In December 1408, Władysław and Vytautas held strategic talks in Navahrudak Castle, where they decided to foment a Samogitian uprising against Teutonic rule to draw German forces away from Pomerelia.

Hunyadi decided to help and advised Władysław to wait until he returned ; then advanced with two cavalry companies.

In 1624 king Sigismund decided that time has come for Władysław to travel, like many of his peers, to Western Europe.

In 1137, during the whitsun meeting with Duke Soběslav I of Bohemia at Niemcza ( other sources mention Kłodzko ), in which several disputed matters were decided, Władysław stood as godfather in the baptism of the youngest son of Soběslav, the future Duke Wenceslaus II.

After hearing the news about the events in Łęczyca, Władysław decided to make a quick response, as a result of which the Grand Prince of Kiev not only broke all his pacts with the Junior Dukes, but also arranged the betrothal of his daughter Zvenislava to Władysław's eldest son Bolesław.

His ties with the Kievan Rus ' benefited him during 1142-1143, when Władysław decided to fight against the districts of his brothers.

High Duchess Agnes demanded Włostowic's death, but Władysław decided instead to make an example out of him: he was blinded, muted and sentenced to exile.

At the beginning of 1146 Władysław decided to made the final attack on his rivaling half-brothers.

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.

In 1288 Muszyna passed into the hands of Bishops of Kraków, and in the early 14th century, King Władysław Łokietek, after a conflict with Bishop Jan Muskata, and the Rebellion of wójt Albert, decided to make the village a royal property.

Polish Minister of War Affairs, Władysław Sikorski, decided that the regular police cannot cope with the problem and suggested that the control of the border be handed over to the Polish Army.

In order to seal this alliance, was decided the marriage between Bolesław III's eldest son Władysław with Agnes.

King Sigismund III eventually compromised ; he decided that he would allow his son to take the throne and that he would rule as regent until Władysław came of age.

In December 1939 Polish commander-in-chief Gen. Władysław Sikorski decided that a Polish unit in the French territory of Levant be created.

Władysław decided to build a new fleet and created a " Naval Commission " with Gerard Denhoff as a chairman to fulfill this task.

In 1870 Prince Władysław Czartoryski decided to move the collections to Kraków, where they arrived in 1876.

Eventually it was decided that the organization should be run by a " Committee of Seven " ( K-7 ) comprising half Foreign Ministry personnel — Drymmer, his political deputy Dr. Władysław Józef Zaleski, Tadeusz Kowalski, and the latter's deputy Tadeusz Kawalec — and half Office 2 personnel: Charaszkiewicz, Ankerstein and the latter's deputy, Captain Wojciech Lipiński.

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.

After hearing the news of the defeat of Henry II in Legnica, Przemysł I and Bolesław the Pious decided to retake the district which once belonged to their father, Władysław Odonic.

This union was contracted in connection with the Ascanian efforts to support the Junior Dukes in opposition to King Conrad III of Germany, who supported the deposed High Duke Władysław II as legal ruler of Poland.

Henry IV's major contenders for the Krakow throne were Leszek II's half-brother Władysław I the Elbow-high and Duke Bolesław II of Płock, who counted on the support of the Lesser Poland nobility.

The Union of Vilnius and Radom therefore earned Władysław a measure of support in Lithuania.

Władysław acceded to the formal cession of Samogitia, and agreed to support the Order's designs on Pskov ; in return, Konrad von Jungingen undertook to sell Poland the disputed Dobrzyń Land and the town of Złotoryja, once pawned to the Order by Władysław Opolski, and to support Vytautas in a revived attempt on Novgorod.

Władysław promised to repay Vytautas for his support by restoring Samogitia to Lithuania in any future peace treaty.

Władysław supported his brother Švitrigaila as grand duke of Lithuania, but when Švitrigaila, with the support of the Teutonic Order and dissatisfied Rus ' nobles, rebelled against Polish overlordship in Lithuania, the Poles, under the leadership of Bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki of Kraków, occupied Podolia, which Władysław had awarded to Lithuania in 1411, and Volhynia.

While Władysław enjoyed the support of the Lesser Polish peasants, knights, and part of the clergy, who preferred a prince from the domestic Piast dynasty, he had to defer to Václav II of Bohemia, who had the support of the local lords.

Polish Communists, led by Władysław Gomułka and Bolesław Bierut, were aware of the lack of support for their side, especially after the failure of a referendum for policies known as " 3 times YES " ( 3 razy TAK ; 3xTAK ), where less than a third of Poland's population voted in favor of the proposed changes included massive communist land reforms and nationalizations of industry.

