Mieszko III The Old - Marriages and Issue

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:

  1. Odon (b. ca. 1149 – d. 20 April 1194).
  2. Stephen (b. ca. 1150 – d. 18 October 1166/77?).
  3. 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.
  4. Wierzchoslawa Ludmilla (b. bef. 1153 – d. bef. 1223), married ca. 1167 to Frederick, Lord of Bitsch and later Duke of Lorraine.
  5. 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:

  1. Bolesław (b. 1159 – killed in the Battle of Mozgawą, 13 September 1195).
  2. Mieszko the Younger (b. ca. 1160/65 – d. 2 August 1193).
  3. Władysław III Spindleshanks (b. ca. 1161/67 – d. 3 November 1231).
  4. Salomea (b. ca. 1162/64 – d. 11 May ca. 1183), married bef. 1177 to Prince Ratibor (II) of Pomerania.
  5. Anastasia (b. ca. 1164 – d. aft. 31 May 1240), married on 26 April 1177 to Bogislaw I, Duke of Pomerania.

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