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Władysław I Łokietek

Type Figure Region Poland Time 1260–1333 Also known as Władysław I Łokietek、Wladyslaw I the Elbow-high、Władysław I the Short、Łokietek

King of Poland (reigned 1320–1333), lived 1260–1333; before his 1320 coronation he contended with Bohemia, Brandenburg, and the Teutonic Knights from…

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  1. 1301–1304Lesser Poland · Lesser PolandBetween 1300 and 1304 Władysław contested sovereignty over Poland with King Wenceslas II of Bohemia. In 1301–1304 he maintained an independent power base in Lesser Poland, but failed to prevent Wenceslas's control of Kraków, and Poland remained divided.
  2. 1305–1306Kraków · KrakówAfter the death of Wenceslas II in 1305, Władysław at one point allied with the new Bohemian king Wenceslas III against Brandenburg. In 1306 Władysław advanced and occupied Kraków, bringing Poland's traditional capital under his control, a key step toward his later unification of Poland.
  3. 1307–1310Gdańsk · GdańskIn 1308 the Teutonic Knights took advantage of Poland's internal turmoil to seize Gdańsk and carry out a massacre; though Władysław could not immediately recover it, between 1307 and 1310 he continued to check the Knights diplomatically and militarily, seeking support from the papacy and Hungary, accumulating strength to recover lost territories after his coronation in 1320.

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