Władysław could not go against the decision of the Sejm and Senate, and agreed to support the treaty.

This was however unpopular, both with Catholic nobles and the Catholic Church, and when it became clear to Władysław that this would not convince the Swedes to elect him to their throne, this plan, with quiet support from Władysław himself, was dropped.

Władysław promised not to sign any pacts against the Hapsburgs, and to transfer his rights to Swedish throne in case of his line extinction ; in return, Hapsburgs promised to support his efforts to regain the Swedish crown, and to transfer to him some territory in case of gains in a war against the Ottomans.

Władysław still have not given up, and attempted to resurrect the plan in 1647, and with support of magnate Jeremi Wiśniowiecki ( who organized military exercises near Ottoman border ), attempted unsuccessfully to provoke the Ottomans to attack.

Perhaps it was due to this lukewarm ability that Władysław was never able to inspire those he ruled to support, at least in any significant manner, any of his plans.

On the untimely death of Albert in 1439, Hunyadi was of the volition that Hungary was best served by a warrior king and lent his support to the candidature of young King of Poland Władysław III of Varna in 1440, and thus came into collision with the powerful magnate Ulrich II of Celje, the chief proponent of Albert's widow Elisabeth of Bohemia ( 1409 – 1442 ) and her infant son, Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary.

Due to political reasons the Soviet Union soon withdrew support for the creation of a Polish Army on its territory and lowered the supply rate, which forced General Władysław Anders to withdraw his troops to British-held Persia and Iraq.

Swietopelk promised Władysław Odonic the throne of Kraków and Silesia in exchange for his support in the ousting of Leszek and Henry I the Bearded of Lower Silesia.

Władysław could succeeded his father without barriers in Kraków, Greater and Lesser Poland, thanks to the support of the powerful voivode Mikołaj Gryfita.

He often supported king Władysław IV Waza from the House of Vasa, arguing for increasing monarch power, although he was known for limiting and withdrawing his support if he knew it was impossible to win.

** General Secretary of the Polish Communist Party, Władysław Gomułka, resigns ; Edward Gierek replaces him.

His father, King Casimir IV, had him educated well concerning public affairs and when his brother Władysław, became king of Bohemia, Casimir became crown prince and heir-apparent to the throne of Poland.

At that time, he also made an alliance with Duke Władysław of Opole, who promised to help Henry IV with the condition that his daughter ( perhaps called Constance ), who had recently married Henry IV, was crowned with him as Polish queen if he would obtain the royal investiture.

Also in 1404, Władysław held talks at Vratislav with Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia, who offered to return Silesia to Poland if Władysław supported him in his power struggle within the Holy Roman Empire.

In an effort to outflank his critics, Władysław promoted the leader of the opposing faction, bishop Mikołaj Trąba, to the archbishopric of Gniezno in autumn 1411 and replaced him in Kraków with Wojciech Jastrzębiec, a supporter of Vytautas.

In 1417, Władysław married Elisabeth of Pilica, who died in 1420 without bearing him a child, and two years later, Sophia of Halshany, who bore him two surviving sons.

With the idea of forcing his first-born son to take the holy vows, Władysław intended to deprive him of any chance of succession.

In the absence of Sieciech and Bolesław, who were captured by Hungarians and kept captive, Prince Władysław I then undertook a penal expedition to Silesia, which was unsuccessful and subsequently obliged him to recognize Zbigniew as a legitimate heir.

Polish historian Władysław Konopczyński, who wrote a monograph on Pulaski in 1931, noted that he was one of the most accomplished Polish people, grouping him with other Polish military heroes such as Tadeusz Kościuszko, Stanisław Żółkiewski, Stefan Czarniecki and Prince Józef Poniatowski.

Later histories refer to him also as Władysław IV or Władysław I.

" IV " comes from him being the fourth of that name to rule as overlord of the Polish, since Władysław I Herman.

" I " comes from him having restored the monarchy after a fragmented era of a century or more, and also backwards-counting from Władysław of Varna who officially used the numeral III and Władysław Vasa who used the numeral IV.

The Hungarian magnates and the Croatian and Czech commanders backed him, but the young ( 20-year-old ) Władysław and Hunyadi rejected the defensive tactics.

" Władysław accepted this position and gave him the command.

It is reported that young Władysław was interested in arts ; later this led to him becoming an important patron of arts.

Władysław was liked by szlachta ( Polish nobility ), however his father's plans to secure him the throne of Poland ( vivente rege ) were unpopular and eventually crushed in the Zebrzydowski Rebellion ( rokosz ).

Władysław has also been described as outgoing and friendly, with a sense of humor, optimistic, a " people's person ", able to charm many of those who interacted with him.