Legendary rulers

Most of these rulers appear for the first time in chronicles from the 13th century.

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Name	Lifespan	Reign start	Reign end	Notes	Family	Image
Lech I	6th century	6th century	6th century	Legendary founder of the Polish nation	Lechites (tribe)
Krakus I Krak	8th century	8th century	8th century	Legendary founder of Kraków	Lechites (tribe)
Krakus II Krak II	8th century	8th century	8th century	According to the legend, he ruled in Kraków.	Lechites (tribe)
Lech II	8th century	8th century	8th century	According to the legend, he ruled in Kraków.	Lechites (tribe)
Wanda Wąda	8th century	8th century	8th century	Legendary daughter of Krakus	Lechites (tribe)
Leszko I Leszek I Duke	7th / 8th centuries	7th / 8th centuries	7th[1] / 8th centuries	A legendary ruler of the West Slavic ("proto-Polish") tribe of Goplans and Polans	Goplans and Polans (tribes)
Leszko II Leszek II Duke	8th century	8th century	8th century	A legendary duke of Polans	Popielids
Leszko III Leszek III Duke	8th century	8th century	8th century	A legendary duke of Polans	Popielids
Popiel I Duke	8th century	8th century	8th century	A legendary duke of Polans	Popielids
Popiel II Duke	9th century	9th century	9th century	A legendary ruler dethroned by Piast. He appears (without the number) in the oldest Polish chronicle, Gesta principum Polonorum from the early XII century.	Popielids
Piast the Wheelwright Polish: Piast Kołodziej Latin: Past Ckosisconis, Pazt filius Chosisconisu Duke	9th century	9th century	9th century	A legendary founder of the Piast dynasty. Son of Chościsko, father of Siemowit. He appears in the oldest Polish chronicle, Gesta principum Polonorum from the early XII century.	Piast

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Semi-legendary dukes of the Polans in Greater Poland

Several historians tend to believe that three legendary rulers of early Poland before Mieszko I might actually be historical persons. They appear in the oldest Polish chronicle, Gesta principum Polonorum from the early 12th century.

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Name	Lifespan	Reign start	Reign end	Notes	Family	Image
Siemowit Ziemowit Duke	9th century	9th century	9th century	Son of Piast the Wheelwright and Rzepicha	Piast
Lestek Leszek, Lestko Duke	9th / 10th centuries	9th / 10th centuries	9th / 10th centuries	Son of Siemowit	Piast
Siemomysł Ziemomysł Duke	10th century	10th century	10th century	Son of Lestek	Piast

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Piast dukes and kings

Fragmentation of the Kingdom of Poland, 1138–1314

Reunited Kingdom of Poland, 1314–1569

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The Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland was founded under Soviet protection on 31 December 1944 and recognised by the United States and the United Kingdom since 6 July 1945. It evolved into the Government of National Unity on 28 June 1945, and eventually into the Polish People's Republic on 19 February 1947.

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In 1952, the July Constitution abolished the office of president and made the Council of State the collective head of state, chairmen of which are listed below. Real power rested with the Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR), its Central Committee, and the secretary general/first secretary.

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• By the second half of 1989, the office of First Secretary, occupied at the time by Mieczysław Rakowski, ceased to hold any real power.

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