Janisław I Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Archbishop of Gniezno
Janisław
Birth Date:unknown
Death Date:1341
Church:Roman Catholic
Archdiocese:Gniezno
Enthroned:1317
Ended:1341
Coat Of Arms:POL COA Korab.svg
Coat Of Arms Alt:Coat of arms of Archbishop Janisław I
Predecessor:Borzysław I
Successor:Jarosław Bogoria

Janisław (unknown - 4 December 1341, Łęczyca) was an Archbishop of Gniezno 1317–41, having in 1317 succeeded Borzysław I. Janisław unconditionally supported the policy of reunification of Polish lands carried out by Władysław I the Elbow-high, whom he crowned King of Poland on 20 January 1320.[1]

In 1320-21 Janisław was one of the judges named by the Pope in the lawsuit of Inowrocław opposing the Teutonic Knights on the question of Gdańsk. On 25 April 1333 Janisław was crowned Casimir III of Poland, son and successor of Władysław I. In Warsaw (1339), the new lawsuit granted Poland Gdańsk against the Teutonic Knights, stating the principle that the King of Poland must rule Gdańsk on the grounds it had previously been Polish.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Dogiel . Maciej . Codex diplomaticus Regni Poloniae et Magni Ducatus Lituaniae . 1746 . Wilno . 65.
  2. Book: SYNODY DIECEZJALNE I PROWINCJONALNE GNIEŹNIEŃSKIE W XIV I XV WIEKU . KUL .