 przemysÅ i (5 june 1220/4 june 1221the rank of przemysÅ i's birth date is based in the chronicle of greater poland, warsaw 1965, p. 257, which specifies that he died aged 36. see kazimierz jasiÅski, genealogia piastÃ³w wielkopolskich. potomstwo wÅadysÅawa odonica, [in:] nasi piastowie, "kronika miasta poznania" 1995, no 2, p. 40. â 4 june 1257) was a duke of greater poland (during 1241â1247 with his brother as co-ruler; according to some historians during 1239â1241 sole duke of ujÅcie), duke of poznaÅ and gniezno during 1247â1249, duke of poznaÅ and kalisz during 1249â1250, sole duke of greater poland during 1250â1253 and duke of poznaÅ from 1253 until his death. he was the eldest son of wÅadysÅaw odonic, duke of greater poland by his wife hedwig, who was likely the daughter of duke mestwin i of pomerania, or a member of the premyslid dynasty (a supposition supported by the name given to her son, the first in the piast dynasty who bears it).hedwig's pomeranian origin is supported by: oswald balzer, genealogia piastÃ³w, krakÃ³w 1895, p. 221; wÅodzimierz dworzaczek, genealogia, warsaw 1959, tab.2 , p. 17; kazimierz jasiÅski, uzupeÅnienia do genealogii piastÃ³w, "studia Å¹rÃ³dÅoznawcze no 5" (1960), p. 100. hedwig's premyslid origin is supported by: norbert mika, imiÄ przemysÅ w wielkopolskiej linii piastÃ³w. niektÃ³re aspekty stosunkÃ³w ksiÄÅ¼Ät wielkopolskich z czechami do poÅowy xiii wieku, [in:] przemysÅ ii. odnowienie krÃ³lestwa polskiego ed. jadwiga krzyÅ¼aniakowej, poznaÅ 1997, pp. 247-255. the numeral primus (the first) was given to him in the almost contemporary chronicle of greater poland. duke wÅadysÅaw odonic ordered that his son be given a comprehensive education; as attested in the chronicle, young przemysÅ was able to read latin psalms with ease.chronicle of greater poland, p. 258. ==life and rule== ===beginning of his government=== przemysÅ first appears in official documents signed by his father from 1232 onward, and after wÅadysÅaw odonic's death on 5 june 1239 he began his own rule, during the time of fragmentation of poland (1138-ca. 1314). two years later (in 1241), przemysÅ approved his younger brother bolesÅaw the pious as an official co-ruler, but this was a formality. in reality przemysÅ reigned alone. the principality inherited from his father was composed of northern greater poland, which included ujÅcie and nakÅo (although some historians believe that wÅadysÅaw odonic lost ujÅcie and nakÅo before his death). subsequently he strove to recover the remaining part of greater poland. in 1241, after the death of silesian duke henry ii the pious at the battle of legnica, przem
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