Mieszko III the Old
High Duke of Poland (1121-1202) · Politicians · Lived 1126 to 1202 · aged 76
Mieszko III, sometimes called Mieszko the Old, was Duke of Greater Poland from 1138 and High Duke of Poland, with interruptions, from 1173 until his death.
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Poland under the sons of Bolesław Wrymouth:
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Silesian Province of Władysław II
Masovian Province of Bolesław IV composed of Masovia and Eastern Kuyavia
Greater Poland Province of Mieszko III composed of Western Great Poland
Sandomierz Province of Henry
Łęczyca Province of Salomea (Łęczyca Land, Sieradz Land)
Pomeranian vassals
Mieszko's seal from 1145
Casimir's acquisitions (in green)
Greater Poland under Mieszko III:
Poznań, held by Odon 1177-82
Poznań, held by Odon 1177-1194, by Władysław III 1194-1202
Kalisz, conquered in 1181, held by Mieszko the Younger 1191-93, by Odon 1193-94
Gniezno, conquered in 1181
Kuyavia, held by Bolesław 1186-95
The assumed tombstone of Mieszko III discovered in 1959 and now held at a museum in KaliszAbout this person
He was the fourth and second surviving son of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth of Poland, by his second wife Salomea, daughter of the German count Henry of Berg-Schelklingen.
