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Henry III the White

c. 1227–1266 · 13th century

Henry III the White was a Silesian Piast duke, son of Henry II the Pious, who received Wrocław when his father's duchy was divided in 1248. He ruled Wrocław from 1248 to 1266, at first jointly with his brother Władysław, and encouraged German settlement and the town's recovery after the Mongol invasion of 1241. His son Henry IV Probus succeeded him.

Henry III the White
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Duchy of Wrocław

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