Piast the Wheelwright

Piast the Wheelwright
Piast
Portrait of Piast the Wheelwright
Duke of the Polans
PredecessorPopiel
SuccessorSiemowit
Born740/741?[1]
Died861 (claimed age 120)[1]
SpouseRzepicha
IssueSiemowit
HousePiast (founder)
FatherChościsko
ReligionSlavic paganism

Piast the Wheelwright (c. 740/741? – 861 AD; Latin: Past Ckosisconis, Pazt filius Chosisconisu;[2] Polish: Piast Chościskowic, Piast Kołodziej [ˈpʲast kɔˈwɔd͡ʑɛj], Piast Oracz or Piast) was a legendary figure in medieval Poland (9th century AD), the progenitor of the Piast dynasty that ruled Kingdom of Poland.[3]

  1. ^ a b Prichard, James C. (1836). Researches into the Physical History of Mankind. Vol. 1. London: Houlston and Stoneman. pp. 11–5 ff.
  2. ^ Badania krytyczno-historyczne i literackie by Jozafat Bolesław Ostrowski, 1870 (Polish)
  3. ^ Norman Davies (23 August 2001). Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's Present. Oxford University Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-19-280126-5. Retrieved 29 February 2012.