Ernst (Troppau)

Ernst von Troppau (Czech: Arnošt Opavský ; * around 1415 ; † 1464 ) was 1433–1461 Duke of Troppau and 1452–1456 Duke of Münsterberg . He came from the Troppau branch of the Bohemian Přemyslids .

Life

His parents were Přemysl I von Troppau († 1433) and Katharina, a sister of the last Piast from Münsterberg, Johann . After the death of their father, he and his four brothers inherited the property they had left behind. Although the father wanted them not to share the property, an inheritance was divided among the brothers in 1434/35.

In 1451 his older brother Wilhelm transferred the inheritance claim to the Duchy of Münsterberg and received from Ernst in return his third share in the Duchy of Opava. As a result, Wilhelm now owned two thirds of Troppau.

After Wilhelm's death in 1452, the Duchy of Münsterberg fell to Ernst in accordance with the agreement of 1451, who also took over the guardianship of Wilhelm's children. As their guardian, he sold Wilhelm's two-thirds stake in Troppau to Opole Duke Bolko V after 1454. On March 8, 1456, he sold the Duchy of Münsterberg, which belonged to him, to the Bohemian provincial administrator and future King George of Podebrady . Since after the death of Bolko / Boleslaus von Oppeln in 1460, through his brother Nicholas I, he also got his two-thirds share of Oppau and in 1464 he also acquired his Oppau share from Johann II , he was able to exert his political and economic influence in Silesia increase considerably.

Ernst died unmarried and without offspring.

literature

• Ludwig Petry among others: History of Silesia . Vol. 1, Sigmaringen 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6341-5 , pp. 191, 208, 212.
• Pavel Sedláček: Vztahy mezi Kladskem a Frankenšteijnskem ve 14. a 15. stoleti . In: Kladký Sborník 2 (1998), pp. 117–123