Christianization of Poland

Date: April 14, 966 • Location: Rome, Italy

Following his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.

Doubravka of Bohemia, Dobrawa was a Bohemian princess of the Přemyslid dynasty and Duchess of the Polans by her marriage to Mieszko I of Poland.