Siemomysław (Kujawy)

Siemomysł of Kujawien (also Siemomyslaus of Kujawien , Polish Siemomysł (aw) / Ziemomysł (aw) Kujawski-inowrocławski ; * 1245 / 1248 ; † 1287 ) was from 1267 to 1271 and 1278 to 1287 Duke of Kujawien in Inowrocław of the dynasty of Kujawy Piasten . He was a half-brother of the future Polish king Władysław I. Ellenlang .

Life

The coat of arms of the Duchy of Kuyavian-Inowrocław

Siemomysław was the son of Duke Casimir von Kujawien from his connection with the Silesian princess Konstanze von Schlesien, daughter of Heinrich II. , Duke von Schlesien - Breslau .

After the death of the father in 1267 he received Kujawien with seat in Inowrocław. His duchy was a transit area of ​​the Bohemian armies of King Ottokar II. Přemysl , who, allied with the Teutonic Order , moved to the Baltic States with the aim of subjugating and Christianizing the pagan Baltic Prussians and Lithuanians . This enabled him to have closer contact with the Teutonic Knights and Duke Sambor von Pommerellen , but brought him conflicts with the local aristocracy, who did not follow his pro-German policy ( ennobling and filling state offices with German aristocrats), so that in 1269 an uprising led by Bishop Wolimir from Leslau broke out. The rebels found a powerful ally in Duke Bolesław of Wielkopolska , who took the castellans of Radziejów and Kruschwitz , as well as the Bydgoszcz Castle, alongside the Kujav aristocratic opposition. Only the granting of immunity to the leader of the uprising, Siemomysł saved from political crash.

In 1271 he entered into an alliance with his father-in-law, Duke Sambor of Pomerania, against his nephew Mestwin II . This decision led to renewed strengthening of the aristocratic opposition, which gathered around Duke Bolesław of Greater Poland, and finally to Siemomysław's disempowerment and exile.

Only a contract between his older brother Leszek and Bolesław von Wielkopolska in 1278 enabled him to return to the domestic duchy, whereby the controversial castellans Radziejów and Kruschwitz remained with Wielkopolska.

After the death of Duke Sambor in 1278, Siemomysław tried to relax the situation at Pomerania under Mestwin by concluding a treaty with him. The contract should allow a return of the castellany Wyszogród near Bromberg after Mestwin's death.

For a short time he was in league with his brother Leszek against the Teutonic Order, but the reasons for the deterioration in his relationship with the Teutonic Knights are unknown.

During his reign, many cities in his empire were granted city rights, including Gniewkowo .

Duke Siemomysław died in 1287. The exact date and place of his death and the place of his burial are unknown.

Marriage and offspring

Siemomysław was married only once. Between 1268/1274 he was married to Salome von Pommerellen (1257 / 58-1312), daughter of Duke Sambor II of Pomerania . Several sons and daughters sprang from this connection:

• Leszek (1275–1340), Duke of Kujawie in Inowrocław and Gniewkowo ;
• Przemysław (1278–1338 / 39), Duke of Kujawy in Inowrocław and Gniewkowo and of Sieradz ;
• Casimir (1280 / 87–1347 / 50), Duke of Kujawien in Inowrocław and Gniewkowo;
• Fenena (1268 / 1277–1295), as the wife of King Andrew III. Queen of Hungary by marriage ;
• Konstanze (1268 / 1274–1331), nun in the Cistercian monastery of Trebnitz , later abbess of the monastery;

Web links and literature

• Ziemomysl, Duke of Kujawien-Gniewkowo on portal: genealogie-mittelalter.de (German)