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Encyclopedia > Rzepicha

Rzepicha (also Rzepka) was the wife of the legendary Piast and the mother of Siemowit. She is mentioned in Gallus Anonymus' Cronicae et gesta ducum sive principum Polonorum. 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. ... Gallus Anonymus (Polish: Gall Anonim) living in 11th and 12th century was the first Polish historian, author of Cronicae et gesta ducum sive principum Polonorum (c. ... Cronicae et gesta ducum sive principum Polonorum (Chronicles and Deeds of the Dukes or Princes of the Poles) was the first history of Poland. ...


According to Gallus Anonymus, she lived in the 9th century. Her ancestors are unknown.


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This name translates ordinarily to more comprehensive "Rzepka" (turnip) (other variations like "Rzepicha" or "Rzepica" are unsubstantiated).
In the historiographic tradition, which perhaps conscientiously dodged the aforementioned connotations of both names, there were other version of the name "Rzepka": Rzepicha, which in conjunction with ordinary meaning: turnip turned the name into a nickname.
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