However, since Bolesław did not wish to break up the kingdom, Mieszko's brothers received nothing from their father's legacy.

However assuming that Mieszko I took control of Lesser Poland in 990 ( which is likely ), than Bolesław I was bestowed the rule in Lesser Poland by his father but without its territory being included in the Polish realm.

However, the unexpected death of Otto III in 1002 and the reorientation of the Holy Roman Empire politics by his successor Henry II, the wedding is delayed until 1012, when Bolesław I demanded the wedding and sent his son to Germany with gifts to his bride's family, who at that time quarreled with Henry II for Mathilde's dowry.

However, due to the flight from Poland of his older brother Bolesław II the Bold in 1079, he was elevated to the rank of Duke of Poland.

However, the powerful magnates of the country feared a strong central government like the one that existed under Bolesław I's rule.

However, this arrangement fell apart when upon the death of Bolesław III and his testament the fragmentation of Poland began, which decisively enfeebled its central authority.

However, after the withdrawal of the German army, they came back to Hungary followed by troops King Bolesław II of Poland, their maternal cousin, provided them.

However, the Junior Dukes in this first struggle were definitely defeated, because the Kievan Grand Prince Vsevolod II decided to made an alliance with Władysław II, reinforced by the marriage of Vsevolod's daughter Zvenislava with the High Duke's eldest son Bolesław I the Tall.

However, is known that Władysław Odonic took care properly for the upbringing of his offspring, evidenced by the fact that Bolesław, like his older brother Przemysł I, was able to read and write Latin.

However in 1085, likely due to the pressure of the barons, Duke Władysław I recalled Mieszko Bolesławowic the only son of the deposed Bolesław II from his exile in Hungary.

However, it seems that the transfer of power to Bolesław III took place in early 1107, when Zbigniew was still in Masovia as a vassal.

However, in earlier historiography, it was theorised that the Polish prince who lived in the hermitage of Ravenna was Lambert, son of Mieszko I or an unknown son of Bolesław I from his first marriage with the daughter of Rikdag, Margrave of Meissen.

However, soon Mieszko began his efforts to obtain his own Duchy, maybe in part because his older brother Bolesław took all the government into his hands and left little participation for Mieszko there.

However, the intervention of the Emperor favored the return of Bolesław soon afterwards, but he was forced to give his own separated lands to both Mieszko ( who received the towns of Racibórz and Cieszyn ) and Jarosław ( who received Opole ).

However, Bolesław suffered an unexpected defeat by Mieszko and his own son Jarosław, who distracted him to advance over Kraków ; in his place was his younger uncle and ally, Casimir II the Just, who captured the city and was proclaimed the new High Duke of Poland.

However despite the military victory and the humiliating submission of Bolesław IV to Frederick Barbarossa, Władysław II was in the end disappointed, as the Emperor decided to maintain the rule of Bolesław IV and the Junior Dukes in Poland.

However Bolesław, the eldest brother held overall authority.

However, the uncompromising attitude of the Dukes of Greater Poland and the increasing problems which this caused in the family ultimately forced Bolesław to resign his right to the lands and with these all his pretensions to Greater Poland, in 1247.

However, Bolesław needed another two years and the help of Henry III ( who in this difficult situation eventually decided to give him his support ) to recover in 1253 full authority over his Principality.

However, during the schism between Pope Alexander III and Antipope Victor IV, Absalon stayed loyal to Valdemar even as he joined the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barberossa in supporting Victor IV.

However, the King of Castile, Henry IV, declared Gibraltar to be Crown property and not the personal property of the Guzman family.

However, Augustus compelled Tiberius to adopt Germanicus as a son and to name him as his heir ( see Tacitus, Annals IV. 57 ).

However, the reforming spirit of Charles III was extinguished in the reign of his son, Charles IV ( 1788 to abdication in 1808 ), seen by some as mentally handicapped.

However, other European nobles took up the cause, including Theobald IV, Count of Champagne and King of Navarre, Peter of Dreux, and Amaury VI of Montfort, who arrived in Acre in September 1239.

However, Aristotle also writes, " since it is impossible that contradictories should be at the same time true of the same thing, obviously contraries also cannot belong at the same time to the same thing " ( Book IV, CH 6, p. 531 ).

However, the dispute between Alexander III, Antipope Victor IV and his successors Antipope Paschal III and Antipope Calixtus III ( who had the German imperial support ) continued until Frederick Barbarossa's defeat at the Legnano in 1176, after which Barbarossa finally ( in the Peace of Venice of 1177 ) recognized Alexander III as pope.

However, upon being elected Pope at the papal conclave of 1303, he released King Philip IV of France from the excommunication that had been laid upon him by Boniface VIII, and practically ignored Boniface's bull Unam sanctam, which asserted papal supremacy over secular rulers.

However, Louis IV had silenced the papal claims and John XXII stayed the rest of his life in Avignon.

However, armed conflict arose when the guardianship over the young Dukes of Lower Bavaria ( Henry XIV, Otto IV and Henry XV ) was entrusted to Frederick.

However, the tensions continued and Thomas II, using the support of the Papal Legate, and wanting to break the rebelliousness of Henry IV he excommunicated him and the whole Duchy in March 1284.

However, the Duke of Wrocław refused to subject to the Bishop's will and in the same year appealed to Pope Martin IV.

However, Henry IV regrouped his forces and marched against Kraków in person at the head of his army in August 1289.

However King Charles II of Spain, dying without issue, willed the throne to his grand-nephew the Duke of Anjou, younger grandson of his eldest sister Marie-Thérèse, daughter of King Philip IV of Spain who had married Louis XIV of France.

However, Pope Urban V did not ratify the deed, specifically in relation to the department of theology, presumably due to pressure exerted by Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, who wished to avoid competition for the Charles University in Prague.

However, the Habsburgs disliked Paul IV and he allied with France, possibly against the true interests of the Papacy.

However, when Henry was deposed by Edward IV in 1461, the new king annulled all grants to the school and removed most of its assets and treasures to St George's Chapel, Windsor, on the other side of the River Thames.

* Ptolemy IV dies and is succeeded by his five year old son Ptolemy V. However, no public announcement is made about the king's death.

However, the engagement was broken in September 1058, when her brother Emperor Henry IV concluded a peace treaty with Andrew I, King of Hungary ; as a part of the alliance, she was engaged to the Hungarian King's son and heir, Solomon.

However, Seleucus IV is assassinated by his chief minister Heliodorus who then seizes the Syrian throne.

However, as the knyazes of Muscovy consolidated their power, the influence of the boyars was gradually eroded, particularly under Ivan III and Ivan IV.

However, Harald's favour at the imperial court quickly declined after the death of Michael IV in December 1041, which was followed by conflicts between new emperor Michael V and the powerful empress Zoe.

However, when Philip IV of Spain sent two invasion forces from Genoa and Como, Charles Emmanuel declared himself neutral, and in 1630 Richelieu ordered a French army to march into Savoy to force him to obey the pacts.

However, Charles chose not to press the claim, finding it more to his advantage to maintain his support of Edward IV.