Bolesław II the Bold

King of Poland

7 dated entries naming Bolesław II the Bold, drawn from 7 separate years between 1042 CE and 1082 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Bolesław II the Generous in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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11th century

  • 1042Bolesław II the Generous, king of Poland (approximate date)source
  • 1058Bolesław II the Generous, eldest son of Casimir I the Restorer, succeeds his father after his death in Poznań and becomes duke of Poland.source
  • 1060December 6 – Béla I ("the Champion") is crowned king of Hungary after his nephew, Solomon is deprived of the crown. He is supported by Duke Bolesław II the Generous – who helps him (with Polish troops) to obtain the Hungarian throne.source
  • 1076December 26 – Bolesław II the Bold (or "the Generous") is crowned as King of Poland by Archbishop Bogumił in Gniezno Cathedral. Bolesław supports Gregory VII in his conflict against Henry IV.source
  • 1079April 11 – Stanislaus of Szczepanów, bishop of Kraków, is executed on orders by King Bolesław II the Generous. The way in which his sentence is carried out causes a revolt among the Polish nobles. Bolesław is forced to flee, to take refuge at the court of King Ladislaus I of Hungary. He is succeeded by his brother Władysław I, as ruler of Poland.source
  • 1081April 2/3 – Bolesław II the Bold (or "the Generous"), king of Poland (or 1082)source
  • 1082April 2/3 (or 1081) – Bolesław II the Bold, king of Polandsource

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