* During the reign of Mieszko II Pomerelia seceded from Poland and became independent.

In 1030, the city was burned down by King Mieszko II Lambert of Poland.

The reason for this may have been the wedding of Mieszko ( Judith's brother ) with the Hungarian princess Elisabeth ( daughter of King Béla II ), which sufficiently secured the Polish-Hungarian alliance.

Among them were Boleslaw IV the Curly, Mieszko III the Old, Casimir II the Just, Leszek I the White, Boleslaw V the Chaste, Leszek II the Black, Wladyslaw I the Elbow-high, and King of Bohemia, Wenceslaus II of Bohemia, who united Lesser Poland in 1290 / 1291.

# REDIRECT Mieszko II Lambert

See also Duke Mieszko II the Fat.

Mieszko II Lambert ( ca.

Then Mieszko II ran a defensive war against Germany, Bohemia and the Kievan princes.

Mieszko II was forced to escape from the country in 1031 after an attack of Yaroslav I the Wise, who installed Mieszko's older half-brother Bezprym onto the Polish throne.

Mieszko II was very well educated for the period.

He is unjustly known as Mieszko II Gnuśny ( the " Lazy ," " Stagnant " or " Slothful ").

Since Mieszko II was politically active before his father's death, Bolesław I the Brave appointed him as his successor.

In 1013 Mieszko II went to Magdeburg, where he paid homage to the Emperor Henry II.

Probably after the wedding, and in accordance with prevailing custom, Bolesław I gave a separate district to Mieszko II to rule: Kraków.

In the year 1014 Mieszko II was sent by his father to Bohemia as an emissary.

A year later, Mieszko II stood at the head of Polish troops in the next war against the Emperor.

When the Polish army advanced to Meissen, Mieszko II unsuccessfully tried to besiege the castle of his brother-in-law, Margrave Herman I ( husband of his sister Regelinda ).

This statement was probably the result of the complete ignorance of the chronicler, since 1018 Mieszko II was 28 years old and was already fully able to exercise the power by himself.

Six months later, on Christmas Day, Mieszko II Lambert was crowned King of Poland by the Archbishop of Gniezno, Hipolit, in the Gniezno Cathedral.

According to some chroniclers, Mieszko II expelled his two brothers from the country.

Historical evidence of these efforts is in the Prayer Book sent to Mieszko II by the Duchess Matilda of Swabia around 1027.

The defeat was widely blamed on the European monarchs, especially Emperor Frederick II and King Béla IV of Hungary, who had refused to help, and the unexpected and humiliating escape from the battle of Henry's Upper Silesian cousin Mieszko II the Fat, who was tricked by the Mongols into retreating in the decisive moment of the battle.

According to earlier sources, Dobrawa urged her husband Mieszko I of Poland to accept baptism in 966, the year after their marriage.

Dobrawa's marriage cemented the alliance of Mieszko I with Bohemia, which continued even after her death.

He was probably named after his paternal grandfather, Mieszko I.

It is unknown what happened after this, but certainly Mieszko II was released by Duke Oldrich and he could return to the country.

:: At that time ( after Mieszko recovered his eyesight ) Prince Siemomysł urgently asked the elderly people of his country whether his son's blindness conveyed some miraculous meaning.

Mieszko I took over the tribal rule after his father's death ca.

A telling incident took place after the battle, a testimony to Mieszko's high standing among the Empire's dignitaries, just one year after his baptism: Widukind of Corvey reported that the dying Wichmann asked Mieszko to hand over Wichmann's weapons to Emperor Otto I, to whom Wichmann was related.

:: Mieszko would never wear his outdoor garment in a house where Odo was present, or remain seated after Odo had gotten up.

It appears that during this time Mieszko I married Oda, daughter of Dietrich of Haldensleben, Margrave of the Northern March, after abducting her from the monastery of Kalbe.

Bolesław I was no different, and shortly after the death of Mieszko I ( 25 May 992 ), he banished his stepmother Oda and his two half-brothers, as they had to be considered competitors to the throne, especially in light of the Dagome Iudex.

Bolesław I's son, Mieszko II, crowned himself king immediately after his father died in Poznań.

One year later ( 1033 ), after Otto was killed and Dytryk expelled from the country, Mieszko II finally reunited all Poland under his domain.

978 / 79 she was abducted by Duke Misaca ( Mieszko I of Poland ) ( who had lost his first wife, the Bohemian princess Dobrawa in 977 ) and married soon after.

Nothing is known about the fate of her sons, but in 1032 her grandson Dietrich or Dytryk ( son of either Mieszko or Lambert ) returned to Poland and obtain parts of the country after the fall of Mieszko II Lambert ; however, one year later he was expelled by Mieszko II, who could reunited again Poland in his hands.

Mieszko I might have moved the capital to Gniezno from Poznań after his own and his realm's baptism, but actual move of the capital to Gniezno might have coincided with a growing German menace of the late 10th century and early 11th century depositing the remains of Saint Adalbert in a newly built church, to underline Gniezno's importance as the religious centre and capital of Bolesław I Chrobry's kingdom.

Soon after, he was forced by the barons of Poland to recall from exile in Hungary his nephew and rightful heir to the Polish throne, Mieszko Bolesławowic.

Mieszko Boleslawowic was already seventeen at that time and was, by the previous agreement made after his return, the first in line to succeed.

Casimir's father, Mieszko II, was crowned King of Poland in 1025 after the death of his father Bolesław I the Brave.

Years of chaos and conflict followed, during which Mieszko II died ( 1034 ) under suspicious circumstances, after he was forced to abdicate.