Siemowit

Siemowit (also Ziemowit) was, according to the chronicles of Gallus Anonymus, the son of Piast and Rzepicha. He is considered one of the four legendary Piast princes. He became the Duke of the Polan tribe in the IX century after his peasant father placed him on the throne after removing the legendary King Popiel from power, who legend states, was eaten by mice. The only mention of Siemowit, along with his son Lestko and grandson Siemomys?, comes in the chronicles of Gallus Anonymus. The names of these three princes of the Polan can be accurate if one is to consider that the chronicles of Gallus Anonymus only came a couple of hundred years after their rule ended. It is also possible that these names were fabricated, or that the names are real as the ancestors of Mieszko I, considered the first ruler of Poland and the Piast dynasty, but that they were not neccessarily actual rulers.

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Gallus Anonymus: Gallus Anonymus (Polish: Gall Anonim) living in 11th and 12th century was the first Polish historian, author of "Cronicae et gesta ducum sive principum Polonorum" (ca. 1115)....

Piast: REDIRECT Piast dynasty...

Rzepicha: Rzepicha (also Rzepka) was the wife of the legendary Piast and the mother of Siemowit. She is mentioned in Gallus Anonymus' Cronicae et gesta ducum sive principum Polonorum....