Władysław II the Exile

This article refers to the 12th century Polish monarch. For the 14th century founder of the Jagiellon dynasty, see Jogaila, and for other monarchs with similar names, see Ladislaus II (disambiguation).

Wladislaus II the Exile, (Polish: Władysław II Wygnaniec; Kraków, Duekedom of Poland (Kingdom of Poland), 1105 – May 30, 1159, Altenburg, Holy Roman Empire) 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.

In 1125 Wladislaus married Agnes of Babenberg, granddaughter of Emperor Henry IV. They had three sons: Bolesław I the Tall, Duke of Silesia; Mieszko I Tanglefoot, Duke of Opole; Konrad I of Głogów and a daughter, Richeza of Poland, who married Alfonso VII, King of Castile and León. They may have had a fourth son named Albert.

Biography

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. In 1146 he accepted overlordship by the emperor and became founder of the Silesian Piasts. He was banned by the bishop of Gniezno and mutilated the voivode, the Danish castellan Peter Wlast (Polish: Piotr Włostowic). Wladislaus was driven into exile in 1146 by his younger brothers, and in 1159 he died at the Altenburg Kaiserpfalz of Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa.

In 1163 Silesia was divided into Lower Silesia and Upper Silesia by Emperor Barbarossa, who installed two Dukes of Silesia, sons of Wladislaus and Agnes of Babenberg, who held their Silesian Duchies as fief of the empire. Subsequently Silesia was divided into as many as 17 separate duchies among their descendants and successors, until the Silesian Piasts died out with George William of Liegnitz-Brieg in 1675. At that time it was to be part of Brandenburg, according to Erbverbruederung (inheritance contract. However the Habsburg (kings and emperors of the Holy Roman Empire) kept it their possession.

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In 1146 Wladislaw accepts imperial souverainty (German)

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Legendary	Lech I Krakus I Krakus II Lech II Wanda Leszko I Leszko II Leszko III Popiel I Popiel II Chościsko Piast the Wheelwright
Proto-historic	Siemowit Lestek Siemomysł
Piast dynasty	Mieszko I Bolesław I the Brave Bezprym Mieszko II Lambert Bolesław the Forgotten Casimir I the Restorer Bolesław II the Bold Władysław I Herman Zbigniew Bolesław III Wrymouth
Fragmentation period	Senior or Supreme Princes Władysław II the Exile Bolesław IV the Curly Mieszko III the Old Casimir II the Just Leszek the White Władysław III Spindleshanks Władysław Odonic Mieszko IV Tanglefoot Konrad I Henry the Bearded Henry II the Pious Bolesław the Horned Bolesław V the Chaste Leszek II the Black Henryk IV Probus Przemysł II See also: Dukes of Silesia Dukes of Greater Poland Dukes of Little Poland Dukes of Masovia Dukes of Kuyavia Dukes of Sieradz-Łęczyca Dukes of Gdańsk Pomerania Dukes of Pomerania
Přemyslid dynasty	Wenceslaus II Wenceslaus III
Restored Piast dynasty	Władysław I Łokietek Casimir III the Great
Capet-Anjou dynasty	Louis I the Hungarian Jadwiga
Jagiellonian dynasty	Władysław II Jagiełło Władysław III of Varna Casimir IV John I Albert Alexander Sigismund I the Old Sigismund II Augustus
Elective monarchy	Henry of Valois Anna Jagiellon Stephen Báthory Sigismund III Vasa Władysław IV Vasa John II Casimir Vasa Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki John III Sobieski Augustus II the Strong Stanisław I Augustus III Stanisław August Poniatowski
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