Siemowit (Polish pronunciation:
•É›ËˆmÉ”vit also Ziemowit
‘ɛˈmÉ”vit was, according to the chronicles of
Gallus Anonymus, the son of
Piast the Wheelwright
Piast the Wheelwright ( 740/741? – 861? AD; Polish language, Polish: ''Piast Kołodziej'' , ''Piast Oracz'', i.e. Piast the Plower, or ''Piast''; ''Piast Chościskowic'', Latin language, Latin: ''Past Ckosisconis'', ''Pazt filius Chosisconisu'' ...
and
Rzepicha
Rzepicha (pronounced ) (also Rzepka) was the wife of the semi-legendary Piast the Wheelwright (founder of the Piast dynasty) and the mother of Siemowit. She is mentioned in Gallus Anonymus' Gesta principum Polonorum, Polish Chronicle (''Cronicae e ...
. He is considered to be the first ruler of the
Piast dynasty.
[K. Jasiński, Rodowód pierwszych Piastów, p. 47.]
He became the
Duke of the Polans in the 9th century after his father,
Piast the Wheelwright
Piast the Wheelwright ( 740/741? – 861? AD; Polish language, Polish: ''Piast Kołodziej'' , ''Piast Oracz'', i.e. Piast the Plower, or ''Piast''; ''Piast Chościskowic'', Latin language, Latin: ''Past Ckosisconis'', ''Pazt filius Chosisconisu'' ...
, son of
Chościsko, refused to take the place of legendary Duke
Popiel. Siemowit was elected as new duke by the ''
wiec''.
According to a popular legend, Popiel was then eaten by mice in his tower on
Gopło lake.
The only mention of Siemowit, along with his son,
Lestek, and grandson,
Siemomysł, comes in the medieval chronicle of Gallus Anonymus.
[ ]
Siemowit's great-grandson,
Mieszko I, was the first Christian ruler of Poland.
References
See also
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Poland in the Early Middle Ages
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Ziemowit (given name)
9th-century Polish monarchs
Piast dynasty
Legendary Polish monarchs
Dukes of Poland
9th-century births
Year of birth uncertain
Year of death unknown
9th-century Slavs
Slavic pagans
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