Jan Matejko, Portrait of Bolesław I the Brave, c. 1893, National Library, Public domain
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Jan Matejko, Portrait of Bolesław I the Brave, c. 1893, National Library, Public domain
License: public domain, Source: Wikimedia Commons, License terms and conditions

Bolesław I Chrobry

First name:

Bolesław I

Last Name:

Chrobry

Parents:

Mieszko I i Dobrawa

Date of birth:

0967

Date of death:

1025

Age:

Profession:

prince

Biography:

Bolesław I the Brave (967–1025), son of Mieszko I and Dobrawa, was the first crowned king of Poland. He assumed power in 992 and was crowned king in 1025. During his reign, the position of the Polish state and the organisation of the Church were strengthened.

He supported the Christianisation missions of St Adalbert, and following the Council of Gniezno in 1000, an independent ecclesiastical metropolis was established in Gniezno. He waged wars against the German Empire, conquered Milsko and Lusatia, and in 1018 marched into Kyiv, regaining the Cherven Towns. The epithet ‘Chrobry’ meant a brave and valiant man.