Siemowit
Template:Infobox royalty Siemowit (Polish pronunciation: [ɕɛˈmɔvit], also Ziemowit [ʑɛˈmɔvit]) was, according to the chronicles of Gallus Anonymus, the son of Piast the Wheelwright and Rzepicha. He is considered to be the first ruler of the Piast dynasty.<ref>K. Jasiński, Rodowód pierwszych Piastów, p. 47.</ref>
He became the Duke of the Polans in the 9th century after his father, Piast the Wheelwright, son of Chościsko, refused to take the place of legendary Duke Popiel. Siemowit was elected as new duke by the wiec.<ref name="Roszko1980">Template:Cite book</ref> According to a popular legend, Popiel was then eaten by mice in his tower on Gopło lake.<ref name = "Marvels">Template:Cite book</ref>
The only mention of Siemowit, along with his son, Lestek, and grandson, Siemomysł, comes in the medieval chronicle of Gallus Anonymus.<ref name="Gall">Template:In lang Template:Cite book</ref>
Siemowit's great-grandson, Mieszko I, was the first Christian ruler of Poland.