Wladyslaw II the Exile of Cracow Duke of Cracow [8451] ²⁴

  General Notes:

deposed 1146. Prince of Cracow and Silesia.
See Europäisch Stammtafeln Band I tafel 191.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal05518


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_the_Exile

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: High Duke of Poland, 1138. High Duke of Poland 1138\endash 1146

• Acceded: Duke of Silesia, 1138. Duke of Silesia 1138\endash 1146

• Deposed, 1146.

Wladyslaw married Agnes of Babenberg [64228] [MRIN: 3479], daughter of Leopold III 'the Saint' Markgraf von Österreich [57345] and Agnes of Germany Duchess of Swabia [998] [2MGY-Q86], about 1125. (Agnes of Babenberg [64228] was born between 1108 and 1013 and died on 25 Jan 1163.)

  Marriage Notes:

The ruler of Poland, Duke Boleslaw III Wrymouth, in order to hold his ground against the Empire wanted to obtain a powerful ally against Lothair III of Supplinburg, who in 1125 had been elected King of the Romans against Duke Frederick II of Swabia. He therefore forged an alliance with the Babenbergs and the Hohenstaufen families, who, as relatives of the extinct Salian dynasty, were the natural rivals of Lothair. In order to seal this alliance, was decided the marriage between Boleslaw III's eldest son Wladyslaw with Agnes. The wedding took place around 1125; according to some historians, the couple already received the Duchy of Silesia from Boleslaw III as a gift.