Gunter Prus was

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in 1223 and again from 1227 to 1232. Born into the Prus

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, he was

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and

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Płock Płock (pronounced ), officially the Ducal Capital City of Płock, is a city in central Poland, on the Vistula river, in the Masovian Voivodeship. According to the data provided by Central Statistical Office (Poland), GUS on 31 December 2021, the ...

. Following the death of

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Gedko Sasinowic Gedko Sasinowic (''Gedko, son of Sasin'') (died 1223) was a medieval Bishop of Płock. Born into the Ogończyk nobile family. He was son of Sasin and nephew of Żyro. Gedko, bishop of Kraków, was his father's cousin. He was made provost of t ...

, he contended – supported by

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Konrad I of Masovia Konrad I of Masovia (ca. 1187/88 – 31 August 1247), from the Polish Piast dynasty, was the sixth Duke of Masovia and Kuyavia from 1194 until his death as well as High Duke of Poland from 1229 to 1232 and again from 1241 to 1243. Life Konrad w ...

– for the

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against his rival

Jan Gozdawita Jan of the Gozdawa coat of arms (???-1227) was bishop of Płock from 1225 to 1227. After the death of Bishop Gedko in 1223, the Płock Cathedral chapter were at an impasse in the choice of his successor. Some supported Jan, the others Gunter. Th ...

who died in 1227. His

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saw him oppose the

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encourage Duke Konrad, recall the

to Polish landsS. Orgelbranda ''Encyklopedja powszechna z ilustracjami i mapami, tom VI, od litery G do Herburty. Wydawnictwo Towarzystwa Akcyjnego Odlewni Czcionek i Drukarni S. Orgelbranda Synów'', Warszawa, 1900 p. 425 (431).
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(2012-11-18). and militarily oppose the neighbouring, pagan

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who were

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and slaving in Polish territory at the time. Jan Nep. Bobrowicz ''Herbarz polski Kaspra Niesieckiego powiększony dodatkami z późniejszych autorów, rękopismów, dowodów urzędowych i wydany przez''; vol. VII

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, 1841; pp. 519-520. He died in 1232 in

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on a

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, and he was buried in

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