Bolko IV (Opole)
Bolko IV. (Also Boleslaus IV. Of Opole , Boleslaw IV. Of Opole ; Polish Bolko IV opolski ; Czech Boleslav IV. Opolský ; * 1363/67; † May 6, 1437 ) was 1382–1437 Duke of Opole , as well as Duke of Opole partial duchies of Falkenberg and Strehlitz .
Family and origin
Bolko came from the Opole branch of the Silesian Piasts . He was the second-born son of Duke Bolko III. and Anna, whose origin is unknown.
Between 1393 and 1400 Bolko IV married Margaretha of Gorizia . Children came from marriage
- Bolko V of Opole († 1460)
- Johann of Opole († 1439)
- Heinrich († 1436)
- Nicholas I of Opole (1420–1476)
- Margaretha († 1454/55), married to Duke Ludwig III. von Lüben, Haynau and Ohlau
Life
After the death of the father of the same name Bolko III. In 1382 Bolko IV and his younger brothers Heinrich († 1394) and Bernhard († 1455) were initially under the tutelage of their uncle Wladislaus II von Opole and their eldest brother Johann I. Since the inheritance of their grandmother Elisabeth von Schweidnitz until the death of Father had not yet been paid, the claim in 1382 passed to Bolko and his brothers. In order to get the inheritance, Bolko and his brothers obtained a promissory note from the Bohemian King Wenceslaus IV , who was the legal heir of the Duchy of Schweidnitz, in 1389 . He triggered the so-called Opole feud in 1390 , which was directed against the city of Wroclaw and lasted for decades. Because of this feud, Bolko and his brothers were of bad repute.
Because of the anti-Polish policy of her uncle Wladislaus, who was a supporter of the Bohemian King Wenceslaus, supported the Teutonic Order and pursued the plan to crush Poland, the Polish King Władysław II Jagiełło undertook a military campaign in the Opole region in 1391/92. Bolko and his brother Bernhard were held in Opole by the Polish army.
After the death of their uncle Wladislaus, who only had daughters, Bolko and his brothers Johann and Bernhard were the actual heirs of the Duchy of Opole in 1401. 1425 Affiliate Bolko small Glogau that a previously Wittum of Wladislaus widow Eufemia was († 1418/24), out of the Duchy of Opole and transferred his eponymous son Bolko V, who is Duke of Opole and Mr. Klein on Glogau and Prudnik titulierte . Since he was on the side of the Hussites , they also spared the territory of his father Bolkos IV in 1428.
After the death of King Wenceslas, Bolko IV supported his half-brother Sigismund . Bolko IV died on May 6, 1437; his body was buried in the church of the Opole Franciscan monastery.
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. 178, 181, 190, 197, 199.
- Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). 2nd, improved and enlarged edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-520-31602-1 , family tables on pp. 596–597.
- Rudolf Žáček: Dějiny Slezska v datech. Libri, Praha 2004, ISBN 80-7277-172-8 , pp. 89, 100, 415, 430, 440, 445.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to pl: Bolko IV opolski
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bolko IV. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boleslaus IV .; Boleslaw IV .; Bolko IV opolski (Polish); Boleslav IV. Opolský (Czech) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Opole; Duke of Falkenberg, Duke of Strehlitz (1366 / 75–1382) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1363 and 1367 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 1437 |