Bolko II. (Opole)

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High grave Bolkos (right) and his brother Boleslaw von Falkenberg in the St. Anne's Chapel in the Opole Franciscan monastery

Bolko II (also Boleslaw II of Opole ; * around 1300; † June 21, 1356 ) was Duke of Opole .

Life

Bolko II came from the Opole branch of the Silesian Piasts . He was the second of three sons of the Opole Duke Bolko I.

Since Bolko was too young to take over the government when his father died in 1313, he was placed under the tutelage of his older brother of the same name, Duke Bolko von Falkenberg , who was also given the reign of his youngest brother Albert von Strehlitz and his duchy has been. In 1323 Bolko was declared of legal age and he himself took over the power of his inheritance duchy.

In 1326 he married Elisabeth, daughter of the Schweidnitz Duke Bernhard . Through this marriage he first approached the camp of the Polish King Władysław I. Ellenlang . On April 5, 1327, however , he paid homage to the Bohemian King John of Luxembourg . During his reign he promoted the economic development of his duchy. He granted privileges to cities, promoted trade and handicrafts, expanded roads and ensured the safety of travelers. His policy was crowned with success and increased the prosperity of the duchy considerably. In 1351 he bought the cities of Pitschen and Kreuzburg from Duke Wenzel I von Liegnitz and acquired Slawentitz from Duke Boleslaw von Beuthen .

Bolko was closely connected to the Opole Franciscan monastery and designated the St. Anne's Chapel as the burial place of the Dukes of Opole. He was buried there after his death in 1356.

progeny

Bolko's marriage to Elisabeth von Schweidnitz had sons

Wladislaus and Bolko succeeded their father as dukes, Heinrich became Canon of Breslau. The daughters entered monasteries .

After the death of his first wife on February 8, 1348, Bolko remarried, but the identity of his second wife is not known. The daughter came from this marriage

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personal data
SURNAME Bolko II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boleslaw II
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Opole (1313–1356)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1300
DATE OF DEATH June 21, 1356