With the help of Sieciech, Judith convinced her husband to postpone the return of Władysław I's first-born son Zbigniew, who seems to be a strong candidate to the succession despite his illegitimacy ; also, they wanted an eventual alliance with the only legitimate son of Władysław I, Bolesław, born from his first marriage with the Bohemian princess.

In 1621 Władysław was one of the Polish commanders at the Battle of Chocim ; reportedly he was struck ill, but despite that, he proved a voice of reason, convincing other Polish commanders there to stay and fight.

For unknown reasons however, despite Barbarossa's victory, Władysław II to his great disappointment was not restored in the Polish throne.

Władysław returned to his family only in 1181 and, despite being legally an adult, didn't receive his own district.

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.

On the other hand, Władysław I Herman died on 4 June 1102.

1289 might have brought some legitimacy to Władysław I from the Piast dynasty who was crowned in 1320 replacing the Přemyslid dynasty.

Casimir III the Great () ( 30 April 1310 – 5 November 1370 ) who reigned in 1333 – 1370, was the last King of Poland from the Piast dynasty, the son of King Władysław I the Elbow-high and Duchess Hedwig of Kalisz.

The homage was renewed in 1633 after the election of a new Polish king, Władysław IV Waza.

The eastern part, with Gniezno and Kalisz, was part of the Duchy of Kraków, granted to Władysław II.

The region came under the control of Władysław I the Elbow-High in 1314, and thus became part of the reunited Poland of which Władyslaw was crowned king in 1320.

Some of them refused to fight against blacks, supporting the principles of liberty ; also, a few Poles ( around 100 ) actually joined the rebels ( Władysław Franciszek Jabłonowski was one of the Polish generals ).

The Kingdom was restored under Władysław I the Elbow-high, strengthened and expanded by his son Casimir III the Great.

When Henry went to Gąsawa in 1227 to meet his Piast cousins, he narrowly saved his life, while High Duke Leszek I the White was killed by the men of the Pomerelian Duke Swietopelk II, instigated by Władysław Odonic.

The next year Henry's ally Władysław III Spindleshanks succeeded Leszek I as High Duke ; however as he was still contested by his nephew in Greater Poland, he made Henry his governor at Kraków, whereby the Silesian duke once again became entangled into the dispute over the Seniorate Province.

He thereby was the first of the Silesian Piast descendants of Władysław II the Exile to gain the rule over Silesia and the Seniorate Province according to the 1138 Testament of Bolesław III Krzywousty.

Hedwig was canonized in 1267 by Pope Clement IV, a supporter of the Cistercian order, at the suggestion of her grandson Prince-Archbishop Władysław of Salzburg.

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.

Her paternal grandmother Elisabeth of Kujavia was the daughter of King Władysław I the Elbow-high, who had reunited Poland in 1320.

On 10 November 1444, Murad II defeated the Hungarian, Polish and Wallachian armies under Władysław III of Poland ( also King of Hungary ) and János Hunyadi at the Battle of Varna, which was the final battle of the Crusade of Varna.

The Cracow Academy's development stalled upon the death of King Casimir, but the institution was re-founded in 1400 by King Władysław Jagiełło and his wife Saint Jadwiga, the daughter of the King Louis of Hungary and Poland.

A minor upon the early death of his father in 1266, Henry IV was placed under the guardianship of his paternal uncle, Archbishop Władysław of Salzburg.

He began to follow a policy which was more independent from Bohemia, including in respect to friendly relations with his Upper Silesian cousin Duke Władysław of Opole and also with duke Przemysł II of Greater 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.

The battle ended with a victory for the Masovia-Kuyavia coalition ; from two of Henry IV's allies, Duke Przemko of Ścinawa was killed in the battle, and Duke Bolko I of Opole was seriously injured and captured by Władysław I the Elbow-high.

" Rightist-nationalist deviation " ( Polish: odchylenie prawicowo-nacjonalistyczne ) was a political propaganda term used by the Polish Stalinists against prominent activists, such as Władysław Gomułka and Marian Spychalski who opposed Soviet involvement in the Polish interior affairs, as well as internationalism displayed by the creation of the Cominform and the subsequent merger that created the PZPR.

The eastern part, with Gniezno and Kalisz, was part of the Duchy of Kraków, granted to Władysław II.

The region came under the control of Władysław I the Elbow-High in 1314, and thus became part of the reunited Poland of which Władyslaw was crowned king in 1320.

Władysław III ( 31 October 1424 – 10 November 1444 ), also known as Władysław of Varna was King of Poland from 1434, and King of Hungary from 1440, until his death at the Battle of Varna.

Their most significant role in the history of Poland was to bring Jadwiga and Władysław II Jagiełło to Poland and to initiate their coronation.

As the result of the battle, the Seven Boyars, a group of Russian nobles, deposed the tsar Vasily Shuysky on, and recognized the Polish prince Władysław IV Vasa as the Tsar of Russia on.

In 1610 the teen-aged Władysław was elected tsar of Russia by the Seven Boyars, but did not assume the Russian throne due to his father's opposition and a popular uprising in Russia.

Briefly, since 1610, Władysław struck Muscovite silver and gold coins ( Kopek ) in the Russian mints in Moscow and Novgorod with his titulary Tsar and Grand Prince Vladislav Zigimontovych of all Russia.

The Commonwealth gained some disputed territories in the Truce of Deulino, but Władysław was never able to reign in Russia ; the throne during this time was instead held by tsar Michael Romanov.

In the war against Russia in 1632 – 1634 ( the Smolensk War ), Władysław succeeded in breaking the siege in September 1633 and then in turn surrounded the Russian army under Mikhail Shein, which was then forced to surrender on 1 March 1634.

1637 medal commemorating Władysław IV's victories over Russia, Turkey and Sweden

Władysław Starewicz was born in Moscow, Russia to Polish parents ( father Aleksander Starewicz from Surviliškis near Kėdainiai and mother Antonina Legęcka from Kaunas, both from " neighbourhood nobility ", in hiding after the failed Insurrection of 1863 against the Tsarist Russian domination ), and had lived in Lithuania which at that time was a part of the Russian Empire.

The city was a seat of the Military Department of National Committee, and headquarters for the Polish Legions, which were voluntary troops organized by Józef Piłsudski, Władysław Sikorski, and others to fight against Russia.

Boyars then proclaimed the Polish prince of the Commonwealth Władysław IV Waza as the new Tsar of Russia.

Żółkiewski found himself in an awkward position – he had promised the boyars Prince Władysław to keep the Russian throne for Poland, and he knew that they would not accept King Sigismund III, who was unpopular throughout Russia.

In the meantime, the siege of Smolensk continued, even as Władysław was named tsar of Russia and cities and forts throughout the area swore allegiance to the Poles.

Medal commemorating the victory of Władysław IV Waza over Russia in Smolensk in 1634.

Because he had once been elected Tsar of Russia and could realistically lay claim to the Russian throne, King Władysław wanted to continue the war or, because the Polish-Swedish Treaty of Altmark would soon be expiring, ally with the Russians to strike against Sweden.

The treaty confirmed the pre-war status quo, with Russia paying a large war indemnity ( 20, 000 rubles in gold ), while Władysław agreed to surrender his claim to the Russian throne and return the royal insignia to Moscow.

* the " Muscovy Crown " made in about 1610 for Prince Władysław Vasa's coronation as a Tsar of Russia