WłADYSłAW II THE EXILE

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'Władysław II the Exile', (Polish: '''Władysław II Wygnaniec'''; Kraków, Poland, 1105 – 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 León.

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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, the Danish castellan Peter Wlast (Polish: Piotr Włostowic). 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 the Silesian Piasts died out with Georg Wihelm of Liegnitz Brieg (George IV William of Legnica) in 1675.

See also

★ History of Poland (966-1385)

★ Dukes of Silesia