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After Bolesław I's death on 6 May 1431, Euphemia took the regency of the Duchy of
Cieszyn on behalf of her minor sons, who inherited the lands as a co-rulers. She continued her husband's policies supporting the towns and in 1438 co-decided, with her son Wenceslaus I, to give
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