Przemysł I of Greater Poland

Przemysł I ( also Przemysław I., lat Primislaus I.; * between 5 June 1220 and 4 June 1221 Trzebnica ( Trebnitz ); † June 4, 1257 in Poznań ) was from 1239 Duke of Greater Poland. He came from the large Polish line of the Piast dynasty.

Youth

He was the eldest son of the Duke Władysław Odonic Great Poland and his wife Jadwiga ( Hedwig ) of which is disputed whether she was descended from the house of Samborid, the Přemyslids or the Counts of Andechs. According to chroniclers, he should have read with skill Latin psalms, a level of education which was unusual for secular nobles of that era.

From 1232 he is mentioned in deeds of his father. After his death, on June 5, 1239, he took over the rule of his hereditary lands.

Policy

In 1241 he accepted formal, but without practical consequences, his younger brother Bolesław the Pious as co-regent. After the Silesian Duke and Senior Duke of Poland Henry II at the Battle of Legnica was 1241 liked Przemysł won back the large Polish part dominions Poznan and Gniezno and set out to reconquer also part of Greater Poland, which had been temporarily ruled by the Silesian Piast dynasty. In order to consolidate his power, he worked very together with the Church, especially with the Poznan bishops Bogufał II and III Bogufał.

He came in 1247 in dispute with his brother Bolesław, exchanged with him only areas, then held him and gave him only Easter 1253 the duke of Gniezno and Kalisz, but still retains at all times the external representation of Wielkopolska.

Biggest foreign policy challenge was the Exansionsdrang the Margrave of Brandenburg. Although he was their military forays in 1247 Santok, stop in Bentschen 1251 and 1252 Driesen, but tensions continued. To mitigate the conflict diplomatically, he betrothed his eldest daughter, Constanze with Konrad, son of the Margrave John I.. , The marriage took place only in 1260 after the death of Przemysl place and ultimately caused new source of conflict, as the Brandenburger so that later claims to parts of Wielkopolska justified.

To 1249, he began to have build a castle in Poznan, which was later completed by his successors in larger form than Posener Royal Castle.

1254 he participated in the meeting of the Polish dukes in Krakow on the occasion of the canonization of Bishop Stanislaus ' part of Krakow. It was hosted by the Senior Duke Boleslaw V the modesty of.

1255 conquered Duke Mestwin II of Pomerania, the area around Nakło. After he had succeeded no recapture, Przemysł bought back the Nakłoer area with 500 silver coins.

On June 4, 1257 Przemysł I died in Poznan. His body was taken to Krakow and buried in the Wawel Cathedral.

Family

Przemysł I. married Elisabeth of Wrocław (Polish: Elżbieta wrocławska ), a daughter of Henry II the Pious of Silesia and Anne of Bohemia. The marriage produced five children:

• Constanze (* 1245/46, † October 8, 1281 ), married in 1260 Konrad I of Brandenburg.
• Euphrosyne (* 1247/50, † 17/19 February 1298 ), abbess of the convent of St. Clare to Trzebnica.
• The twins Anna (* 1253, † after June 26, 1295), abbess in Owińska.
• Euphemia (* 1253, † September 5, 1298 ), a nun in the convent of St. Clara, to Breslau.