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Mikołaj Gryfita
Mikołaj Gryfita (born before 1140, died 1202) was a Voivode of Kraków from 1176 to 1202, and acted as a regent from 1198 to 1199 on behalf of Prince Leszek the White. Early life Not much is known about Gryfita's early life but he was likely born before 1140. He came from a knightly family from Lesser Poland, although his exact origins are debated. It is said that he belonged to the Gryfita-Świebodzic noble family, although Jan Długosz believed that he belonged to the Lis family. Both families were closely related (they likely had a common ancestor in the male line at a time not far from the period of Mikołaj's life) and were probably treated as one family at the time. Thus, if Gryfita was part of the Lis family, he could still be considered a member of the Gryfit family. Reign Gryfita was considered an extraordinary figure and was said to "make crowned heads tremble before him", and also that: "he exposed princes to ridicule by arbitrarily appointing them and deposing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voivode
Voivode ( ), also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode ( ), voivoda, vojvoda, vaivada or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Middle Ages. It primarily referred to the medieval rulers of the Romanian-inhabited states and of governors and military commanders of Poles, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Balkan, Russian people and other Slavic-speaking populations. In the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, ''voivode'' was interchangeably used with '' palatine''. In the Tsardom of Russia, a voivode was a military governor. Among the Danube principalities, ''voivode'' was considered a princely title. Etymology The term ''voivode'' comes from two roots. , means "war, fight," while , means "leading", thus in Old Slavic together meaning "war leader" or "warlord". The Latin translation is for the principal commander of a military force, serving as a deputy for the monarch. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mieszko IV Tanglefoot
Mieszko IV Tanglefoot () (c. 1130 – 16 May 1211) was Duke of Kraków and High Duke of Poland from 9 June 1210 until his death one year later. He was also Duke of Silesia from 1163 to 1173 (with his brother as co-ruler), Duke of Racibórz from 1173, and Duke of Opole from 1202. His nickname "Tanglefoot" (Plątonogi) appeared in the chronicles from the 14th and 15th centuries. From ''Rocznik Sędziwoja'', annals written in the mid-fifteenth century, the entry for the year 1192: "''Cracovia civitas devastata est a Mescone loripede dicto Platonogy nepote ducis Kazimiriensis filio Wladislai exulis''" (en: "The city of Kraków was devastated by Mieszko the bandy-legged, called Platonogy, nephew of Duke Casimir, son of Władysław the Exile").It was previously noted on this page that this was the oldest preserved record of Mieszko's nickname in the form of "Plątonogi", however this was when the sentence was worded as though 1192 was the year of the reference itself, and not the y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Janik (archbishop Of Gniezno)
Jan Gryfita (first name also spelled Janik or Janisław, ? - 1167 or 1176) was an archbishop of Gniezno (1149 – c. 1167) and bishop of Wrocław (1146 – 1149). Together with his brother Klemens, he was a co-founder of the Cistercian Abbey of Jędrzejów. He was likely the patron and fundator of the Gniezno Doors The Gniezno Doors (, ) are a pair of bronze doors placed at the entrance to Gniezno Cathedral in Gniezno, Poland. They are decorated with eighteen bas-relief scenes from the life of St. Adalbert (in Polish, ''Wojciech''), whose remains had been .... Further reading *M.L. WójcikRód Gryfitów do końca XIII wieku. Pochodzenie — genealogia — rozsiedlenie "Historia" CVII, Wrocław 1993 Date of birth unknown Archbishops of Gniezno Bishops of Wrocław 12th-century deaths Janik {{Poland-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bishops Of Krakow
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
