Boleslaus V of Poland

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Bolesław Wstydliwy

Boleslaus the Chaste or the Shy (Polish: Bolesław Wstydliwy) (21 June 1226 O.S. – 7 December 1279 O.S.) was the son of Leszek the White. Several years after the death of Henry the Pious at the battle of Legnica (1241), he became king in Kraków, and thereby the predominant prince of the deeply partitioned Poland.

He was married to Kinga or Cunegunda, daughter of the Hungarian king Béla IV. According to medieval chronicles the marriage was never consummated. Kinga, being extremely pious, was averse to fulfilling her marital duties. At first Bolesław tried to convince her to change her mind, but she did not accept. Then he reluctantly accepted the situation. His religious convictions forbade him to take a mistress. That is why he obtained the nick name "the Chaste" or "the Shy".

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The Majestatic Seal of Bolesław Wstydliwy

Under his reign the town of Kraków, destroyed by the Tartars in 1241, was refounded, and mainly settled with German colonists. The new town was built according to a regular chess board pattern (the "location" of 1257).

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Siemowit • Lestko • Siemomysł • Mieszko I • Boleslaus I the Brave • Mieszko II Lambert • Bezprym • Mieszko II Lambert • Casimir I the Restorer • Boleslaus II the Generous • Wladislaus I Herman • Zbigniew • Boleslaus III the Wrymouth • Wladislaus II the Exile • Boleslaus IV the Curly • Mieszko III the Old • Casimir II the Just • Leszek I the White • Wladislaus III Spindleshanks • Leszek I the White • Mieszko IV Plątonogi • Leszek I the White • Wladislaus III Spindleshanks • Konrad I of Masovia • Henry I the Bearded • Henry II the Pious • Konrad I of Masovia • Boleslaus V the Chaste • Leszek II the Black • Henry IV Probus • Przemysł II • Wenceslaus II • Wenceslaus III • Wladislaus I the Elbow-high • Casimir III the Great • Louis of Hungary • Jadwiga • Wladislaus II Jagiełło • Wladislaus III of Varna • Casimir IV the Jagiellonian • John I Olbracht • Alexander the Jagiellonian • Sigismund I the Old • Sigismund II Augustus • Henry Valois • Stephen Báthory • Sigismund III Vasa • Wladislaus IV Vasa • John II Casimir • Michael Korybut Wiśniowiecki • John III Sobieski • Augustus II the Strong • Stanislaus I Leszczyński • Augustus II the Strong • Stanislaus I Leszczyński • Augustus III • Stanislaus II Augustus Poniatowski

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