Editing List of Polish monarchs (section)

== Debatable rulers ==
{{further|Polans (western)|Greater Poland}}
The three direct predecessors of Mieszko I are known only from the account of [[Gallus Anonymus]], who wrote the oldest Polish chronicle, {{Lang|la|[[Gesta principum Polonorum]]}} at the beginning of the 12th century. Though their historicity was once debatable, now historians tend to consider them actually existing rulers.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jasiński|first=Kazimierz|title=Rodowód pierwszych Piastów|year=1992|location=Wrocław-Warszawa|pages=46}}</ref>
{{Nobility table header|extra column=Claim !! House !! Ref.}}

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| Duke<br /><big>[[Siemowit|{{nowrap|'''Siemowit'''}}]]</big><br /><small>also '''Ziemowit'''</small><br /><br />9th century
| [[File:Siemowit (99006958).jpg|100px|Imaginary depiction of Siemowit by Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski]]
| 9th century<br />Presumed son of [[Piast the Wheelwright]]<br />and [[Rzepicha]]
| Unknown
| 9th century
| Named the [[Duke of the Polans]] after his father, Piast the Wheelwright, refused to take the place of legendary Duke [[Popiel II|Popiel]]<hr />Elected
| [[House of Piast|Piast]]
| <ref name="Roszko1980">{{cite book|author=Janusz Roszko|title=Kolebka Siemowita|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4tNBAAAAYAAJ|access-date=29 February 2012|year=1980|isbn=978-83-207-0090-9|page=170|publisher=Iskry }}</ref>

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| Duke<br /><big>[[Lestek|{{nowrap|'''Lestek'''}}]]</big><br /><small>also '''Leszek''' or '''Lestko'''</small><br />9th century<br />{{ndash}}<br />10th century
| [[File:Lestek (99006975).jpg|100px|Imaginary depiction of Lestek by Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski]]
| {{c.|870}}{{ndash}}880<br />Presumed son of [[Siemowit]]
| Unknown
| {{c.|930}}{{ndash}}950
| Named the [[Duke of the Polans]] after succeeding his father<hr />Succession
| [[House of Piast|Piast]]
| <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5bxAAAAMAAJ&q=lestek+950|title = Quaestiones Medii Aevi Novae|year = 2000|publisher = Wydawn. DiG}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TnHDPbau3Q4C&dq=lestek+870&pg=PA908|isbn=9783110947977|title=Polski Indeks Biograficzny|date=18 May 2012|publisher=Walter de Gruyter}}</ref>

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| Duke<br /><big>[[Siemomysł|{{nowrap|'''Siemomysł'''}}]]</big><br /><small>also '''Ziemomysł'''<br />Latin: '''Zemomislaus'''</small><br />10th century<br />{{ndash}}<br />{{c.|950}}/960
| [[File:Siemomysl (99007021).jpg|100px|Imaginary depiction of Siemomysł by Walery Eljasz-Radzikowski]]
| {{c.|900}}<br />Presumed son of [[Lestek]]
| Unknown
| {{c.|950}}{{ndash}}960
| Named the [[Duke of the Polans]] after succeeding his father<hr />Succession
| [[House of Piast|Piast]]
| <ref>{{Cite book
  | last = Lukowski
  | first = Jerzy
  | author2 = Hubert Zawadzki
  | title = A Concise History of Poland
  | publisher = Cambridge University Press
  | year = 2006
  | pages = [https://archive.org/details/concisehistoryof00luko/page/n38 3]–4
  | url = https://archive.org/details/concisehistoryof00luko
  | isbn = 978-0-521-61857-1
  | url-access = registration
  }}</ref>
|}