Bolesław V is not chaste

krieger

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Wenceslaus III could marry daughter of Andrew III and Elizabeth (Leszek's sister) if they have any. Leszek would die around 1330.
There is also need for different second wife for Wenceslaus II.

Maybe Anna (OTL wife of Herman of Brandenburg) or Agnes (OTL wife of Andrew III) could work as a second wife for Wenceslas II (so Wenceslas III could have a brother ITTL)?
 
Maybe Anna (OTL wife of Herman of Brandenburg) or Agnes (OTL wife of Andrew III) could work as a second wife for Wenceslas II (so Wenceslas III could have a brother ITTL)?
Agewise Agnes is better, although as niece of his first wife she would need dispensation.
 
So now family tree of Lesser Poland's Piasts looks like this:

Bolesław V (1226-1281) Duke of Cracow 1243-1281 m. a) Kinga of Hungary (1234-1259) b) 1261 Eufrozyna of Greater Poland (1247-1298)
1b) Leszek II (1264-1330) Duke of Cracow from 1281, Duke of Greater Poland and Pomerelia from 1296, King of Poland 1300-1330. m.1278 Kunegunda of Bohemia (1265-1321)
1) Bolesław VI (born 1283). m. 1303 Elisabeth of Austria (born 1285)​
2b) Bolesław (1268-1269)
3b) Przemysł (born and died 1270)
4b) Elżbieta (1273-1325) m. 1290 András III (1265/70-1301) King of Hungary and Croatia 1290-1301
1) István VI (born 1292) King of Hungary and Croatia
2) Erzsébet (born 1294) m. 1306 Václav III (1290-?) King of Bohemia 1305-?

Not all children are mentioned in third generation (some would be added). I think being nephew of Przemysł II is enough and Leszek would not need cousin marriage for his son to strenghten his claim even further, daughter of King of the Romans is politically more profitable match IMHO.​
 

krieger

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So now family tree of Lesser Poland's Piasts looks like this:

Bolesław V (1226-1281) Duke of Cracow 1243-1281 m. a) Kinga of Hungary (1234-1259) b) 1261 Eufrozyna of Greater Poland (1247-1298)
1b) Leszek II (1264-1330) Duke of Cracow from 1281, Duke of Greater Poland and Pomerelia from 1296, King of Poland 1300-1330. m.1278 Kunegunda of Bohemia (1265-1321)
1) Bolesław VI (born 1283). m. 1303 Elisabeth of Austria (born 1285)​
2b) Bolesław (1268-1269)
3b) Przemysł (born and died 1270)
4b) Elżbieta (1273-1325) m. 1290 András III (1265/70-1301) King of Hungary and Croatia 1290-1301
1) István VI (born 1292) King of Hungary and Croatia
2) Erzsébet (born 1294) m. 1306 Václav III (1290-?) King of Bohemia 1305-?

Not all children are mentioned in third generation (some would be added). I think being nephew of Przemysł II is enough and Leszek would not need cousin marriage for his son to strenghten his claim even further, daughter of King of the Romans is politically more profitable match IMHO.​

But to marry young Bolesław to a daughter of a king of Romans a will of said king would be needed. And I really doubt if Albert wanted to waste his daughter on king of Poland. If you try to avoid the cousin marriage, you should marry young Bolesław VI to Maria of Halych. Not only Galicians would be certainly more willing to marry her to a Polish king (for them it's a gain unlike Albert) but it'd give Bolesław a better position in claiming Galicia after deaths of two last Rurikovichs from Galician line (and I don't believe in Poland not trying to claim it with nobles from Lesser Poland in charge, it'd like wolf trying not to eat sheep anymore). And we should consider what exactly Charles Robert is doing if he doesn't have a throne of Hungary? Is he going to become a king of Naples instead (by a strict primogeniture, it should belong to him) and marry nice Italian/French lady?
 
