Przemysł II

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Przemysł II
S'Premisl II Dei Gracia Regis Poloniae Domini Pomeraniae[1]
Born	October 14, 1257(1257-10-14)
in	Poznań, Poland
Died	February 8, 1296 (aged 38)
in	Rogoźno, Poland
Buried	at Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Poznań
Reign	1295 to 1296
Coronation	June 26, 1295 in Gniezno Cathedral
Family or dynasty	Piast dynasty
Coat of Arms	Piast Eagle.
Parents	Przemysł I Elisabeth of Wrocław
Marriage and children	with Ludgarda of Mecklenburg:  none
	with Ryksa of Sweden:  Ryksa Elisabeth
	with Margaret of Brandenburg:  none

Premislas II (also given in English and Latin as Premyslas or Premislaus, Polish Przemysł or less properly Przemysław) (14 October 1257 – 8 February 1296) was the Duke of Poznań, Greater Poland, Kraków and Pomerelia, and then King of Poland from 1295 until his death.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Marriages 1.2 Realm of power 1.3 Ancestors 1.4 Gallery 2 References 3 Further reading 4 See also

[edit] Biography

Premislas was born to Premislas I, Duke of Greater Poland, and Elisabeth, daughter of Henry II of Silesia.

Before 1277, he became a duke of Poznań, and after the death of his uncle Boleslaus the Pious in 1279, he became the duke of whole of Greater Poland. According to the Treaty of Kępno (1282), he was co-ruler with Mestwin II, duke of Eastern Pomerania and in 1294 his successor in Gdańsk. In 1287 this alliance was extended to duke Boguslaw IV of Western Pomerania.

According to the last will of Henry IV Probus, duke of Silesia and high-duke of Poland, he inherited in 1290 the provinces of Kraków and Sandomierz (both were called Lesser Poland), but soon ceded them to Wenceslaus II, King of Bohemia. As he was the strongest Polish duke of the time, possessed the royal insignia from Kraków, and had support of the clergy for the unification of Poland, he was crowned king of Poland in 1295 by the archbishop of Gniezno, Jakub Świnka, and five other bishops.

In 1296, he was kidnapped by men of the electors of Brandenburg, with some help from the Polish noble families of Nałęcz and Zaremba, and murdered on February 8 in Rogozno by Jakub Kaszuba. His kingship was short but the revived kingdom survived for the next 500 years.

According to medieval chronicles, he murdered his first wife Ludgarda because she could not bear him children. Ludgarda foresaw his intentions, and beseeched him to spare her life and send her away. He declined and is said to have had her strangled.

[edit] Marriages

1. 1273 Ludgarda, daughter of Henry I the Pilgrim, Duke of Mecklenburg; no children
2. 1285 Ryksa, daughter of Valdemar I of Sweden; one daughter: Ryksa Elizabeth
3. 1293 Margaret of Brandenburg, daughter of Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg; no children

[edit] Realm of power

• 1277–1296 Duke of Poznań
• 1279–1296 Duke of Greater Poland
• 1290–1291 Duke of Kraków (Little Poland)
• 1294–1296 Duke of Eastern Pomerania
• 1295–1296 King of Poland

[edit] Ancestors

Odon of Poznań

Władysław Odonic

Viacheslavna Yaroslavna of Halych

Przemysł I

Mściwój I of Gdańsk

Jadwiga of Gdańsk

Zwinisława

Przemysł II

Henry I the Bearded

Henry II the Pious

Hedwig of Andechs

Elisabeth of Wrocław

Ottokar I of Bohemia

Anna of Bohemia

Constance of Hungary

[edit] Gallery

Seal of Premislas with a sign REDDIDIT IPSE POTENS VICTRICIA SIGNA POLONIS.

Another seal with a sign SIGILLVM PREMISLONIS SECVNDI DEI GRA DVCIS POLONIE ET CRA.[1]

The Death of King Przemysł II in Rogoźno by Jan Matejko.

White Eagle of Przemysł II

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

• Nowacki, B. Przemysł II.
• Boras, Z. Poczet piastów wielkopolskich.

[edit] See also

• History of Poland (966–1385)
• Dukes of Greater Poland
• Jakub Świnka
• Royal coronations in Poland

Przemysł II Piast dynasty Born: 14 October 1257 Died: 8 February 1296
Regnal titles
Preceded by Boleslaus the Pious	Duke of Greater Poland 1273-1296	Succeeded by Władysław the Elbow-high
Preceded by Henryk IV Probus	Duke of Kraków and King of Poland 1290-1291 1295-1296	Succeeded by Wenceslaus II of Bohemia

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