Boleslav II of Poland

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Bolesław II the Bold. Drawing by Jan Matejko.

Bolesław II the Bold (Polish: Bolesław Śmiały, also known as Szczodry, "the Generous," and Okrutny, "the Cruel"; 1039-1081) was duke of Poland 1058-1076, and king of Poland 1076-1079.

He gained again, after a pause, the royal crown to Poland in 1076, and recognition for the title. Rulers of Poland had long desired to be continuously kings as their neighbors in Hungary, but like their neighbors of Bohemia, they were only soccasionally granted recognition of it by their nominal liege lord, the Emperor.

Bolesław supported Pope Gregory VII in the latter's struggle with Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor; but in 1079 Bolesław assassinated as an alleged traitor the Bishop of Kraków, St. Stanisław Szczepanowski, in eerie anticipation of the similar martyrdom nearly a century later, in 1170, of England's Thomas Becket.

As a result of his murder of Bishop Stanisław, King Bolesław was deposed and forced into exile to Hungary, where he died in 1081. He was succeeded in power by his brother, Władysław I Herman.

Monarchs of Poland
Piast dynasty>Piast:	Siemowit > Lestko \| Siemomysł \| Mieszko I \| Bolesław I the Brave \| Mieszko II Lambert \| Bezprym \| Mieszko II Lambert \| Casimir I the Restorer \| Bolesław II the Bold \| Władysław I Herman \| Zbigniew of Poland \| Bolesław III Wrymouth \| Władysław II the Exile \| Bolesław IV the Curly \| Mieszko III the Old \| Casimir II the Just \| Leszek I the White \| Władysław III Spindleshanks \| Mieszko IV Tanglefoot \| Konrad I of Masovia \| Henryk I the Bearded \| Henryk II the Pious \| Konrad I of Masovia \| Bolesław V the Chaste \| Leszek II the Black \| Henryk IV Probus \| Przemysł II
Přemyslid dynasty>Přemyslid:	Václav II \| Václav III
Piast dynasty>Piast:	Władysław I the Elbow-high > Casimir III the Great
Angevin:	Ludwik the Hungarian \| Jadwiga Angevin
Jagiellon dynasty>Jagiellon:	Władysław II Jagiełło > Władysław III of Varna \| Casimir IV Jagiellon \| John I Albert \| Alexander Jagiellon \| Sigismund I the Old \| Sigismund II Augustus
Free election>Elected:	Henryk III Walezy \| Anna Jagiellon \| Stefan Batory \| Sigismund III Vasa \| Władysław IV Vasa \| John II Casimir \| Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki \| Jan III Sobieski \| August II the Strong \| Stanisław Leszczyński \| August II the Strong \| Stanisław Leszczyński \| August III the Saxon \| Stanisław August Poniatowski

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Boleslav II of Poland

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