Mieszko the Younger Mieszko the Younger Mieszko the Younger (also known as of Kalisz) () (between 1160 and 1165 – 2 August 1193) was a Duke of Kalisz since 1191 until his death. He was the second child (but fourth-born son) of Mieszko III the Old, Duke of Greater Poland and since 1173 High Duke of Poland, by his second wife Eudoxia, daughter of Grand Prince Iziaslav II of Kiev. We do not know when he was born. His older brother, Bolesław, was born in 1159, while his younger brother Władysław Laskonogi was alive in 1166 or 1167. Mieszko appeared for the first
Mieszko I Tanglefoot p. 876). This is the oldest preserved record of the Mieszko's nickname in the form of "Plątonogi". From 1146, after the deposition of his father, Mieszko and his family mainly lived in the town of Altenburg in Saxony, which was granted as a temporary possession to Władysław II by his brother-in-law, King Conrad III of Germany. During his time in exile, Mieszko studied in Michaelsberg and Bamberg. However, the supposed temporary exile was, for the deposed High Duke, for good; he died in Altenburg in 1159. His sons continued the fight to recover their inheritance, and finally three years later,