Original sentence: At last in 1234 a good half of the of that province was formally ceeded to him.From the begining of the thirteenth century he had not ceased to intervene in the disputes which were carried on between the descendants of Mieszko the Old.In spite of all his German connections Henry the Pious would, therefore, assuredly have maintained the independance and prestige of the kingdom if all his plan had not been annihilated by an unforseen catastrophe.This Henry II the Pious, who succeded his father in 1238, was, in fact, entirely worthy of the heritage of the first Piasts.This Silesian prince not only intended to enlarge his possesions; he proposed to make them the nucleus of a restore Kingdom of Poland
Edited sentence: At last in 1234 a good half of the of that province was formally ceded to him.From the beginning of the thirteenth century he had not ceased to intervene in the disputes which were carried on between the descendants of Mieszko the Old.In spite of all his German connections Henry the Pious would, therefore, assuredly have maintained the independance and prestige of the kingdom if all his plan had not been annihilated by an unforeseen catastrophe.This Henry II the Pious, who succeeded his father in 1238, was, in fact, entirely worthy of the heritage of the first Piasts.This Silesian prince not only intended to enlarge his possessions; he proposed to make them the nucleus of a restore Kingdom of Poland