Duchy of Racibórz
Duchy of Racibórz | |||||||||
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1172–1202 1281–1521 | |||||||||
Capital | Racibórz (Ratibor) | ||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Partitioned from Wrocław | 1172 | ||||||||
• United with Opole | 1202 | ||||||||
• Split off Opole | 1281 | ||||||||
• Vassalized by Bohemia | 1327 | ||||||||
1337 | |||||||||
• United with Opole | 1521 | ||||||||
• Fell to Bohemia | 1532 | ||||||||
Currency | Racibórz heller | ||||||||
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Duchy of Racibórz (German: Herzogtum Ratibor, Czech: Ratibořské knížectví) was one of the duchies of Silesia. Its capital was Racibórz in Upper Silesia.
History
After
After the death of Mieszko's grandson Duke
A large number of place names of German origin in the southern part of the Duchy are the effect of medieval Ostsiedlung. [1]
In 1327 Przemysław's son Duke Leszek paid homage to King John of Bohemia, whereafter his duchy became a Bohemian fief. After Leszek died without issue in 1336, King John seized the duchy and granted it to the Přemyslid Duke Nicolas II of Opava (Troppau), forming the united Duchy of Opava and Racibórz. The Duchy would suffer several territorial changes until in 1521 it was again merged with Opole under Duke Jan II the Good. As a Duchy of Opole and Racibórz, after Jan's death in 1532 it fell back to the House of Habsburg, Bohemian kings since 1526. The fief was given in pawn to Margrave George of Brandenburg-Ansbach from the House of Hohenzollern, later briefly to the Polish House of Vasa and finally would be annexed and incorporated into the Kingdom of Prussia by the 1742 Treaty of Breslau.
The title of a "Duke of Ratibor" was acquired by Landgrave
Dukes
Silesian Piasts
- Mieszko I Tanglefoot (1172–1211)
United with Opole from 1202.
- Henry I the Beardeduntil 1238
- Mieszko II the Fat (1230–1246), son
- Władysław of Opole(1246–1281), brother
Split off Opole, Cieszyn and Bytom.
- Mieszko of Cieszyn (1281–1290), son of Władysław, Duke of Cieszyn in 1290, jointly with his brother
- Przemysław (1281–1306)
- Leszek (1306–1336), son of Przemysław, died without issue
Line extinct, duchy seized as a reverted fief by King John of Bohemia.
Přemyslid dukes of Opava
- Nicholas II (1337–1365)
- John I (1365–1378), son, also Duke of Krnov from 1377
- John II (1378–1424), son
- Nicholas V (1424–1437), son, jointly with his brother
- Wenceslaus (1424–1456)
- John III (1456–1493), son of Wenceslaus
- Nicholas VI (1493–1506), son, jointly with his brothers
- John IV (1493–1506)
- Valentin (1493–1521)
Line extinct, duchy inherited by Duke Jan II the Good of Opole.
House of Hohenlohe-Schillingfürst
Dukes of Ratibor and Princes of Corvey[citation needed]
- Victor I Moritz Carl(1840–1893)
- Victor II Amadeus(1893–1919)
Heads of the House of Ratibor after World War I
- Victor II Amadeus (1919–1923)
- Victor III August Maria (1923–1945)
- Franz-Albrecht Metternich-Sándor (1945–2009)
- Victor IV (since 2009)
Bibliography
- ŽÁČEK, Rudolf. Dějiny Slezska v datech. Praha : Libri, 2003. ISBN 80-7277-172-8.
References
See also
- Duke of Opole
- Dukes of Silesia