His actions reinforced old resentment and hostility on the part of Poland's neighbors, and his two dispossessed brothers took advantage of it by arranging for invasions from Germany and Kievan Rus' in 1031.
Tema tegevus tugevdas vana vimma ja vaenu Poola naabrite poolt ja tema kaks võõrandatud venda kasutasid juhust, korraldades aastal 1031 sissetunge Saksamaalt ja Kiievi-Venest.