Piast the Wheelwright

Piast the Wheelwright
Piast
Portrait of Piast the Wheelwright
Duke of the Polans
PredecessorPopiel
SuccessorSiemowit
Born740/741?[1]
Died861 (claimed age 120)[1]
SpouseRzepicha
IssueSiemowit
HousePiast (founder)
FatherChościsko
ReligionSlavic paganism

Piast the Wheelwright (c. 740/741? – 861 AD; Polish: Piast Kołodziej [ˈpʲast kɔˈwɔd͡ʑɛj], Piast Oracz, i.e. Piast the Plower, or Piast; Piast Chościskowic, Latin: Past Ckosisconis, Pazt filius Chosisconisu[2][3]) was a legendary figure in medieval Poland (9th century AD), the progenitor of the Piast dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Poland.[4]

Legend

The angels visit the home of Piast the Wheelwright (lithograph, c. 1860)

Piast makes an appearance in the Polish Chronicle of Gallus Anonymus,[5] along with his father, Chościsko, and Piast's wife, Rzepicha.

The chronicle tells the story of an unexpected visit paid to Piast by two strangers. They ask to join Piast's family in celebration of the 7th birthday (a pagan rite of passage for young boys) of Piast's son, Siemowit. In return for the hospitality, the guests cast a spell making Piast's cellar ever full of plenty. Seeing this, Piast's compatriots declare him their new prince, to replace the late Prince Popiel.

If Piast really existed, he would have been the great-great-grandfather of Prince Mieszko I (c. 930–92), the first historic ruler of Poland, and the great-great-great-grandfather of Bolesław I the Brave (967–1025), the first Polish king.

The legendary Piasts were native of Gniezno, a well-fortified castle town founded between the eighth and ninth century, within the tribal territory of the Polans.[6]

According to legend, he died in 861 aged 120 years.[1]

Legacy

Monument to Piast Kołodziej in Złotów

In over 1,000 years of Polish history no one else bore the name Piast.[7]

Two theories explain the etymology of the word Piast. The first gives the root as piasta ("[wheel] hub" in Polish), a reference to his profession. The second relates Piast to piastun ("custodian" or "keeper"). This could hint at Piast's initial position as a majordomo, or a "steward of the house", in the court of another ruler, and the subsequent takeover of power by Piast. This would parallel the development of the early medieval Frankish dynasties, when the Mayors of the Palace of the Merovingian kings gradually usurped political control.

References

  1. ^ a b c Prichard, James C. (1836). Researches into the Physical History of Mankind. Vol. 1. London: Houlston and Stoneman. pp. 11–5 ff.
  2. ^ Badania krytyczno-historyczne i literackie by Jozafat Bolesław Ostrowski, 1870 (Polish)
  3. ^ Polish cognomen “Chościskowic” and its Latin versions of “Ckosisconis” and “filius Chosisconisu” (lit. son of Chosisco) refer to his father, supposedly named “Chościsko”
  4. ^ Norman Davies (23 August 2001). Heart of Europe: The Past in Poland's Present. Oxford University Press. p. 249. ISBN 978-0-19-280126-5. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  5. ^ Excerpts from the Gallus Anonymus' chronicle, PL: Gimnazjum, archived from the original on 2009-01-25, retrieved 2009-04-02.
  6. ^ Dzięcioł, W. (1966). The origins of Poland. London: Veritas.
  7. ^ [1] No person bore the name Piast

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