BS, Poland, FIRST king, Boleslaw I Chrobry (Bold), bronze, Olszewska-Borys

Description: This medal is a part of my Polish medals collection Visit my page with the offers, please. You will find many interesting items related to this subject. The Royal Series of Ewa Olszewska-Borys Artist – Ewa Olszewska Borys (the winner of the prestigious Saltus Award), FIDEM- member since 1969, Vice-President of FIDEM (1987-2000) That series consists of 43 medals; I can offer the complete Royal Series. If you are interested, please, contact me. The Royal Series of Ewa Olszewska-Borys The Royal Series is represented in the collection of the BRITISH MUSEUM and the VATICAN MUSEUM. The “Royal Series” designed by Ewa Olszewska-Borys was emitted in 1985-2003 upon the initiative of the Koszalin Branch of the Polish Numismatic Society. The series is composed of 43 medals (70 mm), struck in tombac, silver-plated and patina versions, and in finest silver. The number of some of the medals from the series exceeded 3000 copies although some have been minted in very low nomber and they are still sought by collectors. The obverses of the medals depicting the royal portraits were based on the “Gallery of Kings and Dukes” drawn by Jan Matejko, the great Polish nineteenth-century historical painter. These portraits appear in an illusive, spatial relief, typical for the author. An equally spatial treatment, symptomatic for sculpture, was applied in the case of architecture, visible on the reverses, usually sacral and historically associated with a given ruler or originating from the time of his reign. Ewa Olszewska-Borys spent eighteen years working on a royal portrait gallery, executing successively two or three medals annually. The series is artistically cohesive and authentic owing to the fact that was created in a natural manner, parallel to the other works of the author, and in accordance with her own sculpture vision, stemming from a perception of space, included into the arrangement of forms and endowed with a concrete, material shape. The first historic king of Poland King Boleslaw I Chrobry (the Brave), 966-1025 Bolesław I the Brave (Polish: Bolesław I Chrobry; 966 or 967 - June 17, 1025), in the past also known as Bolesław I the Great, in Polish: Bolesław I Wielki ), of the Piast Dynasty — son of Mieszko I and of his first wife, the Bohemian princess Dobrawa — ruled as Duke of Poland, 992-1025, and as King of Poland in 1025. A massif medal with extremely high relief and modeling av. The portrait of king Boleslaw Chroby (the Brave) rv. The Coronation Sword of Polish Kings – The “Szczerbiec” diameter - 70 mm (2 ¾ “) weight – 127.50 gr, (4.40 oz) metal – bronze, silver plated In 984 Bolesław married Rikdaga, daughter of Rikdag (Riddag, Ricdag), Margrave of Meißen. Subsequently he married Judith, daughter of Geza, Grand Duke of Hungary; then Enmilda, daughter of Dobromir, Duke of Lusatia (their daughter Regelinde became the wife of Hermann of Meißen); and lastly Oda von Haldensleben, another daughter of the Margrave of Meißen. His wives bore him sons, including Bezprym, Mieszko II and Otton; and a daughter, Mathilde. After his father's death around 992, Bolesław was able to expel his father's second wife, Oda, and her sons, and unite the country again. In 997 Bolesław sent Saint Adalbert of Prague to Prussia, on the Baltic Sea, on a mission to convert the heathen Prussians to Christianity — an attempt that would end in Adalbert's martyrdom and subsequent canonization. In 1000, Emperor Otto III, while on pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Adalbert at Gniezno, invested Bolesław with the title Frater et Cooperator Imperii ("Brother and Partner in the Empire"). Some historians state that the Emperor also pledged a royal crown to Bolesław. During that same visit, Otto III accepted Gniezno's status as an archbishopric (see Congress of Gniezno). After the untimely death of Otto III at age 22 in 1002, Bolesław conquered Meißen and Lusatia, wresting imperial territory for himself during the disputes over succession to the Imperial throne. He and his father had earlier backed Henry II, Duke of Bavaria against Otto, and Bolesław now accepted the accession, as Emperor, of Henry II, son of the earlier Henry. Bolesław conquered, and made himself Duke of, Bohemia and Moravia in 1003 - 1004, ruling as Boleslav IV. At the request of his son-in-law Sviatopolk I of Kiev, the Polish duke intervened in Kievan affairs: not only did he expel Yaroslav the Wise from Kiev, but possibly he deployed his troops in Rus' capital for about half a year (see Kiev Expedition). It was during this campaign that Bolesław annexed the Red Strongholds, later called Red Ruthenia. The intermittent wars with the Holy Roman Empire ended with the Peace of Bautzen in 1018, which left Sorbian Meißen and Lusatia in Polish hands. Emperor Henry II obliged Bolesław to pledge his fealty again in exchange for the lands that he held in fief. After Henry's death in 1024, Bolesław crowned himself king (1025), thus raising Poland to the rank of a kingdom and being the first Polish king, his predecessors having been "princes". His successors as rulers of Poland long desired to be continuously kings, like their neighbors in Hungary, but like their neighbors of Bohemia, they were only occasionally granted such recognition by their nominal liege lord, the Emperor, or any such international recognition. Bolesław sent an army to aid his friend — probably also his nephew — Canute the Great in his conquest of England. Bolesław's son, Mieszko II, crowned himself king immediately upon his father's death. Szczerbiec Szczerbiec, (literally notched sword) is a sword that was traditionally used in the coronation ceremony of Polish kings. It is the last surviving part of the Polish Crown Jewels - the crown and other items were lost during numerous wars in the past. Although according to the legend it was used by Bolesław I Chrobry (Boleslaus the Brave, 992-1025), who notched it when hitting the Golden Gate of Kyiv in 1018, it was most probably made in the 12th century, possibly for prince Konrad of Masovia. The Golden Gate was constructed in 1037, some time after Chrobry allegedly went to Kyiv. Szczerbiec was used during coronations from the time of Władysław Łokietek to the time of partitions (around 1792). After the partitions, it was first captured by Prussians, who in 1796 took it to Berlin. Later it found itself in Russia. Finally in 1928 Russia gave it back to Poland, in accordance with the Treaty of Riga. At the outbreak of the Polish Defensive War of 1939 (World War II) it was evacuated from Poland to France. Then in 1940 it was evacuated to Canada, together with the gold deposits of the Polish banks. It came back to Poland in 1959. Szczerbiec has been adopted as a badge symbol by many Polish patriotic organisations. It is currently on display in the Wawel Royal Castle Museum, Kraków.

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