Bolko III. (Opole)
Bolko III. of Opole , also Boleslaus III. von Opole , Boleslaw III. von Opole , Polish Bolko III Opolski , Czech Boleslav III. Opolský , (* around 1330; † October 21, 1382 ) was 1356-1382 Duke of Opole , which was a fiefdom of the Crown of Bohemia since 1327 . In addition, he was in the succession of Duke Albert 1366 / 75-1382 Duke of the Opole sub-duchy Strehlitz .
Origin and family
Bolko came from the Opole branch of the Silesian Piasts . His parents were Bolko II of Opole and Elisabeth, daughter of the Schweidnitzer Duke Bernhard II. The children came from his marriage to Anna († 1378), whom he married between 1355 and 1360 and whose origin is unknown
- Johann I of Opole († 1421), bishop of Posen, Leslau, Gnesen, Cammin and Kulm
- Bolko IV of Opole († 1437)
- Heinrich of Opole (1374-1394)
- Bernhard von Falkenberg and Strehlitz († 1455)
- Anna († 1455), Abbess of Trebnitz .
Life
After the death of her father Bolko II of Opole in 1356, Bolko III ruled. and his older brother Wladislaus II initially shared the Duchy of Opole. Since Ladislaus soon gained an important position at the Hungarian court, the responsibility for the Duchy of Opole lay mainly with Bolko III., Who stayed frequently at the Prague court, participated in the coronation of Charles IV as Roman-German Emperor in Rome as early as 1355 accompanied him to Avignon in 1365 . In 1366 or later, after the death of his uncle Albert von Strehlitz , he took over his duchy.
Because of the Kreuzburg and Pitschen pledges , which their uncle Bolko II von Schweidnitz bequeathed to them in 1368, Bolko and his brother Ladislaus got into armed conflict with Duke Ludwig I of Liegnitz , who finally settled the dispute by paying a deposit. In addition, the Opole brothers from the inheritance of Bolkos II von Schweidnitz were granted 10,000 marks by Emperor Charles IV as compensation for the inheritance claims of their mother Elisabeth von Schweidnitz. The amount was only to be paid out after the death of Bolko's widow Agnes , who was granted lifelong usufruct . Since Duchess Agnes Bolko survived, the claim went to his sons Johann I, Bolko IV and Bernhard.
Bolko III. von Oppeln died in 1382. His body was buried in the St. Anne's Chapel in the Opole Franciscan monastery. Since Bolko's brother Wladislaus only had daughters, the line of the Opole Piasts was only established by the sons of Bolko III. continued. From 1390 they led the Opole feud with the city of Wroclaw because of their mother's unpaid inheritance .
literature
- Ludwig Petry , Josef Joachim Menzel (ed.): History of Silesia. Volume 1: From prehistoric times to 1526. 5th revised edition. Thorbecke, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6341-5 , pp. 158, 171, 173, 176, 178, 181.
- Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , family tables on pp. 596–597.
- Rudolf Žáček: Dějiny Slezska v datech. Libri, Praha 2004, ISBN 80-7277-172-8 , p. 445.
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| SURNAME | Bolko III. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boleslaus III .; Boleslaw III .; Bolko III. von Strehlitz; Bolko III Opolski (Polish); Boleslav III. Opolský (Czech) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Opole (1356-1382); Duke of Strehlitz (1366 / 75–1382) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1330 |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1382 |