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. Piast dynasty, first ruling family of poland.
The document outlines the piast family tree, which ruled poland from the 10th century to the 14th century. It traces the lineage of the piast dukes and princes of poland and provides information on. The term piast poland refers to the first unified polish state created under the piast dynasty, which ruled from the 10th to the 14th centuries.
Poland’s history began in the 10th century with the rise of the piast dynasty. Initially a fragmented region, poland began to coalesce into a more unified entity under the piast dynasty, which emerged in the late 10th century. Arising out of the legendary dukes of the polans tribe, the piast dynasty ruled poland roughly between 960, when poland was created as a duchy, and 1370.
The first major piast ruler was mieszko. Across more than the next thousand years, no figure in polish history was named piast. [7] two theories explain the etymology of the word piast.
The first gives the root as piasta (" [wheel] hub" in polish), a.