers to the sovereign male ruler of a Continental European duchy, to a nobleman of the highest grade of the British peerage, or to the highest rank of nobility in various other European countries, including Portugal, Spain and France (in Italy... Reign From 1025 until 1031 Coronation On December 25, 1025 in Gniezno Cathedral, Poland Royal House Piast Coat of Arms Orzeł Piastowski Parents Bolesław I Chrobry Emnilda Consorts Ryksa Children with Ryksa Boleslaw Zapomiany Kazimierz I Odnowiciel Gertruda Date of Birth 990 Place of Birth  ? Date of Death May 10... Born between 995 and 1000, Richensa of Lotharingia (Fr. ...

Kazimierz married Dobronega (Maria), daughter of Vladimir I of Kiev, and they had two children: Bolesław II the Bold, future king of Poland, and Władysław I Herman, future duke of Poland. Detail of the Millennium of Russia monument in Novgorod (1862) representing St Vladimir and his family. ... BolesÅ‚aw II the Bold. ...

After the death of Mieszko II Lambert in 1034, Poland was plunged into internal strife; and it was only in 1039 that Kazimierz I managed to regain power, with the help of the Holy Roman Emperor, Henry III, and Yaroslav I the Wise of Kievan Rus'. It was Kazimierz's success in strengthening royal power and ending internal strife that earned him the epithet of "Restorer." Reign From 1025 until 1031 Coronation On December 25, 1025 in Gniezno Cathedral, Poland Royal House Piast Coat of Arms Orzeł Piastowski Parents Bolesław I Chrobry Emnilda Consorts Ryksa Children with Ryksa Boleslaw Zapomiany Kazimierz I Odnowiciel Gertruda Date of Birth 990 Place of Birth  ? Date of Death May 10... Events April 11 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium marries her chamberlain and elevates him to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael IV. Franche-Comté becomes subject to the Holy Roman Empire. ... Events June 4 - Henry III becomes King of Germany. ... The Holy Roman Emperor was, with some variation, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, the predecessor of modern Germany, during its existence from the 10th century until its collapse in 1806. ... Henry III, from a miniature of 1040 Henry III (October 29, 1017 – October 5, 1056), called the Black, was a member of the Salian (sometimes Franconian) dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors. ... Velikii Kniaz Yaroslav I the Wise (c. ... Kievan Rus′ was the early, mostly East Slavic state dominated by the city of Kiev, located in modern Ukraine, from about 880 to the middle of the 12th century. ...

One of his reforms was the introduction, to Poland, of a key element of feudalism: the granting of fiefdoms to his retinue of warriors, thus gradually transforming them into medieval knights. Roland pledges his fealty to Charlemagne; from a manuscript of a chanson de geste. ... Under the system of feudalism, a fiefdom, fief, feud or fee, consisted of heritable lands or revenue-producing property granted by a liege lord in return for a vassal knights service—usually fealty, military service, or security. ... The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 1850, intended to represent the Black Prince. ...

In 1046 Emperor Henry held royal and imperial courts at Merseburg and Meissen, at which he ended the strife among the Dux Bomeraniorum (Duke of Pomerania), Duke Bratislaw of Bohemia, and Poland's Kazimierz I. // Events First contact between the Byzantine Empire and the Seljuks. ... Merseburg is a city in the south of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. ... Old town of Meißen. ... Historic Pomerania (outlined in yellow) Pomerania (Polish: , German: , Pomeranian (Kashubian): Pòmòrze and Pòmòrskô, Latin: Pomerania, Pomorania) is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany on the south coasts of the Baltic Sea between and on both sides of the Vistula and Oder (Odra) rivers, reaching the Recknitz... Bohemia This article is about the historical region in central Europe; for other uses, see Bohemia (disambiguation). ...

See also

• History of Poland (966-1385)
• Masław

In the first centuries of its existence, the Polish nation was led by a series of strong rulers who converted the Poles to Christendom, created a strong Central European state, and integrated Poland into European culture. ...

