Duchies of Silesia
Duchies of Silesia | |||||||||||
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1335–1742 | |||||||||||
Status | Crown land of the Bohemian Crown | ||||||||||
Capital | Wrocław, Opole, Opava, various others | ||||||||||
Common languages | Czech, Polish, German | ||||||||||
Religion |
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King | |||||||||||
• 1335–1378 | Charles I (first) | ||||||||||
• 1916–1918 | Charles III (last) | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
• Joined Kingdom of Bohemia | 1335 | ||||||||||
• Hungarian rule | 1469–1490 | ||||||||||
• Dissolution of the Piast dynasty | 1675 | ||||||||||
• Austrian Silesia formed | 1742 | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Czech Republic Poland Germany |
The Duchies of Silesia were the more than twenty divisions of the region of
Breakup of Polish Silesia (1138–1335)
In the (vain) hope to prevent an inheritance dispute, the
Bolesław's son
After ten years of joint rule, Władysław's sons finally divided Silesia in 1173:
- Henry I the Bearded.
- Mieszko I Tanglefoot became Duke of Racibórz and received Bytom and Oświęcim in 1177.
- Konrad Spindleshanks (Konrad Laskonogi), the youngest, in 1177 also claimed his rights and received the Duchy of Głogówfrom his brother Bolesław, who after Konrad's death about 1180/90 again inherited it.
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1172/3-1177Bolesław IJarosławMieszko I
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1177-1185Bolesław IJarosławMieszko IKonrad
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1185-1201Bolesław IJarosławMieszko I
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1201-1202Henry IMieszko I
After his brother Bolesław I had died, Mieszko I Tanglefoot also conquered and took the Duchy of Opole from his nephew Henry I the Bearded. He ruled over the Racibórz and Opole duchies, which emerged as Upper Silesia, until his death in 1211. Henry I the Bearded remained sovereign of the Lower Silesian Duchy of Wrocław, he acquired the Greater Polish lands of Kalisz in 1206, which he granted to his Piast cousin Władysław Odonic, as well as Lubusz Land in 1210. High Duke of Poland from 1232, he conquered further Greater Polish territories around Santok in 1234.
Mieszko's heir was Duke
Henry II was killed at the
Mieszko II the Fat, of Upper Silesia, in 1244, returned Kalisz to Duke Przemysł I of Greater Poland. He died in 1246 and his possessions were inherited by his brother Władysław Opolski.
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1206-1217Henry IWładysław OdonicLubusz LandMieszko I,
1211: Casimir I -
1217-1230Henry ICasimir I
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1241-1243Bolesław IIMieszko LubuskiWładysław OpolskiMieszko II
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1243-1248Bolesław IIWładysław OpolskiMieszko II,
1246: Władysław
OpolskiSantokKaliszKępnoLelów
Duchies of the Bohemian Crown (1335–1918)
In 1327, King
Under the Bohemian crown, the duchies continued to be ruled by branches of the Piast dynasty known as the Silesian Piasts until their last lineage died out in 1675. When a ducal lineage died out, the duchy passed to the crown and became a state country.
The Bohemian Crown passed to the
List of Silesian duchies
- Duchy of Bernstadt
- Duchy of Bielsko (Bílské knížectví, Księstwo Bielskie, Herzogtum Bielitz)
- Duchy of Brzeg (Knížectví Břeh, Księstwo Brzeskie, Herzogtum Brieg)
- Duchy of Bytom (Knížectví Bytomské, Księstwo Bytomskie, Herzogtum Beuthen)
- Duchy of Cosel (Koźle)
- Duchy of Crossen]
- Duchy of Falkenberg]
- Duchy of Freudenthal
- Duchy of Freystadt
- Duchy of Gleiwitz
- Duchy of Głogów (Knížectví Hlohovské, Księstwo Głogowskie, Herzogtum Glogau)
- Duchy of Głogówek and Prudnik (Księstwo głogówiecko-prudnickie, Herzogtum Klein Glogau und Prudnik)
- Duchy of Głubczyce (Knížectví Hlubčice, Księstwo Głubczyckie, Herzogtum Leobschütz)
- Duchy of Haynau
- Duchy of Jawor (Javorské knížectví, Księstwo Jaworskie, Herzogtum Jauer)
- Duchy of Krnov (Krnovské knížectví, Księstwo Karniowskie, Herzogtum Jägerndorf)
- Duchy of Legnica (Lehnické knížectví, Księstwo Legnickie, Herzogtum Liegnitz)
- Duchy of Löwenberg (Lemberské knížectví, Księstwo Lwóweckie, Herzogtum Löwenberg)
- Duchy of Loslau]
- Duchy of Lüben
- Duchy of Münsterberg (Minstrberské knížectví, Księstwo Ziębickie, Herzogtum Münsterberg)
- Duchy of Namslau
- Duchy of Nysa (Niské knížectví, Księstwo Nyskie, Herzogtum Neisse)
- Duchy of Oels (Olešnické knížectví, Księstwo Oleśnickie, Herzogtum Oels)
- Duchy of Ohlau
- Duchy of Opole (Opolské knížectví, Księstwo Opolskie, Herzogtum Oppeln)
- Duchy of Opole and Racibórz
- Duchy of Oświęcim (Osvětimské knížectví, Księstwo Oświęcimskie, Herzogtum Auschwitz)
- Duchy of Prudnik (Prudnícké knížectví, Księstwo Prudnickie, Herzogtum Prudnik)
- Duchy of Pless (Pštinské knížectví, Księstwo Pszczyńskie, Herzogtum Pless)
- Duchy of Racibórz (Ratibořské knížectví, Księstwo Raciborskie, Herzogtum Ratibor)
- Duchy of Racibórz and Opava (Ducatus Ratiboria et Oppaviensis)
- Duchy of Racibórz and Krnov (Ducatus Ratiboria et Carnovia)
- Duchy of Rybnik
- Duchy of Siewierz (Seveřské knížectví, Księstwo Siewierskie, Herzogtum Sewerien)
- Duchy of Sprottau
- Duchy of Steinau
- Duchy of Strehlitz
- Duchy of Świdnica (Svídnické knížectví, Księstwo Świdnickie, Herzogtum Schweidnitz)
- Duchy of Teschen (Księstwo Cieszyńskie, Knížectví těšínské, Herzogtum Teschen)
- Duchy of Tost]
- Duchy of Troppau (Vévodství opavské, Księstwo Opawskie, Herzogtum Troppau)
- Duchy of Wohlau
- Duchy of Wrocław(Vratislavské knížectví, Księstwo Wrocławskie, Herzogtum Breslau)
- Duchy of Zator (Zatorské knížectví, Księstwo Zatorskie, Herzogtum Zator)
- Duchy of Żagań (Zaháňské knížectví, Księstwo Żagańskie, Herzogtum Sagan)
There were also other little duchies: Buchwald, Coschok, Goldberg, Grottkau, Grünberg, Hirschberg, and Parchwiz.
Bibliography
- ŽÁČEK, Rudolf. Dějiny Slezska v datech. Praha : Libri, 2003. ISBN 80-7277-172-8.