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.

The " bulwark of Christianity " and other slogans put forward by the papal envoy Giuliano Cesarini, together with much more reasonable but only verbal promises of Venetian and papal fleets blockading the Dardanelles Straits, along with an enticing vision of a promise of victory in this glorious crusade carried for the glory of God and against the Turks, persuaded Władysław to engage his freshly victorious forces ( long campaign ) for another season of war, thus breaching the ten-year truce with the aggressive and still powerful Ottoman Empire.

Władysław finally died in 1434, leaving Poland to his elder son, Władysław III, and Lithuania to his younger, Casimir, both still minors at the time.

In the meantime, Władysław still tried to take a leading role in European politics, and negotiate a peaceful settlement to the Thirty Years ' War, a settlement which he hoped would ease his way into regaining the Swedish crown.

At the time of the death of his father, Władysław was already an adult, with many years of marriage and at least one surviving son, Bolesław I the Tall, born in 1127 ( the date of birth of the second son, Mieszko IV Tanglefoot, is still debatable and varies between 1130 and 1146 ).

His son Bolesław V was still a minor upon his father's death and the rule over Poland remained contested between Leszek's brother Konrad and his Greater Polish cousin Władysław III, until in 1232 Duke Henry I the Bearded of Silesia finally prevailed.

After the heroic death of his father at the Battle of Legnica on 9 April 1241, Henry III was still a minor and found himself under the care of the mother together with his youngest brothers Konrad and Władysław.

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

Modern historians Zbigniew Wójcik, Józef Gierowski, and Władysław Czapliński have reduced this figure to 60, 000-63, 000 soldiers.

According to a Portuguese legend Władysław survived the Battle of Varna ( although the Turks claimed to have his head, his body in royal armor was never found ) and then journeyed in secrecy to the Holy Land.

The composers of these operas are not known: they may have been Poles working under Marco Scacchi in the royal chapel, or they may have been among the Italians imported by Władysław.

Polish historian Maciej Rosalak noted: " under the reign of Władysław IV, such a shameful event would have never been allowed.

Władysław Bartoszewski and his wife Zofia have a son Władysław T. Bartoszewski, born 1955.

It might have been during the 1291 assembly that the Prince of Sieradz, Władysław I the Elbow-high, granted Piotrków civic rights, because in documents from the beginning of the 14th century he mentions " civitate nostra Petricouiensi ".

" Władysław Siemaszko and his daughter Ewa have documented 33, 454 Polish victims, 18, 208 of which are known by surname.

Streets formerly named after Lenin and the Cuban Revolution have been renamed to honor Pope John Paul II and the Polish exile leader Władysław Anders.

Thus, he required that the boyars who submitted and swore allegiance to Prince Władysław would also have to swear an oath to him.

The composers of these operas are not known: they may have been Poles working under Marco Scacchi in the royal chapel, or they may have been among the Italians imported by Władysław.

Bigos is said by some to have been introduced to Poland by Jogaila, a Lithuanian Grand Duke who became Polish king Władysław Jagiełło in 1385 and who supposedly served it to his hunting-party guests.

Among the closest friends of Franc Fiszer were Bolesław Leśmian ( Fiszer is said to have invented his pen-name ), Stefan Żeromski, Władysław Reymont, the Skamandrites Antoni Słonimski and Julian Tuwim, Jan Lechoń, Miriam, Artur Rubinstein and Antoni Lange.

Stanisław Przybyszewski may have encouraged Dagny's relationships with Henryk Sienkiewicz ( who arranged a grant of 3200 Austrian Kronen from the Polish Academy of Talent for Przybyszewski ) and with Władysław Emeryk, the son of a mine-owner.

At this time, Henryk, Władysław and their father were given work sorting the stolen possessions of Jewish families at the collection centre near the Umschlagplatz.

He was the eldest son of Władysław Odonic, Duke of Greater Poland by his wife Hedwig, who was probably daughter of Duke Mestwin I of Pomerania, or a member of the Premyslid dynasty ( a fact supported by the name given to her son, the first in the Piast dynasty who bear it ).

During the first half of the 13th century Przemysł I tried to lead a more peaceful policy, working closely with his brother-in-law Konrad I of Głogów, and given his sister Euphemia in marriage to Duke Władysław of Opole.

Despite now he had his own district, Bolesław didn't pursue a foreign policy, who continue under the hands of his brother, a fact revealed during the dispute with Duke Casimir I of Kuyavia for the possession of Ladzka, who was given to him by Henry II the Pious as a dowry of his daughter Constance-Casimir I's second wife -; this decision wasn't recognized by Władysław Odonic's sons, but eventually they reconciled and even signed and an alliance with the Kuyavian Duke, which effectively ended with any attempt to change the ownership of the disputed land.

To counteract the disaster, a charter was bestowed by the king Władysław IV in 1646, confirming that the town was allowed for two fairs a year and, in addition, ensuring every merchant willing to attend the fairs of special personal protection given for granted by the soldiers of the king.

The nickname " Spindleshanks " ( Laskonogi ) was given to Władysław in the Chronicle of Greater Poland.

In 1093, Duke Władysław I issued an Act of Legitimization under which he recognized Zbigniew as his son and member of the Piast dynasty ; also, was given to him the right to succeed to the throne.

Vladislav ( Belarusian: Уладзіслаў ( Uladzislaŭ ); Polish: Władysław, Włodzisław ; Russian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian: Владислав ; Ukrainian: Владислав ( Vladyslav ); Hungarian ( a non-Slavic language ): Ulászló ) is a Slavic male given name, sometimes confused with / treated as the same as Ladislav.

Wladyslaw or Władysław is a Polish given name equivalent to Vladislav.

Shortly after his ascension, however, Władysław I Herman was forced by the barons to give up the de facto reins of government to Count Palatine Sieciech.

While Władysław, and his father Sigismund, tried to ensure Władysław's election during Sigismund's life, this was not a popular option for the nobility, and it repeatedly failed, up to and including at the sejm of 1631.

Władysław was fed up with the weak position of the king in the Commonwealth ; some of his politics revolved around a failed attempt to secure a small, preferably hereditary territory – like a duchy – in which his position would be much stronger.

At this point, however, king Władysław, who up to that point had remained in the background and relinquished full leadership to Hunyadi, assumed command and with his bodyguards carried out an all-out attack on the elite troops of the Sultan, the Janissaries.

It formed a Council of National Unity in July 1954, and set up a Council of Three to exercise the functions of head of state, comprising Tomasz Arciszewski, General Władysław Anders, and Edward Raczyński.

This initiative was taken up by several Warsaw newspapers and by General Władysław Sikorski.

He later ended his work at Legia Warszawa in 1990, and took up a post helping Władysław Stachurski lead the Polish youth squad.

: 28: Polish government in exile set up in Paris with Raczkiewicz and Władysław Sikorski as Commander-in-Chief.

However, after the Sikorski-Mayski Agreement of 1941 he was released and travelled to Buzuluk, where he joined up with the Polish Army formed there by general Władysław Anders.

Next, Władysław attempted to create an order of chivalry, similar to the Order of the Golden Fleece, but this plan was scuttled down as well, with the szlachta and the magnetes seeing this as an attempt to create a royal, loyalist elite, and traditionally opposing anything that could lead to the reduction of their extensive power.

In return, Władysław attempted to make him the sovereign of Courland, but this was vetoed by the Commonwealth parliament ( Sejm ).

Barbara attempted to convince the Bohemians to place King Władysław III of Poland or Casimir of Poland upon the throne of Bohemia after the death of Sigismund instead of her son-in-law Albert II of Germany ; in exchange, Wladyslaw would marry her.