early Polish state

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The early Polish state was the nascent medieval polity centered in the Piast dynasty’s realm that laid the foundations for the Kingdom of Poland in the 10th and 11th centuries.

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medieval Poland 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical state
medieval polity
christianizationYear 966
continent Europe
developedInCentury 11th century
emergedInCentury 10th century
ethnicBase Polans NERFINISHED
West Slavs NERFINISHED
governmentType hereditary monarchy
hasAdministrativeCenter Gniezno Cathedral NERFINISHED
hasCapital Gniezno NERFINISHED
Poznań NERFINISHED
hasCoreTerritory Gniezno region NERFINISHED
Greater Poland NERFINISHED
Wielkopolska NERFINISHED
hasDynasty Piast dynasty NERFINISHED
hasEcclesiasticalStructure Gniezno archbishopric NERFINISHED
hasFirstHistoricallyAttestedRuler Mieszko I of Poland NERFINISHED
hasImportantEvent Baptism of Poland NERFINISHED
Congress of Gniezno NERFINISHED
coronation of Bolesław I the Brave NERFINISHED
fragmentation of Poland (12th century)
hasImportantRuler Bolesław I the Brave NERFINISHED
Bolesław II the Bold NERFINISHED
Casimir I the Restorer NERFINISHED
Mieszko I of Poland NERFINISHED
hasLegalBasis customary law
hasRulerTitle Duke of Poland NERFINISHED
Duke of the Polans NERFINISHED
King of Poland NERFINISHED
hasRulingHouse Piast dynasty NERFINISHED
interactedWith Bohemia NERFINISHED
Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
Kievan Rus' NERFINISHED
Pomerania NERFINISHED
Prussia NERFINISHED
laidFoundationsFor Kingdom of Poland NERFINISHED
language Old Polish NERFINISHED
languageFamily West Slavic languages NERFINISHED
locatedIn Central Europe
territory of modern Poland
preceded Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385) NERFINISHED
preChristianReligion West Slavic paganism
recognizedBy Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED
religion Latin Christianity NERFINISHED
Roman Catholicism
successor Kingdom of Poland (1025–1385) NERFINISHED
usedCurrencyType silver deniers

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Szczerbiec coronation sword culturalContext early Polish state
this entity surface form: medieval Poland
Kruszwica stronghold usedBy early Polish state