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Władysław III Spindleshanks of Poland

Type Figure Region Poland Time c. 1161–1231 Also known as Władysław the Thin-legged

Władysław III of Poland (c. 1161–1231), Piast high duke who succeeded his father Mieszko III in Greater Poland in 1202, holding the core of Greater P…

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  1. 1202–1206Kraków · Lesser PolandAfter his father Mieszko III died in 1202, he unified Greater Poland and became High Duke of Poland, also holding Kraków and Kalisz, becoming one of the most powerful Piast princes of the time.
  2. 1206–1209Poznań · Greater PolandAfter Leszek the White recaptured Kraków in 1206, Władysław withdrew to the Greater Polish heartland and also held the Lubusz march, with tense relations towards Konrad I of Masovia and his nephew Władysław Odonic.
  3. 1210Borzykowa · Greater PolandIn summer 1210 he attended the bishops' council at Borzykowa with Leszek the White, Henry I the Bearded, Konrad I, and Władysław Odonic, discussing the succession dispute triggered by a papal decree, as the older generation of princes attempted to intervene in the situation at Kraków.

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