	Monarchs of Poland
	Piast - Siemowit • Lestko • Siemomysł • Mieszko I • Bolesław I the Brave • Mieszko II Lambert (1st reign) • Bezprym • Mieszko II Lambert (2nd reign) • Kazimierz I the Restorer • Bolesław II the Bold • Władysław I Herman • Zbigniew of Poland • Bolesław III Wrymouth • Władysław II the Exile • Bolesław IV the Curly • Mieszko III the Old • Kazimierz II the Just • Leszek I the White (1st reign) • Władysław III Spindleshanks (1st reign) • Leszek I the White (2nd reign) • Mieszko IV Tanglefoot • Leszek I the White (3rd reign) • Władysław III Spindleshanks (2nd reign) • Konrad I of Masovia (1st reign) • Henryk I the Bearded • Henryk II the Pious • Konrad I of Masovia (2nd reign) • Bolesław V the Chaste • Leszek II the Black • Henryk IV Probus • Przemysł II
	Přemyslid - Václav II • Václav III
	Piast - Władysław I the Elbow-high • Kazimierz III the Great
	Angevin - Ludwik the Hungarian • Jadwiga Angevin
	Jagiellon - Władysław II Jagiełło • Władysław III of Varna • Kazimierz IV Jagiellon • Jan I Olbracht • Alexander Jagiellon • Zygmunt I the Old • Zygmunt II August
	Elected - Henryk III Walezy • Anna Jagiellon • Stefan Batory • Zygmunt III Vasa • Władysław IV Vasa • Jan II Kazimierz Vasa • Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki • Jan III Sobieski • August II the Strong (1st reign) • Stanisław Leszczyński (1st reign) • August II the Strong (2nd reign) • Stanisław Leszczyński (2nd reign) • August III the Saxon • Stanisław August Poniatowski

