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- ↑ "Qui omnem illorum patriam depopulatus ducem eorum nomine Lechonem occidit".Annales Regni Francorum, online: http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/annalesregnifrancorum.html
- ↑ Dušan Třeštík, Vznik Velké Moravy. Moravané, Čechové a střední Evropa v letech 791-871. Praha 2001, s. 116, ISBN 80-7106-482-3
- ↑ Gerard Labuda, Organizacje państwowe Słowian zachodnich w okresie kształtowania się państwa polskiego (od VI do połowy X wieku), [in] Początki Państwa Polskiego. Księga Tysiąclecia, t. 1, Poznań 1962, s. 49; H. Łowmiański, Początki Polski, t. 4, Warszawa 1970, s. 399
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