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Also Known As Bolesław the Bold • Bolesław Szczodry • Bolesław the Generous • Bolesław Śmiały
Born 1039
Died 1081 (aged 42)
Title / Office king (1058-1079), Poland
House / Dynasty Piast dynasty
Notable Family Members father Casimir I
Józef Piłsudski
Józef Piłsudski
Polish revolutionary and statesman
Władysław Gomułka
Polish politician
Carel Allardt: engraving of Jan (John III) Sobieski
John III Sobieski
king of Poland
Casimir III
Casimir III
king of Poland
Tommaso Dolabella: Władysław IV Vasa
Władysław IV Vasa
king of Poland
Augustus II
Augustus II
king of Poland and elector of Saxony
Andrzej: Sigismund I
Sigismund I
king of Poland
Bolesław I
king of Poland
Sigismund II Augustus
Sigismund II Augustus
king of Poland
Marcin Kober: Stephen Báthory
Stephen Báthory
king of Poland
Casimir I
duke of Poland
Skrzyński, Aleksander
Aleksander Skrzyński
Polish statesman
Jan Zygmunt Skrzynecki
Polish general
Józef Beck
Polish military officer
Adam Rapacki
Polish politician and economist
Mieszko I
duke and prince of Poland
Władysław II Jagiełło, sarcophagus figure, Wawel Cathedral, Kraków, Poland
Władysław II Jagiełło
king of Poland and grand duke of Lithuania
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa
king of Poland and Sweden
Mateusz Morawiecki
Mateusz Morawiecki
prime minister of Poland

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