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Definition of Spindleshanks

Spindleshanks
Spindleshanks Spin"dle*shanks`, n. A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt.

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- Władysław III Spindleshanks (Polish: Władysław Laskonogi; b. 1161/67 – 3 November 1231), of the Piast dynasty, was Duke of Greater Poland (during 1194–1202...
- reign, his uncle Duke Mieszko III the Old and cousin Władysław III Spindleshanks, from the Greater Polish branch of the royal Piast dynasty, contested...
- take the whole Duchy of Greater Poland from Władysław Spindleshanks in 1229. Władysław Spindleshanks fled to Silesia and died without issue two years later...
- Władysław III Spindleshanks, but the Silesian troops were defeated at the walls of Gniezno. On 3 November 1231 Władysław III Spindleshanks died unexpectedly...
- treaty of mutual inheritance signed in 1217 by Leszek and Władysław III Spindleshanks, under which it was agreed that in the event of the death of one of...
- Polish Seniorate Province with his Piast cousin Duke Władysław III Spindleshanks of Greater Poland and ****umed the title of a Polish High Duke in 1229...
- Konrad Laskonogi (literally Spindleshanks; born 1146/57 – died by 17 January 1190), was a Duke of Głogów since 1177 until his death. He was the third...
- Silesian Duchy of Opole. In 1206 Henry and his cousin Duke Władysław III Spindleshanks of Greater Poland agreed to swap the Silesian Lubusz Land against the...
- southern Greater Poland was given to his youngest son Władysław III Spindleshanks, who also ****umed the guardianship of the minor son of Odon, Władysław...
- the Margraviate of Brandenburg and the Polish princes Władysław III Spindleshanks and Henry I the Bearded. The conflict eventually ended with a Polish...