Duke Boleslaw III Of Polen^[1]

1086 - 1138  (52 years)

• Name	Boleslaw III Of Polen
  Prefix	Duke
  Birth	20 Aug 1086
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Oct 1138
  Person ID	I64480	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2009

  
  

  Father	Duke Wladyslaw I Herman Of Polen,   b. 1043   d. 4 Jun 1102 (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Judith Of Bohemia,   b. 1058   d. 25 Dec 1086 (Age 28 years)
  Marriage	1080
  Family ID	F27615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Sbislawa Swjatopolkowna Of Kiev   d. Between 1109 and 1112
  Marriage	1103
  Children	1. Wladislaw II Of Schlesien   d. 1159
  Family ID	F27614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2009

  
  

  Family 2	Salome Von Berg-Schelklingen   d. 1145
  Children	1. Agnieszka Of Polen,   b. 1138   d. 1182 (Age 44 years)   2. Kazimierz II Of Masowien,   b. 1138   d. 1194 (Age 56 years)   3. Richiza Swentoslawa Of Polen   4. Duke Mieszko III Of Polen,   b. 1126-1127   d. 13 Mar 1202 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F28111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2009

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Boleslaus III on a painting by Jan MatejkoBoleslaus III the Wrymouth (Boleslaw III Krzywousty), (1086-1138) was duke of Poland from 1102. He was a son of Ladislaus Herman of Poland and Judith of Bohemia. He defeated the Pomeranians at the battle of Naklo in 1109, and took control of Pomerania between 1119 and 1123, regaining Polish access to the sea. He also defeated Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1109, in the Battle of Hundsfeld. Boleslaus also campaigned in Hungary from 1132 to 1135, but to little effect. First he married Zbyslava of Kiev, daughter of Sviatopolk II of Kiev grand duke of Kiev. They had one son: Ladislaus (b. 1105), King of Poland Second he married Salome von Berg-Schelklingen, with whom he had 14 children (6 sons + 8 daughters) from whom we know of 4 sons and 5 daughters: Boleslaus IV the Curly (b. 1125) Mieszko III the Old (b. 1126) Henry of Sandomierz (b. 1127) Casimir the Just (b. 1138) Rycheza of Poland (b. 12 April 1116), married to grandduke Volodar Dobronega of Poland (b. 1128), married Markis Dietrich of Niederlausitz Gertruda of Poland Judith of Poland (b. 1132), married Otto I of Brandenburg Agnes of Poland (b. 1137), married Mstislav II of Kiev Before his death in 1138 he announced the testament (Boleslaw the Wrymouth's testament) dividing his land between four of his sons. The "senioral principle" established in the testament stated, that at every time the oldest member of the dynasty was to have a supreme power over the rest and also control an indivisible "senioral part" - a vast stripe of land running N-S through the middle of Poland, with Krakow as the main city. Senior's prerogatives included also control over Pomerania, which was a fief of the Empire. The principle was quickly broken, which began an almost 200 years period of feudal dissolution in Poland.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1328] Schwennicke, Detlev, ES, (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt Verlag, 1980-), 2:120 (Reliability: 3).