Congress of Visegrád (1335)
The first Congress of Visegrád was a 1335
The summit was triggered by the sudden expansion of Habsburg power in the region, which had taken over Carinthia and Carniola after the death of duke Henry of Gorizia-Tyrol, who had unsuccessfully claimed the Bohemian and the Polish crowns.
It also recognized Czech sovereignty over the Duchy of Silesia, which the Czech kings had controlled de jure with the Crown of Poland. John I relinquished the Polish crown to Casimir III in exchange for 1,200,000 Prague groschen. The Duchy of Silesia thus became part of the Czech Crown until 1742, when most of it was lost to Prussia and joined Poland after World War II in 1945. A small part is now in the Czech Republic.
A second meeting took place in 1339 and chose the new king of Poland.
See also
- Congress of Visegrád (1339)
- Visegrád Group
- Treaty of Trentschin
- Treaty of Namslau
External links
- RÁCZ, György. Visegrád 1335 [online]. Bratislava: International Visegrad Fund, 2009, [cit. 2013-08-02]. On-line book. (CZ, SK, HU, PL, EN, Latin)