Władysław II the Exile
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This article refers to the 12th century Polish monarch. For the 14th century founder of the Jagiellon dynasty, see Władysław II Jagiełło, and for other monarchs with similar names, see Ladislaus II (disambiguation).Władysław II the Exile (
Polish:
Władysław II Wygnaniec;
Kraków,
Poland,
1105 â€"
May 30,
1159,
Altenburg,
Germany) was
High Duke of Poland,
1138-
1146. He was the son of
Bolesław III Wrymouth, Duke of Poland, and
Zbyslava, daughter of
Sviatopolk II of Kiev.
Władysław married
Agnes of Babenberg, of
Austria (
1125). They had a son,
Bolesław I the Tall,
Duke of Silesia; and a daughter,
Richeza of Poland, who married
Alfonso VII, King of
Castile and
Leon.
Following the death of his father,
Bolesław III Wrymouth, Władysław II, as his eldest son, became
High Duke of Poland. He controlled the high-ducal provinces of
Kraków and
Gniezno and also his hereditary province of
Silesia.
In 1145 he attempted to take control of the country, and mutilated the
voivode,
Piotr WÅ‚ostowic. In
1146 Władysław II was driven into exile by his younger brothers, and in
1159 he died in
Germany.
In
1163 the province of Silesia was granted to Władysław's sons by Poland's Duke
Bolesław IV the Curly. Subsequently Silesia was divided into as many as 17 separate duchies among Władysław's descendants and successors, until they died out in
1675.
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History of Poland (966-1385)*
Dukes of Silesia