But to marry young Bolesław to a daughter of a king of Romans a will of said king would be needed. And I really doubt if Albert wanted to waste his daughter on king of Poland. If you try to avoid the cousin marriage, you should marry young Bolesław VI to Maria of Halych. Not only Galicians would be certainly more willing to marry her to a Polish king (for them it's a gain unlike Albert) but it'd give Bolesław a better position in claiming Galicia after deaths of two last Rurikovichs from Galician line (and I don't believe in Poland not trying to claim it with nobles from Lesser Poland in charge, it'd like wolf trying not to eat sheep anymore). And we should consider what exactly Charles Robert is doing if he doesn't have a throne of Hungary? Is he going to become a king of Naples instead (by a strict primogeniture, it should belong to him) and marry nice Italian/French lady?


I think Charles Robert would marry Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, the OTL wife of Philip V of France and revive Arles.
 
I'm going to return to Bolesław-not-Chaste but with slightly modified POD-Saint Kinga does not need to die, she would just break her vows (not impossible-IOTL she slept with her husband in one bed to make temptation stronger, and thus to get bigger reward in Heaven for fighting that temptation. She admitted, that during some nights she was able to keep chasity only with highest difficutility, so say, that one night temptation was too strong and she failed). Her only son Leszek Bolesławowic, later Leszek Wielki, is born in 1253. Kinga and Bolesław could return to chasity later, after "job is done".

Alliance with Bolesław the Pious of Greater Poland against Cuiavians is still a thing and is sealead with bethrothal, in this version it is bethrothal between Leszek Bolesławowic and Anna Przemysłówna, niece of Bolesław the Pious, daughter of his brother Przemysł I (IOTL she was a nun) also born in 1253.
 
So at the time of his death Bolesław V (we need another nickname for him) should have few grandchildren. Leszek II would succeede father without much difficutlies, as descendants of Leszek the White would be by that time seen as 'native' dynasty of Lesser Poland (like descendants of Konrad Mazowiecki in Mazovia or descendants of Mieszko Stary in Greater Poland). Let's leave fate of Władysław Łokietek like in first version (so he's killed by Lithuanians in 1294). As brother-in-law of Przemysł II (ITTL not murdered by Brandenburgians but killed in hunting accident around the same time as his OTL death) Leszek II (or his son, I'm yet to decide) inherits Greater Poland and Pomerelia and rules strip of land from Baltic to Carpathian Mountains, including old (Gniezno) and new (Cracow) capital. Mazovian and Cuiavian Dukes are vassalized, next step is gaining control over Silesia.
 
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Cuiavian Piasts

Casimir of Cuiavia was enemy of Bolesław the Pious and Bolesław the Chaste, but his sons from first marriage rebelled against him. Oldest Leszek the Black became close ally of Bolesław the Chaste (IOTL they would not be as closelly allied as IOTL-Bolesław V would not chose Leszek the Black to be his successor, but they'll still cooperate).
I think Fenenna of Cuiavia (OTL Queen of Hungary) would also play important role in this TL-Leszek the Black is not going to have children, no matter who his wife is (he was impotent) so marriage of his niece with heir of Cracow (not to the son of Bolesław V but to his grandson could happen to seal alliance).
Meanwhile instead of Fenenna one of daughters of Leszek II Bolesławowic of Cracow and Anna Przemysłówna of Greater Poland would marry Andrew III of Hungary. Maybe House of Arpad would survive longer ITTL.
 
Family of Bolesław V looks roughly like this now:

Bolesław V (1226-1279) m. Kinga of Hungary

1) Leszek II (1253-) Duke of Cracow 1279- Duke of Greater Poland and Pomerelia 1296- King of Poland 1300- m. around 1268 Anna of Greater Poland (1253-)

1) Bolesław VI (1272-) King of Poland m. 1290 Fenenna of Cuiavia (b. between 1268 and 1275)

2) daughter (Kinga/Elżbieta/Jolanta) m. András III King of Hungary

 
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