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Henry II the Pious

Also called: Henryk II Pobożny

High Duke of Poland and Duke of Silesia, killed fighting the Mongols at the Battle of Legnica in 1241

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    1241Battle of Legnicacommander

    A Mongol column of Batu’s army that entered Poland defeated a Polish and German knightly army under Henry II the Pious at Legnica. Henry was killed.

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  • The Mongol Conquests1206 – 1294

    From the rise of Genghis Khan to the Yuan conquest of the Song — eighty years in which the Mongols swept Eurasia from Goryeo to Hungary