Leszko II (''Leszek, Lestek, Lestko'') was a legendary ruler of
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
, firstly mentioned by
Wincenty Kadłubek
Wincenty Kadłubek ( 1150 – 8 March 1223) was a Polish Catholic prelate and professed Cistercian who served as the Bishop of Kraków from 1208 until his resignation in 1218. His episcopal mission was to reform the diocesan priests to ensure ...
in the ''
Chronica seu originale regum et principum Poloniae''. Alleged progenitor of the
Popielids dynasty. Father of
Leszko III.
References
* Gerard Labuda: Studia nad początkami państwa polskiego. T. II. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM, 1988. .
* Jerzy Strzelczyk: Mity, podania i wierzenia dawnych Słowian. Poznań: Rebis, 2007. .
* Mistrz Wincenty tzw. Kadłubek, Kronika Polska, tł. i oprac. B. Kürbis, Wrocław 1996, s. 26-28 (I, 13)
Legendary Polish monarchs
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