Civitas Schinesghe
Civitas Schinesghe Państwo Gnieźnieńskie (Polish) | |||||||||||
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| 966–1025 | |||||||||||
Duchy of Poland around the year AD 1000 | |||||||||||
| Capital | Gniezno | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Lechitic languages (including Old Polish) | ||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism (institutional) Slavic paganism | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||||
• c. 960–992 | Mieszko I | ||||||||||
• 992–1025 | Bolesław I the Brave | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| 966 | |||||||||||
• Coronation of Bolesław I the Brave | 1025 | ||||||||||
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Civitas Schinesghe (Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈtʃivitas skiˈnesɡe]; Polish: Państwo Gnieźnieńskie), commonly referred to in historiography as the Duchy of Poland or the Principality of Poland, was the early medieval polity centered around Gniezno and ruled by the Piast dynasty. It emerged in the 10th century and is considered the predecessor state of the Kingdom of Poland, which was formally established in 1025.