Source: Maciej Mazur/Fakty TVN
The Sejm had no doubt that the coronation of Bolesław the Brave happened on April 18, but historians are not so sure at all. Chrobry himself did not know that he would get a nickname, and did not know that he was from the Piast dynasty, because this concept arose much later. It is certain that his kingdom was Poland.
With a big bang, the king of Greater Poland tracks entered the station in Gniezno. The occasional train with the image of Bolesław the Brave on the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the Polish Crown will now be traveling by the province.
– To bring the glory of this event wide and remind about it because we are proud – emphasized Wojciech Jankowiak, deputy marshal of the Greater Poland Voivodeship.
Read more: Ceremonial assembly of deputies and senators in Gniezno
What do we know about Bolesław the Brave?
Did Bolesław Chrobry know that he would get such a nickname? Chrobry – a brave, brave, brave. We are looking not in Gniezno, but in the Polish History Museum.
– I think he didn't know he was Brave. I think he had the feeling that he was great. (…) Chrobry thought about himself as a Polish ruler. This is commanded by his coin – answered Dr. Michał Oterski, a historian from the Museum of Polish History and the Institute of History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Bolesław the Brave coin with a crowned bird is the first historical source in which the name “Poland” appears. Just as we don't know what the bird is on it, we don't know how Brave looked like.
The most frequently reproduced image of Bolesław the Brave is a portrait by Jan Matejko. But maybe the eighteenth -century vision from Bacciarelli's mail is better? Or a similar portrait from the mid -nineteenth century? There is still a version of artificial intelligence. Chatgpt himself added to Bolesław the Brave Crown, although he was not asked for it.
Source: National Museum in Wrocław/Wmuzeach.pl/Royal Castle in Warsaw/Chatgpt
– Bolesław the Brave probably enjoyed the crown no more than about 7-8 weeks. We are sure that he died in June 1025 – said Dr. Michał Pilerski. – Most of the rule of Bolesław the Brave is a gradual, very tedious forging space for himself in history, for Bolesław the Brave, but also for Poland forging, cutting a place in Europe – the historian pointed out.
Source: Facts of TVN
Source of the main photo: National Museum in Wrocław