Piast the Wheelwright

Piast the Wheelwright
Portrait of Piast the Wheelwright
Duke of the Polans
PredecessorPopiel
SuccessorSiemowit
Born740/741?
Died861? (claimed age 120)
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) was a legendary figure in medieval Poland (9th century AD), the progenitor of the Piast dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of Poland.