# Slavic tribal rulers - Tribal chieftains

URL: https://poland-history.com/rulers/slavic-tribal-rulers
Reign: c. 550–c. 960
Dynasty: Slavic Tribes
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_tribes

Early West Slavic tribes such as the Polans, Vistulans, Masovians, Silesians, Lendians and Pomeranians were led by local chiefs and elders before the Piast state united most of them.

## Succession
- Preceded by: [Peoples of the Roman and Migration periods](https://poland-history.com/rulers/peoples-of-the-roman-and-migration-periods)
- Succeeded by: [Lech](https://poland-history.com/rulers/lech)

## Timeline events during this reign
- 550 - [Early Slavs settle the Polish lands](https://poland-history.com/timeline/550-early-slavs-settle-the-polish-lands)
- 600 - [Slavic settlement reaches the Baltic](https://poland-history.com/timeline/600-slavic-settlement-reaches-the-baltic)
- 650 - [Legend of Lech and the white eagle](https://poland-history.com/timeline/650-legend-of-lech-and-the-white-eagle)
- 700 - [Legend of Krakus and the Wawel Dragon](https://poland-history.com/timeline/700-legend-of-krakus-and-the-wawel-dragon)
- 720 - [Krakus Mound is raised](https://poland-history.com/timeline/720-krakus-mound-is-raised)
- 740 - [Legend of Princess Wanda](https://poland-history.com/timeline/740-legend-of-princess-wanda)
- 800 - [Network of fortified gords expands](https://poland-history.com/timeline/800-network-of-fortified-gords-expands)
- 845 - [Bavarian Geographer lists tribes of the region](https://poland-history.com/timeline/845-bavarian-geographer-lists-tribes-of-the-region)
- 850 - [Legend of Popiel and the mice](https://poland-history.com/timeline/850-legend-of-popiel-and-the-mice)
- 860 - [Piast the Wheelwright founds a dynasty](https://poland-history.com/timeline/860-piast-the-wheelwright-founds-a-dynasty)
- 875 - [Vistulans submit to Great Moravia](https://poland-history.com/timeline/875-vistulans-submit-to-great-moravia)
- 880 - [Siemowit expands the Polans' lands](https://poland-history.com/timeline/880-siemowit-expands-the-polans-lands)
- 900 - [Wolin becomes a Baltic trading emporium](https://poland-history.com/timeline/900-wolin-becomes-a-baltic-trading-emporium)
- 920 - [Polans build a state around Gniezno and Poznań](https://poland-history.com/timeline/920-polans-build-a-state-around-gniezno-and-poznan)
- 930 - [Masovians along the middle Vistula](https://poland-history.com/timeline/930-masovians-along-the-middle-vistula)
- 950 - [Siemomysł rules the Polans](https://poland-history.com/timeline/950-siemomysl-rules-the-polans)
- 960 - [Mieszko I becomes ruler of the Polans](https://poland-history.com/timeline/960-mieszko-i-becomes-ruler-of-the-polans)