Marriages and Issue
Around 1136, Mieszko married firstly with Elisabeth (b. ca. 1128 – d. ca. 1154), daughter of King Béla II of Hungary. They had five children:
- Odon (b. ca. 1149 – d. 20 April 1194).
- Stephen (b. ca. 1150 – d. 18 October 1166/77?).
- Elisabeth (b. 1152 – d. 2 April 1209), married firstly ca. 1173 to Soběslav II, Duke of Bohemia and secondly aft. January 1180 to Conrad II of Landsberg, Margrave of Lusatia.
- Wierzchoslawa Ludmilla (b. bef. 1153 – d. bef. 1223), married ca. 1167 to Frederick, Lord of Bitsch and later Duke of Lorraine.
- Judith (b. bef. 1154 – d. af. 12 December 1201), married ca. 1173 with Bernhard, Count of Anhalt and later Duke of Saxony.
By 1154, Mieszko married secondly with Eudoxia (b. ca. 1131 – d. aft. 1187), daughter of Grand Prince Izjaslav II of Kiev. They had five children:
- Bolesław (b. 1159 – killed in the Battle of Mozgawą, 13 September 1195).
- Mieszko the Younger (b. ca. 1160/65 – d. 2 August 1193).
- Władysław III Spindleshanks (b. ca. 1161/67 – d. 3 November 1231).
- Salomea (b. ca. 1162/64 – d. 11 May ca. 1183), married bef. 1177 to Prince Ratibor (II) of Pomerania.
- Anastasia (b. ca. 1164 – d. aft. 31 May 1240), married on 26 April 1177 to Bogislaw I, Duke of Pomerania.
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