Editing Mieszko I (section)

===Late reign, death and succession===
[[File:Złota Kaplica. Pomnik Mieszka I i Bolesława I Chrobrego.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Monumental tomb of Mieszko I and [[Bolesław I Chrobry|Bolesław I]] by [[Christian Daniel Rauch]]]]

During his last years of life Mieszko remained loyal to the alliance with the Holy Roman Empire. In 991 he arrived at a gathering in [[Quedlinburg]], where he participated in the customary exchange of gifts with Otto III and Empress Theophanu. In the same year he took part in a joint expedition with the young king to [[Brandenburg]].

Mieszko died on 25 May 992.<ref>''Thietmari chronicon'', vol. IV chap. 58</ref> Sources give no reasons to believe that his death occurred from causes other than natural. According to Thietmar the Polish ruler died "in an old age, overcame with fever". Probably he was buried in the [[Archcathedral Basilica of St. Peter and St. Paul, Poznań|Poznań Cathedral]]. The remains of the first historical ruler of Poland have never been found and the place of his burial is not known with certainty.<ref>In 1951 the historian [[Helena Zoll-Adamikowa]] examined the alleged resting place of Mieszko, but found no signs of burial. It is not certain that the Cathedral had already been built before Mieszko's death, and the first mention of this as his burial place comes only from the chronicles of [[Jan Długosz]].</ref> In 1836–1837 a [[cenotaph]] was built for Mieszko I and his successor Bolesław I the Brave in the Golden Chapel ({{langx|pl|Złota Kaplica}}) at the Poznań Cathedral, where the damaged remains found in the 14th-century tomb of Bolesław were placed.

According to Thietmar Mieszko I divided his state before his death among a number of princes. They were probably his sons: Bolesław I the Brave, Mieszko and Lambert.

In 1999 the archeologist [[Hanna Kóčka-Krenz]] located what's left of Mieszko's palace-chapel complex in [[Poznań]].<ref>[http://www.warsawvoice.pl/view/19046 The Warsaw Voice – In brief (30 October 2008)]</ref>