Popiel

Popiel, legendary duke of Poland immediately prior to Siemowit; not of the Piast dynasty, but of an earlier one. According to the chroniclers Gallus Anonymus, Jan Dlugosz and Marcin Kromer, as a consequence of bad rule he was banished from the capital of Gniezno and died eaten alive by mice (or rats) in a tower in the Kruszwica settlement.

Related Topics:
Poland - Siemowit - Piast - Gallus Anonymus - Jan Dlugosz - Marcin Kromer - Gniezno - Kruszwica

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The existence of Popiel is now proven to be only legendary, whereas the historians are still unsure about credibility of the chronicles mentioning about his followers.

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