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435:Excerpts from the Gallus Anonymus' chronicle
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344:kings gradually usurped political control.
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810:Dukes of Little Poland
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259:ever full of plenty
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418:29 February
342:Merovingian
278:Polish king
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197:that ruled
179:Piast Oracz
46:Predecessor
1064:861 deaths
1053:Categories
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574:Leszko III
446:2009-04-02
348:References
215:lithograph
191:progenitor
941:Alexander
865:Restored
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592:Chościsko
587:Popiel II
567:Leszko II
539:Krakus II
516:Legendary
330:majordomo
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326:piastun
285:Gniezno
193:of the
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289:Polans
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183:Piast
151:Latin
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