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Gąsawa massacre: At an assembly of Piast dukes at Gąsawa, Polish Prince Leszek the White, Duke Henry the Bearded and others are attacked by assassins while bathing.
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Gąsawa massacre
1227 massacre of Piast-dynasty dukes in Gąsawa, Poland
The Gąsawa massacre was an attack on the night of 23 / 24 November 1227 during a council of Polish Piast dukes which was being held near the village of Gąsawa in Kuyavia, Poland. The High Duke of Poland, Leszek the White, was assassinated, and Duke Henry the Bearded of Silesia…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Piast dynasty
First ruling dynasty of Poland (960–1370)
The House of Piast was the first historical ruling dynasty of Poland. The first documented Polish monarch was Duke Mieszko I. The Piasts' royal rule in Poland ended in 1370 with the death of King Casimir III the Great.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gąsawa
Place in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Gąsawa is a town in Żnin County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Gąsawa. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of Żnin and 43 km (27 mi) south-west of Bydgoszcz. It is situated on the western shore of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Leszek I the White
High Duke of Poland intermittently between 1194 and 1227
Leszek the White was Prince of Sandomierz and High Duke of Poland in the years 1194–1198, 1199, 1206–1210, and 1211–1227. During the early stages of his reign, his uncle Duke Mieszko III the Old and cousin Władysław III Spindleshanks, from the Greater Polish branch of the royal…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Henry the Bearded
High Duke of Poland from 1232 to 1238
Henry the Bearded was a Polish duke from the Piast dynasty.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
November 24
Day of the year
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