 After the death of his father, Władysław was sent to Krakow to the court of his relative, Bolesław V the Chaste (1st cousin once removed).In 1273 Władysław participated in the arbitration by Bolesław the Pious, duke of Greater Poland, to reconcile him and his mother Eufrozyna with the Teutonic Knights.Władysław took responsibility for governing these territories in 1275, but they were actually held in a ""niedzial"" (collective property of the family community) with his two younger brothers.