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Boleslaus III the Wrymouth (Boleslaw III Krzywousty), ( 1086- 1138) was duke of Poland from 1102. He was a son of Ladislaus Herman of Poland and Judith of Bohemia .

He defeated the Pomeranians at the battle of Naklo in 1109, and took control of Pomerania between 1119 and 1123, regaining Polish access to the sea. He also defeated Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1109, in the Battle of Hundsfeld .

Boleslaus also campaigned in Hungary from 1132 to 1135, but to little effect.

First he married Zbyslava of Kiev , daughter of Sviatopolk II of Kiev grand duke of KievKiev officially Kyiv in Ukrainian, in Russian, Kijow in Polish) is the capital and largest city of Ukraine, and has officially around 2. 6 million inhabitants, although the large number of unregistered domestic immigrants would probably raise this figure. They had one son:

• LadislausVladislaus II the Exile (Polish: Wladyslaw II Wygnaniec, also seen Wladislaus Ladislaus Ladislas or Vladislav was the High-Duke of Poland ( 1138- 1146) Born: 1105, Cracow, Poland Died: 30 May 1159, in Altenburg, Germany Parents: Boleslaus III the Wrymouth (b. 1105Events Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor deposed Tamna kingdom annexed by Korean Goryeo Dynasty. Births 1104/ 1105 Alfonso VII, king of Castile (d. 1157) Deaths 1105.), King of Poland

Second he married Salome von Berg-Schelklingen , with whom he had 14 children (6 sons + 8 daughters) from whom we know of 4 sons and 5 daughters:

• Boleslaus IV the CurlyPolish monarchs Boleslaus IV the Curly (Boleslaw Kedzierzawy high-duke of Poland ( 1146- 1173) Born: 1120 Poland Died: 1173 Poland Parents: Boleslaus III the Wrymouth, duke of Poland, and Salome von Berg-Schelklingen, daughter of Henry duke of Berg Maried (b. 1125Events May 23 Lothar of Saxony becomes Holy Roman Emperor on the death of Henry V. War ends between Toulouse and Provence. The castle of Nassau is built. Albert of Aix begins his Historia Hierosolymitanae expeditionis''. Magnus the Strong becomes ruler of)
• Mieszko III the Old (b. 1126Events Rutherglen becomes one of the first Royal Burghs in Scotland. Establishment of the Second Chin Dynasty in the north of China with the Sung Dynasty's loss at the Huang He river valley. Alfonso VII crowned king of Castile and Leon in Spain. Deaths Fe)
• Henry of Sandomierz (b. 1127Events Conrad III establishes the Hohenstaufen dynasty when he is crowned antiking to the Holy Roman Emperor, Lothar II. The minaret of Kalyan is completed in Bukhara in present day Uzbekistan. Births Emperor Go-Shirakawa of Japan Deaths Fulcher of Chartr)
• Casimir the Just (b. 1138)
• Rycheza of Poland (b. 12 april 1116), married to grandduke Volodar
• Dobronega of Poland (b. 1128), married Markis Dietrich of Niederlausitz
• Gertruda of Poland
• Judith of Poland (b. 1132), married Otto I of Brandenburg
• Agnes of Poland (b. 1137), married Mstislav II of Kiev

Before his death in 1138 he announced the testament ( Boleslaw the Wrymouth's testament ) dividing his land between four of his sons. The "senioral principle" established in the testament stated, that at every time the oldest member of the dynasty was to have a supreme power over the rest and also control an indivisible "senioral part" - a vast stripe of land running N-S through the middle of Poland, with Krakow as the main city. Senior's prerogatives included also control over Pomerania, which was a fief of the Empire. The principle was quickly broken, which began an almost 200 years period of feudal dissolution in Poland.