This article is about a Polish dynasty. For other uses, see Piast (disambiguation).
Piast
Country
Duchy/Kingdom of Poland
Duchies of Masovia
Duchies of Silesia
Duchy of Bohemia
Galicia–Volhynia
Founded
c. 9th century
Founder
Piast the Wheelwright (legendary) Mieszko I of Poland (historical)
Final ruler
Casimir III the Great (Kingdom of Poland) Yuri II Boleslav (Galicia-Volhynia) Janusz III (Masovia) George IV William of Legnica (Silesia)
Titles
Duke of the Polans (c. 9th century – 966)
Duke of Poland (966–1025, 1031–1076, 1082–1138)
King of Poland (1025–1031, 1076–1082, 1295–1296, 1320–1370)
High Duke of Poland (1138-1227)
Duke of Kraków (1227–1291, 1306–1320)
Duke of Bohemia (1003–1004)
Duke of Galicia-Volhynia (1325–1340)
Duke of Silesia (1138–1675)
Duke of Masovia (1138–1526)
Duke of Greater Poland (1138–1295)
Duke of Kuyavia (1233–1364)
Duke of Sandomierz
Duke of Sieradz-Łęczyca
Dissolution
1388 (outside Silesia and Masovia) 1675 (male) 1707 (female)
Branches
Silesian Piasts, the agnatically senior and later last surviving branch of the dynasty
Masovian Piasts (dissolved in 1526)
House of Griffins[1][2] (uncertain)
The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland.[3] The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I (c. 960–992).[4] The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of King Casimir III the Great.
Branches of the Piast dynasty continued to rule in the Duchy of Masovia (until 1526) and in the Duchies of Silesia until the last male Silesian Piast died in 1675. The Piasts intermarried with several noble lines of Europe, and possessed numerous titles, some within the Holy Roman Empire. The Jagiellonian kings ruling after the death of Casimir IV of Poland were also descended in the female line from Casimir III's daughter.
^A. Małecki, Studya heraldyczne [Heraldic Studies], vol. I, Lwów 1890, pp. 268–285; M. L. Wójcik, Ród Gryfitów do końca XIII wieku. Pochodzenie – genealogia – rozsiedlenie, Historia CVII, Wrocław 1993, p. 39.
^Rodowód książąt pomorskich Edward Rymar Książnica Pomorska, 2005, page 53
^"FamilyTreeDNA – Genetic Testing for Ancestry, Family History & Genealogy". www.familytreedna.com. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^Ring, Trudy; Watson, Noelle; Schellinger, Paul (28 October 2013). Northern Europe: International Dictionary of Historic Places. Routledge. ISBN 9781136639517.
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