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Semi-legendary Polish Figure

Chościsko (Polish pronunciation: [xɔɕˈtɕiskɔ]) is a legendary figure in Polish prehistory, father of Piast the Wheelwright, the founder of the Piast dynasty. His name occurs in the first Polish chronicle, Cronicae et gesta ducum sive principum Polonorum by Gallus Anonymus, where the author refers three times to Piast as the son of Chościsko.

Chościsko's name is probably derived from a simplified pronunciation of the word Hastingsko derived from the term Hasding (meaning long-haired) which was difficult to pronounce in Old Slavonic. The other analysis suggests that Chościsko's name is probably derived from chost or chwost meaning tail in old Slavic.

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"Gallus Anonymous - POLISH CHRONICLE". 2009-01-25. Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
Wolfram Herwig, The Roman Empire and its Germanic Peoples, trans.Thomas Dunlap, Berkeley/Los Angeles/London, University of California Press,p.19

v t e Polish legendary rulers
Lech Krak Krak II Wizymir Lech II Wanda Leszko I Leszko II Leszko III Popiel I Popiel II Wysz Chościsko
These rulers supposedly ruled in the Early Middle Ages.

v t e Monarchs of Poland
Legendary	Lech I Krakus I Krakus II Lech II Wanda Leszko I Leszko II Leszko III Popiel I Popiel II Chościsko Piast the Wheelwright
Proto-historic (before 966)	Siemowit Lestek Siemomysł
Piast dynasty (966–1138)	Mieszko I Bolesław I the Brave Bezprym Mieszko II Lambert Bolesław the Forgotten Casimir I the Restorer Bolesław II the Bold Władysław I Herman Zbigniew Bolesław III Wrymouth
Fragmentation period (1138–1320)	Senior or Supreme Princes Władysław II the Exile Bolesław IV the Curly Mieszko III the Old Casimir II the Just Leszek the White Władysław III Spindleshanks Władysław Odonic Mieszko IV Tanglefoot Konrad I Henry the Bearded Henry II the Pious Bolesław the Horned Bolesław V the Chaste Leszek II the Black Henryk IV Probus Przemysł II See also: Dukes of Silesia Dukes of Greater Poland Dukes of Little Poland Dukes of Masovia Dukes of Kuyavia Dukes of Sieradz-Łęczyca Dukes of Gdańsk Pomerania Dukes of Pomerania
Přemyslid dynasty (1296–1306)	Wenceslaus II Wenceslaus III
Restored Piast dynasty (1320–1370)	Władysław I Łokietek Casimir III the Great
Capet-Anjou dynasty (1370-1399)	Louis I the Hungarian Jadwiga
Jagiellonian dynasty (1386–1572)	Władysław II Jagiełło Władysław III of Varna Casimir IV John I Albert Alexander I Sigismund I the Old Sigismund II Augustus
Elective monarchy (1572–1795)	Henry of Valois Anna Jagiellon Stephen Báthory Sigismund III Vasa Władysław IV Vasa John II Casimir Vasa Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki John III Sobieski Augustus II the Strong Stanisław I Augustus III Stanisław August Poniatowski
Duchy of Warsaw (1807–1815)	Frederick Augustus I
Romanov dynasty (1815–1917)	Alexander II Nicholas I Alexander III Alexander IV Nicholas II
Italics indicates monarch of questioned historicity

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