Image File history File links pl wiki File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Until 1795, Poland was ruled at various times either by dukes (ca. ... The Piast dynasty is a line of Kings and dukes that ruled Poland from its beginnings as an independent state up to 1370. ... Siemowit (also Ziemowit) was, according to the chronicles of Gallus Anonymus, the son of Piast and Rzepicha. ... Lestko (also Lestek, Leszek) is the second legendary duke of Poland, and son of Siemowit, born probably 930/940 Though proof of his actual existence is unclear, he had to have been a major figure in his time, due to the fact that before Poland existed as a state, the... SiemomysÅ‚ is the third legendary Polish duke, and said to be the father of Polands first historical ruler, Mieszko I. SiemomysÅ‚ is credited with leaving the lands known as Greater Poland to his son, who further expanded them during his reign. ... Reign From c. ... Reign 992 — 1025. ... Reign From 1025 until 1031 Coronation On December 25, 1025 in Gniezno Cathedral, Poland Royal House Piast Coat of Arms Orzeł Piastowski Parents Bolesław I Chrobry Emnilda Consorts Ryksa Children with Ryksa Boleslaw Zapomiany Kazimierz I Odnowiciel Gertruda Date of Birth 990 Place of Birth  ? Date of Death May 10... Bezprym (986-1032), the first-born son of king of Poland BolesÅ‚aw I Chrobry and his second wife, who came from Hungary (unknown name); he was deprived of throne of Poland due to giving it to his brother Mieszko II. In 1031, in alliance with Conrad II, Holy Roman... Reign From 1025 until 1031 Coronation On December 25, 1025 in Gniezno Cathedral, Poland Royal House Piast Coat of Arms Orzeł Piastowski Parents Bolesław I Chrobry Emnilda Consorts Ryksa Children with Ryksa Boleslaw Zapomiany Kazimierz I Odnowiciel Gertruda Date of Birth 990 Place of Birth  ? Date of Death May 10... BolesÅ‚aw II the Bold. ... Zbigniew of Poland (born after 1070, died 1112). ... BolesÅ‚aw III Wrymouth. ... BolesÅ‚aw IV the Curly. ... Categories: Poland-related stubs | Polish monarchs | Dukes of Greater Poland | Dukes of Poznan | Dukes of Gniezno | Dukes of Kalisz ... Kazimierz II the Just. ... Leszek I the White. ... Leszek I the White. ... Leszek I the White. ... Konrad I Mazowiecki Konrad of Masovia (1187 - 1247, Polish: Konrad Mazowiecki) was Duke of Masovia, son of Casimir II of Poland (the Just) and Helen, princess of Moravia. ... Henryk I the Bearded. ... Henryk II Pobożny Henry II the Pious, (Polish: Henryk II Pobożny, b. ... Konrad I Mazowiecki Konrad of Masovia (1187 - 1247, Polish: Konrad Mazowiecki) was Duke of Masovia, son of Casimir II of Poland (the Just) and Helen, princess of Moravia. ... BolesÅ‚aw Wstydliwy Boleslaus the Chaste or the Shy (Polish: BolesÅ‚aw Wstydliwy) (21 June 1226 O.S. – 7 December 1279 O.S.) was the son of Leszek the White. ... See also List of Polish rulers Piast_dynasty Dukes of Silesia Categories: Poland-related stubs | Polish monarchs | Dukes of Wroclaw ... PÅ™emyslid coat of arms. ... Wenceslaus II on Jan Matejkos painting Wenceslaus II Premyslid (Czech: , Polish: WacÅ‚aw II Czeski) (September 17, 1271 – June 21, 1305) King of Bohemia (1278 - 1305), Duke of Krakow (1291 - 1305), King of Poland (1300 - 1305). ... Wenceslaus III Premyslid (Czech and Slovak Václav, Hungarian Vencel, Polish WacÅ‚aw), (October 6, 1289 – August 4, 1306) was the king of Hungary (1301 - 1305) and king of Bohemia (1305 - 1306). ... The Piast dynasty is a line of Kings and dukes that ruled Poland from its beginnings as an independent state up to 1370. ... Wladislaus I on Jan Matejkos painting Wladislaus I the Short or Elbow-high (Polish: WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw I Łokietek) (1261–1333), was a King of Poland. ... Kazimierz III the Great. ... Angevin is the name applied to three distinct medieval dynasties which originated as counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western French province of Anjou (of which angevin is the adjectival form), but later came to rule far greater areas including England, Hungary and Poland (see Angevin Empire). ... Louis the Great Louis I (the Great), Lajos, Ludwik WÄ™gierski (1326 - 1382) became king of Hungary in 1342 at the death of his father. ... Jadwiga. ... The Jagiellons were a royal dynasty which reigned in some Central European countries between the 14th and 16th century. ... WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw II JagieÅ‚Å‚o. ... WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw III of Varna. ... Reign 1446 - June 7, 1492. ... Reign September 23, 1492 - June 17, 1501. ... Reign December 12, 1501 - August 19, 1506. ... Reign From December 8, 1506 until April 1, 1548 Coronation On January 24, 1507 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Jagiellon Parents Kazimierz IV JagielloÅ„czyk Elżbieta Rakuszanka Consorts Katarzyna Telniczanka Barbara Zapolya Bona Sforza Children with Katarzyna Telniczanka Jan Regina Katarzyna with Barbara Zapolya Jadwiga... Reign From April 1, 1548 until July 6, 1572 Coronation On September 15, 1697 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Jagiellon Parents Zygmunt I Stary Bona Sforza Consorts Elżbieta Habsburzanka Barbara Radziwiłł Katarzyna Austriaczka Barbara Giżycka Children with Barbara Giżycka Barbara Date of Birth August 1, 1520 Place... Election of Michal Korybut Wisniowiecki as king of Poland at Wola, outside Warsaw ( 1669). ... Henry III (French: Henri III; Polish: Henryk III Walezy; September 19, 1551 – August 2, 1589) was King of Poland (1573-1574) and subsequently King of France (1574-1589). ... Anna Jagiellon. ... István) see: István Báthory Reign From December 9, 1575 until December 12, 1586 Elected On December 9, 1575 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Coronation On May 1, 1576 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Noble Family Bathory Parents Stephen Bathory Catherine Telegdi Consorts Anna Jagiellonka Children none Date... Reign in Poland September 18, 1587 – April 19, 1632. ... Reign in Poland November 8, 1632 – May 20, 1648. ... Reign From November, 1648 until September 16, 1668 Elected In November 1648 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Coronation On January 19, 1649 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Vasa Parents Zygmunt III Waza Constance of Austria Consorts Ludwika Maria Children with Ludwika Maria Maria Anna... Reign From May 21, 1674, until June 17, 1696 Elected On May 21, 1674 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Coronation On February 2, 1676 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Nobel Family Sobieski Coat of Arms Janina Parents Jakub Sobieski Zofia Teofillia Daniłowicz Consorts Marie Casimire Louise Children... Reign 1697 – 1706, and 1709 – February 1, 1733. ... Reign From 1704 until 1709 and from 1733 until 1736 Elected In 1704 and 1733 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Coronation On October 4, 1705 in the St. ... Reign 1697 – 1706, and 1709 – February 1, 1733. ... Reign From 1704 until 1709 and from 1733 until 1736 Elected In 1704 and 1733 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Coronation On October 4, 1705 in the St. ... Reign From 1734 until October 5, 1763 Elected In 1734 in Wola, today suburb of Warsaw, Poland Coronation On January 17, 1734 in the Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland Royal House Wettin Parents August II Mocny ? Consorts Marie Josepha Children Frederick Christian Date of Birth October 7, 1696 Place of... For other persons named StanisÅ‚aw Poniatowski, see StanisÅ‚aw Poniatowski. ...