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Władysław Odonic

Type Figure Region Greater Poland Time c. 1190–1239 Also known as Odonic

Duke of Greater Poland (c. 1229–1239), a Piast who contended for dominance among the Polish principalities in the 1230s;…

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  1. c. 1190–1229Poznań · PoznańSon of Władysław Spicymir, he contested the Greater Poland inheritance against his uncle Władysław III and cousins in the 1210s–1220s; around 1229 he established control over parts of Greater Poland but faced sustained pressure from Henry I's Silesian family and Conrad of Masovia.
  2. 1231–1234Gniezno · GnieznoHe repeatedly fought Henry I (Silesia) and his son Henry II during the 1230s, losing Poznań in 1231–1233 and going into exile; his power partially recovered after the 1234 Treaty of Kruszwica, but the central Polish principalities remained divided and opposed.
  3. 1235–1239Poznań · PoznańAfter 1235 he regained control around Poznań and Gniezno, still contending with the new Silesian duke Henry II in the late 1230s; he died in 1239, and his son Przemysł I (later called 'the Restorer') inherited Greater Poland and continued maneuvering against Silesia and Masovia.

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