Silesian Piasts
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The Silesian Piasts were the elder of four lines of the Polish Piast dynasty beginning with Władysław II the Exile (1105–1159), eldest son of Duke Bolesław III of Poland. By Bolesław's testament, Władysław was granted Silesia as his hereditary province and also the Lesser Polish Seniorate Province at Kraków according to the principle of agnatic seniority.
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Parent house | Piast dynasty |
Country | Duchy of Silesia |
Founded | 1138 |
Founder | Władysław II the Exile |
Current head | Extinct |
Final ruler | George William of Legnica |
Titles | High Dukes of Poland Dukes of Silesia |
Dissolution | 1675 (male line) |
Cadet branches | Silesian Piasts of Opole Silesian Piasts of Glogów |
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