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Bolesław III Krzywousty

1086 - 1138 · Duke of Poland · b. in Kraków

Partly confirmed

Duke of Poland from 1107 to 1138

Bolesław III Wrymouth, also known as Boleslaus the Wry-mouthed, was the duke of Lesser Poland, Silesia and Sandomierz between 1102 and 1107 and over the whole of Poland between 1107 and 1138. He was the only child of Duke Władysław I Herman and his first wife, Judith of Bohemia.

Key achievements

  • 01United the Polish lands
  • 02Subdued Pomerania
  • 03His succession statute of 1138 began the fragmentation period

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