When Bolesław I Piast Duke of Cieszyn was born about 1363, his father, Przemysław I Noszak Piast, was 30 and his mother, Elżbieta Piast, was 16. He married Małgorzata Przemyślida on 1 January 1406. He died on 6 May 1431, in Cieszyn, Cieszyn, Silesia, Poland, at the age of 69, and was buried in Cieszyn, Kraków, Poland.
North German: occupational name from Middle Low German pravest ‘provost’. See also Provost .
German: nickname for an ostentatious person, from Middle High German brast ‘pageantry, show, display’.
Austrian German: dialect form of Propst .
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