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Hungarians. This change of alliance soon brought real benefits to Władysław, in the form of regulations in the frontiers between his duchy and the Bohemian Kingdom. In 1262, at the Congress of
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clashed with his intentions. To normalize his now tense relations with the
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were normalized. Władysław finally gave up his claims over Kalisz and Wieluń, and as a part of his new alliance with
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