Person
Przemysl II
King of Poland
Przemyl II (also given in English and Latin as Premyslas or Premislaus, Polish: Przemyslor less properly Przemyslaw) (14 October 1257 – 8 February 1296), is the Duke of Poznań during 1257 -1279, of Greater Poland during 1279-1296, of Kraków during 1290-1291 and Gdańsk Pomerania (Pomerelia) during 1294-1296, and then King of Poland from 1295 until his death.
After a long period of polish High Dukes, and two nominal kings, he is the first to obtain the hereditary title of King, and for Poland the rank of Kingdom.