Boleslaw III Krzywousty, King
of Poland 1102-1138 (1086-1138)
Born 20 August 1086 ?
Died 28 October 1138
Married 1113
Salome von Berg-Schelklingen
Born before 1101
Died 27 July 1144
In 1113 he conquered Pomerania, then asked the Germans to convert the
native population to Christianity. Before he died he decreed that his kingdom
be divided between his four sons. In the next two hundred years further
divisions followed which weakened the Polish unity.
Source: Leo van de Pas
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