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Mieszko I of Poland

940 - 992

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Mieszko I (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmjɛʂkɔ ˈpjɛrfʂɨ] ; c. 930 – 25 May 992) was the first ruler of Poland and the founder of the first independent Polish state, Civitas Schinesghe also known as the Duchy of Poland. His reign stretched from 960 to his death and he was a member of the Piast dynasty, a son of Siemomysł and a grandson of Lestek. He was the father of Bolesław I the Brave (the first crowned king of Poland) and of Gunhild of Wenden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mieszko I of Poland has received more than 504,032 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia. Mieszko I of Poland is the 2,069th most popular politician (up from 2,331st in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Poland (up from 137th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Polish Politician.

Mieszko I of Poland is most famous for converting to Christianity and establishing Poland as a Christian nation.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mieszko I of Poland ranks 2,069 out of 15,577. Before him are Benito Juárez, Hans Luther, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Adolf of Germany, Wang Jingwei, and Philipp Scheidemann. After him are Musa ibn Nusayr, Edmund Ironside, Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Al-Hakam II, Dagobert III, and Leopoldo Galtieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 940, Mieszko I of Poland ranks 4. Before him are Hugh Capet, Ferdowsi, and Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani. After him are Eadwig, Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, Leopold I, Margrave of Austria, Doubravka of Bohemia, Henry III, Duke of Bavaria, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, and Abū Sahl al-Qūhī. Among people deceased in 992, Mieszko I of Poland ranks 1. After him are Jawhar, Ibn Babawayh, Leo the Deacon, Conan I of Rennes, Matilda of France, and Oswald of Worcester.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Mieszko I of Poland ranks 118 out of 1,454. Before him are Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), Angelus Silesius (1624), Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), Paul Gottlieb Nipkow (1860), Edward Sapir (1884), and Jan Matejko (1838). After him are Rochus Misch (1917), Alexander Jagiellon (1461), Clara Immerwahr (1870), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Władysław Sikorski (1881), and Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860).

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Among POLITICIANS In Poland

Among politicians born in Poland, Mieszko I of Poland ranks 26. Before him are Ladislaus I of Hungary (1046), Catherine Jagiellon (1526), Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1858), Marie Walewska (1786), Kurt Daluege (1897), and Karl Hanke (1903). After him are Alexander Jagiellon (1461), Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860), Arthur Liebehenschel (1901), Jarosław Kaczyński (1949), Géza I of Hungary (1040), and Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg (1767).

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