Boleslaw

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Bolesław (Polish: [bɔˈlɛ.swaf] ), Boleslaw, Boleslav or Boleslaus (in Latin), is a male given name of Slavic origin meaning great glory. Feminine forms of the name are Bolesława and Boleslava. It was the favoured dynastic name in the Polish Piast dynasty and also, to a considerably lesser extent, among the Czech Přemyslids. The name was used by the Piasts after being borrowed from Přemyslids through inheritance in the female line: The mother of the first Polish monarch of that name, Boleslaus the Brave, was the Czech princess Doubravka of Bohemia, whose father Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia and brother Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia bore the name Boleslav. Rulers of the Silesian line of the Piast dynasty were often known by the shortened version of the name, Bolko. In total, 45 kings and dukes from the House of Piast bore the name.