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'''Przemysł I''' ([[ |
'''Przemysł I''' (b. [[5 June]] [[1220]]/[[4 June]] [[1221]] – d. [[4 June]] [[1257]]), was a Duke of [[Greater Poland]] (during 1241-1247 with his brother as co-ruler; according to some historians during 1239-1241 sole Duke of [[Ujście]]), Duke of [[Poznań]] and [[Gniezno]] during 1247-1249, Duke of Poznań and [[Kalisz]] during 1249-1250, sole Duke of Greater Poland during 1250-1253 and Duke of Poznań from 1253 until his death. |
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He was the eldest son of of [[Władysław Odonic]], [[Duke of Greater Poland]] by his wife [[Hedwig (wife of Władysław Odonic)|Hedwig]], who was probably daughter of Duke [[Mestwin I of Pomerania]], or a member of the [[Premyslid dynasty]] (a fact supported by the name given to her first son, the first in the [[Piast dynasty]] who bear it).<ref>Hedwig's Pomeranian origin is supported by: Oswald Balzer, ''Genealogia Piastów'', Kraków 1895, p. 221; Włodzimierz Dworzaczek, ''Genealogia'', Warsaw 1959, tab.2 , p. 17; Kazimierz Jasiński, ''Uzupełnienia do genealogii Piastów'', "Studia Źródłoznawcze No 5" (1960), p. 100. Hedwig's Premyslid origin is supported by: Norbert Mika, ''Imię Przemysł w wielkopolskiej linii Piastów. Niektóre aspekty stosunków książąt wielkopolskich z Czechami do połowy XIII wieku'', [in:] ''Przemysł II. Odnowienie Królestwa Polskiego'' ed. Jadwiga Krzyżaniakowej, Poznań 1997, pp. 247-255.</ref> The numeral ''primus'' (The First) was given to him in the almost contemporary ''Chronicle of Greater Poland'. Duke Władysław Odonic ordered a very strict and complete education to his son, because, as was attested in the ''Chronicle'', young Przemysł was easily able to read Latin psalms.<ref>''Chronicle of Greater Poland', p. 258.</ref> |
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He was Duke of [[Ujście]] (1239-1241), duke of [[Greater Poland]] with his brother (1241-1247), [[Duke of Kalisz]] (from 1244), [[duke of Poznań]] and Kalisz (1249-1250), sole [[duke of Greater Poland]] (1250-1253) and [[duke of Poznań]] from 1253 until his death. |
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==Biography== |
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Przemysł was the son of [[Władysław Odonic]], [[duke of Greater Poland]], and [[Jadwiga of Pomerania]], daughter of [[Mściwój I]], [[duke of Eastern Pomerania]]. |
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==Life== |
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At the death of his father, Przemysł inherited the part of Greater Poland controlled by Ladislaus and became duke of Ujście; subsequently he strove to recover the remaining part of Greater Poland. In 1241, after the death of [[Henry II the Pious]], [[duke of Silesia]] at the [[battle of Legnica]], Przemysł and his brother [[Boleslaus of Greater Poland|Boleslaus]] acquired the duchies of Poznań and Gniezno, and subsequently managed to conquer also the parts of Greater Poland once controlled by [[Duke of Silesia|Silesia]]. |
At the death of his father, Przemysł inherited the part of Greater Poland controlled by Ladislaus and became duke of Ujście; subsequently he strove to recover the remaining part of Greater Poland. In 1241, after the death of [[Henry II the Pious]], [[duke of Silesia]] at the [[battle of Legnica]], Przemysł and his brother [[Boleslaus of Greater Poland|Boleslaus]] acquired the duchies of Poznań and Gniezno, and subsequently managed to conquer also the parts of Greater Poland once controlled by [[Duke of Silesia|Silesia]]. |
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Revision as of 21:23, 26 November 2009
Przemysł I (b. 5 June 1220/4 June 1221 – d. 4 June 1257), was a Duke of Greater Poland (during 1241-1247 with his brother as co-ruler; according to some historians during 1239-1241 sole Duke of Ujście), Duke of Poznań and Gniezno during 1247-1249, Duke of Poznań and Kalisz during 1249-1250, sole Duke of Greater Poland during 1250-1253 and Duke of Poznań from 1253 until his death.
He was the eldest son of of Władysław Odonic, Duke of Greater Poland by his wife Hedwig, who was probably daughter of Duke Mestwin I of Pomerania, or a member of the Premyslid dynasty (a fact supported by the name given to her first son, the first in the Piast dynasty who bear it).[1] The numeral primus (The First) was given to him in the almost contemporary Chronicle of Greater Poland'. Duke Władysław Odonic ordered a very strict and complete education to his son, because, as was attested in the Chronicle, young Przemysł was easily able to read Latin psalms.[2]
Life
At the death of his father, Przemysł inherited the part of Greater Poland controlled by Ladislaus and became duke of Ujście; subsequently he strove to recover the remaining part of Greater Poland. In 1241, after the death of Henry II the Pious, duke of Silesia at the battle of Legnica, Przemysł and his brother Boleslaus acquired the duchies of Poznań and Gniezno, and subsequently managed to conquer also the parts of Greater Poland once controlled by Silesia.
In 1244 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry II the Pious. In exchange, he obtained by Władysław, duke of Opole, the reincorporation of Kalisz into Greater Poland. In 1247 Przemysł became duke of Poznań and Kalisz, but was forced by the local nobility to leave Kalisz to Boleslaus. He also obtained Santok by Bolesław II the Bald and allied with Bogufał II, bishop of Poznań. In 1249 he exchanged again territories with his brother, giving him Gniezno and becoming duke of Poznań and Kalisz. In 1250, for unknown reasons, Przemysł had Boleslaus arrested, becoming in this way the sole ruler of Greater Poland (Poznań, Gniezno et Kalisz) until in 1253, when Boleslaus was freed and given Kalisz and Gniezno.
He took part to the canonization of St. Stanislaus (May 8 1254) at Kraków.
On the foreign politics side, Przemysł's main concern was the expansionisn of Brandenburg
He died in Poznań. His brother Boleslaus succeeded him as duke of Greater Poland.
Family
Przemysł and Elizabeth had the following children:
- Przemysł II.
- Konstancja (1245/6–1281), married 1260 to Conrad, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal.
- Eufrozyna, Abbess of St. Clara in Trzebnica.
- Anna (1253–after 26 June 1295), Abbess at Owinska.
- Eufemia (1253–1298), a nun at St. Clara, Wrocław.
Footnotes
- ^ Hedwig's Pomeranian origin is supported by: Oswald Balzer, Genealogia Piastów, Kraków 1895, p. 221; Włodzimierz Dworzaczek, Genealogia, Warsaw 1959, tab.2 , p. 17; Kazimierz Jasiński, Uzupełnienia do genealogii Piastów, "Studia Źródłoznawcze No 5" (1960), p. 100. Hedwig's Premyslid origin is supported by: Norbert Mika, Imię Przemysł w wielkopolskiej linii Piastów. Niektóre aspekty stosunków książąt wielkopolskich z Czechami do połowy XIII wieku, [in:] Przemysł II. Odnowienie Królestwa Polskiego ed. Jadwiga Krzyżaniakowej, Poznań 1997, pp. 247-255.
- ^ Chronicle of Greater Poland', p. 258.
- ^ For all reigns from 1241 to 1247, Boleslaus the Pious as co-ruler.