:: 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.

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.

Another hypothesis assumes that the territories were transferred by Bolesław I to him, and as a result made Mieszko a vassal of the Empire.

Mieszko II and his family were forced to flee the country.

Mieszko II and his wife never reunited again ; according to some sources they were either officially divorced or only separated.

Another proposal involves that Mieszko II received Greater Poland, and other neighborhoods were given to Otto and Dytryk.

The same explanation rules out another theory about the origin of the name Mieszko, which links the name with the Polish word miś / miśko meaning bear, as no animal names were used to form honorable Polish names among Polish nobility.

Although the residents of areas controlled by Mieszko spoke mostly one language, had similar beliefs and reached a similar level of economic and general development, they were socially connected primarily by tribal structures.

More precise contemporary records regarding Mieszko were compiled by Widukind of Corvey, and half a century later, by Bishop Thietmar of Merseburg.

After this battle, Mieszko and Odo were called to the Imperial Diet in Quedlinburg in 973 to explain and justify their conduct.

In 1836 – 1837 a cenotaph was built for Mieszko I and his successor Bolesław I the Brave in the Golden Chapel () at the Poznań Cathedral, where the damaged remains found in the 14th century tomb of Bolesław were placed.

They were probably his sons: Bolesław I the Brave, Mieszko and Lambert.

Among those who did supported Henry II's claims, however, were Duke Mieszko I of Poland and Duke Boleslaus II of Bohemia.

Bolesław I does not appear in the surviving summary of the Dagome Iudex document, and as such it may be supposed that Lesser Poland was already known as Bolesław I's inheritance, while his two surviving half-brothers Mieszko and Lambert, sons of Mieszko I by his second wife Oda, were to divide the rest of the realm between themselves.

However, not all the Silesian dukes accepted his authority: Dukes Bolko I the Strict, Konrad II the Hunchback and three of the four sons of Władysław of Opole: Casimir of Bytom, Mieszko I of Cieszyn and Przemysław of Racibórz were completely against Henry's politics.

Due to the childlessness of Otto III, the seven daughters of his sister Mathilde ( the only of Otto II's daughters who married and produced children ), were the only potential brides for Mieszko, Bolesław I's son and heir ; the oldest of Otto III's nieces, Richeza, was the chosen one.

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

Richeza and Mieszko II never reunited again ; according to some sources, they were either officially divorced or only separated.

On the way back he conquered part of Silesia including Wrocław and destroyed religious buildings, which were built by Mieszko I during the feast of the conversion of Poland, and plundered Mieszko I's tomb.

Lubin lies midway between the main settlements of two Ślężanie tribes, the Dziadoszanie and the Trzebowianie, whose lands were subdued by King Mieszko I of Poland about 990.

For a thousand years the estuary of the river was part of the state of the Świnoujście who were annexed by Polish ruler Mieszko I.

He wrote that the drużyna of Mieszko I had 3000 men, who were paid by the duke.

The Duchy of Silesia and the Seniorate Province at Kraków were taken by Bolesław, who also received the title of High Duke, the western Duchy of Greater Poland was retained by his brother Mieszko III, and Henry finally received his long-promised Land of Sandomierz.

This understanding of the tribute issue explains why already in 967 Mieszko I was described in the Saxon chronicles as the Emperor's friend ( or ally, supporter, Latin: amicus imperatoris ).

991-92 ), Mieszko I, together with his wife Oda and their sons, issued a document called Dagome iudex, where the Polish ruler placed his lands under the protection of the Pope and described their borders.

These theories are based on the chronicle of Wipo of Burgundy, who described only one brother of Mieszko II, Otto.

About Bezprym's first years of life almost nothing is known, in contrast with his half-brother Mieszko II, whose youth was fully described in several contemporary sources.

" It also found that Cosmas confuses Dobrawa with Mieszko I's second wife Oda, who at the time of her marriage was around 19 – 25 years old, a relatively advanced age for a bride according to the customs of the Middle Ages.

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

At the time of the reign of Mieszko there was no single place serving as the capital, instead he built several palatiums around his country.

It is disputed whether Lesser Poland, centered around Kraków, was incorporated into the Polish realm by Mieszko I before 992 or whether it was added by Bolesław I in 999.

According to some historians, the war lasted only a few weeks, and according to others, only finished around 995, when Bolesław I expelled his stepmother and half-brothers from Poland and took control over all Mieszko I's domains.

During the 10th century, their territory was conquered by another West Slavic tribe, the Polans settling in the adjacent Greater Polish land around Poznań and Gniezno and upon the death of Duke Mieszko I of Poland in 992, the Kujawy lands were part of his Civitas Schinesghe as circumscribed in the Dagome iudex papal regesta.

It is noteworthy that one can find in older historiography the currently generally rejected theory of the existence of an older son of Mieszko II, called Bolesław the Forgotten () — who apparently succeeded his father in 1034 until his death in 1038 —, and, according to some historians was the real instigator of the Pagan Reaction, who in consequence took power around 1034.

After almost 16 years of exile, Bolesław returned to Silesia with his elder children, Jarosław and Olga, his second wife ; Christina ( Zvenislava had died around 1155 ); and his younger brother Mieszko Tanglefoot.

Archeological findings at cemeteries in the vicinity of the castle of Ostrów Lednicki, near Poznan, has proven the presence of Norsemen in the area around 10th century, suggesting that they played an important part the druzhina of Mieszko I, the de facto founder of the Polish state.

* 966 – After his marriage to the Christian Dobrawa of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.

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

Mieszko chose to be baptized in the Western Latin Rite in 966.

Mieszko I's marriage in 965 to the Czech Přemyslid princess Dobrawa and his baptism in 966 put him and his country in the cultural sphere of Western Christianity.

It is generally recognized that the baptism of Mieszko I took place in 966.

* Mieszko I, first duke of Poland, baptised a Christian in 966

Mieszko I, then a pagan, would married Boleslaus I's Christian daughter Dobrawa in 965, and would convert to Christianity in 966, bringing Poland closer to the Christian states of Bohemia and the Empire.

One theory is that Dyngus originates from the baptism on Easter Monday of Mieszko I ( Duke of the Polans, c. 935 – 992 ) in 966 AD, uniting all of Poland under the banner of Christianity.

The ceremony by which Mieszko converted to Christianity in 966, known as the Baptism of Poland, is likely to have taken place at Poznań.

He arrived in Poland, probably from Italy or the Rhineland, in 966 with Dubrawka to baptise Mieszko I of Poland.

* 966: Mieszko I of Poland converts to Catholicism, beginning the Baptism of Poland.

The place is regarded as a possible site of the Baptism of Poland, where the first historical ruler of Poland Mieszko I accepted Christianity in 966.

Mieszko chose to be baptized in the Western Latin Rite in 966.

The region was conquered and brought under Polish control by 966 under the rule of Duke Mieszko I.