Henry I the Bearded (Polish: Henryk I Brodaty; German: Heinrich I der Bärtige; ca. 1165/70 – 19 March 1238), of the Silesian line of the Piast dynasty, was Duke of Silesia at Wrocław from 1201 and Duke of Kraków and thus High Duke of all Poland — internally divided — from 1232 until his death.
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