Sieciech

Sieciech († June 28 before 1113) was a Polish magnate and voivode of the Polish Duke Władysław I. Herman .

Sieciech probably came from the Starza clan, he was Palatine (Wojewode) of Duke Władysław I Herman, at the latest since 1090. In fact, Sieciech ruled in the name of Władysław in Poland and decided on the occupation of offices in the conquered Pomerania . 1092/1093 he moved with Bolesław III. Wrymouth against Bohemia . In 1093 he suppressed the opposition directed against him and imprisoned the Duke's son Zbigniew in his castle (probably Sieciechów on the Vistula ). In 1097 Sieciech was forced to release Zbigniew, was subject to the opposition around Władysław's sons Zbigniew and Bolesław between 1098 and 1100, lost his offices and was banished. After his return he apparently no longer played a political role. Contrary to the earlier opinion that Sieciech represented antipiastic, decentralized positions, the prevailing opinion today is that he wanted to strengthen ducal power. Sieciech's coinage in his name is remarkable. He was probably the founder of the Canon Regular Monastery in Sieciechów and the St. Andrew's Church in Kraków . His son or grandson, Sieciech the Younger, cupbearer at Bolesław's court, made a pilgrimage to Saint-Gilles in 1122 .