WLADYSLAW of Poland, son of BOLESLAW III "Krzywousty/Wrymouth" Prince of Poland & his first wife Zbislava Sviatopolkovna of Kiev (1105-30 May 1159). The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum names (in order) the five sons of Boleslaw III "Vladislaum, Boleslaum, Mesiconem, Kazimirum, Henricum", specifying that Wladyslaw succeeded in Silesia[15]. The Annales Capituli Cracoviensis record the birth in 1105 of "Vladizlaus secundus"[16]. The Chronica principum Polonie records that the mother of "Boleslaus suo primogenito Wladislao filio" was "ex quadam Ruthena nobili"[17]. He succeeded in 1138 as WLADYSLAW II "Wygnaniec/the Exile" Prince of Krakow and Silesia. He was expelled from Poland by his brother Boleslaw IV. The Annales Capituli Cracoviensis record that in 1146 "Wladizlaus fugit et Cracovia devastatur"[18]. In 1146, Konrad III King of Germany (whose half-sister was Wladyslaw's wife) unsuccessfully tried to reinstate him[19]. After Boleslaw IV refused tribute to Friedrich I "Barbarossa" King of Germany, the latter invaded Poland in Aug 1157, forced Boleslaw and his other brothers to submit, and compelled them to accept arbitration with their brother Wladyslaw[20]. The Annales Cracovienses Compilati record the death in 1148 "Wladyzlaus"[21]. This person has not been identified. The entry could indicate the exiled Duke Wladyslaw II, the date being mistaken, but his own death is recorded in the same source in 1159. The Annales Capituli Cracoviensis record the death in 1159 of "Wladizlaus dux Polonie"[22] and the Annales Cracovienses Compilati the death in 1159 of "Wladyslaus in exilio"[23]. The Epytaphia ducum Slezie record the death "4 Non Iun" of "dux Wladizlaus Cracovie, Gnezdne, Syrazye, Kalisie et Slezie, pater fundatoris Bolezlai"[24].
m ([1120/25]) AGNES of Austria, daughter of LEOPOLD III "der Heilige" Markgraf of Austria [Babenberg] & his second wife Agnes of Germany [Staufen] ([1108/1113]-Altenburg/Thür 24/25 Jan [1160/63], bur Kloster Pforte an der Saale). The information concerning the wife of Duke Wladyslaw II is contradictory. The Continuatio Claustroneoburgensis names "Agnes" as second daughter of "Liupoldus marchio Austrie" and "Agnetem imperatoris Heinrici IV filiam", specifying that she married "Poleslaus dux de Polan"[25], although there appears to be no "Boleslaw" at the time to whom this could refer. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Agnetam" as "Leopoldis marchio et Henricus…sororem germanam" and wife of "dux Vergescelaus de Polonia"[26]. Her origin is further confirmed by a charter dated Jan 1150 in which Cardinal-deacon Guido informs Konrad III King of Germany of the steps he took against "ducis Poloniæ et coniugis eius sororis vestræ…ducis W"[27]. On the other hand, according to the Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum, the wife of Duke Wladyslaw was Christina, daughter of Emperor Heinrich IV (stating in one passage that "Heinricum quintum" was "fratrem uxoris [=Wladislai]" and in a later passage that she was "filia imperatoris Henrici quarti…Cristine domine")[28]. The Chronica principum Polonie also states that "Boleslaus suo primogenito Wladislao filio" married "filiam imperatoris Cristinam"[29]. The Epytaphia ducum Slezie provides a third possibility, naming her "Adilheidis uxor eius filia imperatoris Heinrici IV" (the entry follows that recording the death of Duke Wladyslaw, to whom "eius" presumably refers) when recording her death "VIII Kal Sep"[30]. The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum specifies that "filia imperatoris Henrici quarti…Cristine domine", mother of "Boleslam, Mesicone, Conrado Loripade", was "in Porta sepulta"[31]. It is chronologically implausible for the wife of Duke Wladyslaw to have been the daughter of Emperor Heinrich IV, the births of whose known children are recorded between 1070 and 1086, assuming that the estimated birth dates of the couple's children are in the range [1127] to [1146] as shown below. The explanation is presumably confusion with the mother-in-law of Duke Wladyslaw who was one of the emperor's daughters. Concerning her first name, the records of Kloster Neuburg make no known errors in recording the names of the numerous children of Leopold III Markgraf of Austria, although it is true that (as noted above) the name "Boleslas" is in error for "Wladislas". Onomastics help little in finding a solution, as both "Agnes" and "Adelheid" were names given to her descendants. The further complicating factor is the curious story concerning her grandson Jaroslav and his reported hatred of his stepmother "Adelheid" (see below), while elsewhere the second wife of Jaroslaw's father Boleslaw is named Christina. The issue appears to be resolved by two necrology entries: the necrology of Kloster Neuburg records the death "VIII Kal Feb" of "Agnes ducissa Polonie filia marchionis"[32], and the necrology of Lilienfeld records the death "VI Kal Oct" of "Agnes ux Wlaslai ducis Zlezorum filia fundatoris S Crucis"[33].
Wladyslaw II & his wife had five children