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Mieszko I
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Mieszko I of Poland
Mieszko I
(; ca. 940 – 25 May 992) was the ruler of the
Polans
from about 960 until his death. A member of the
Piast dynasty
, he was a son of
Siemomysl
, a grandchild of
Lestek
, the father of
Boleslaw I the Brave
(the first crowned
king of Poland
), the father of
Gunhild
with his wife Oda (some sources make him the father of
Sigrid the Haughty
, a Nordic Queen, though her father is more likely identified as
Skoglar Toste
) and the grandfather of
Cnut the Great
(Gundhild's son), and the great-grandfather of
Gunhilda of Denmark
,
Canute the Great
's daughter and wife of
Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor
.
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