Baptism of Mieszko I

Timeline

1. c. 965–966Bohemia–Poland borderlands · Central EuropeMieszko I married Dobrava, sister of Boleslav I, Duke of Bohemia, forming a political alliance. Later tradition regarded the marriage as an important diplomatic opportunity that prompted Poland to accept Christianity.
2. c. 966Gniezno · Greater PolandMieszko I received Christian baptism, formally bringing the Polish polity into the Latin Christian cultural sphere. This changed the pattern of its relations with surrounding pagan or Orthodox powers.
3. c. 966–992Poland's core territories · PolandAfter the baptism, Poland gradually established dioceses and church institutions, promoting the conversion of its subjects. Christianity became an important symbol of royal legitimacy and foreign relations, laying the foundation for the later Polish kingdom's system.