Friedrich Kasimir (Teschen)

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Friedrich Kasimir von Teschen (Czech Fridrich Kazimír Těšínský ; * December 1541 or January 1542; † May 4, 1571 ) was Duke of Teschen and since 1560 Duke of Bielitz .

Origin and family

Friedrich Kasimir came from the Teschen branch of the Silesian Piasts . His parents were Duke Wenceslaus III. Adam and Maria, daughter of the Moravian governor Johann von Pernstein .

On December 28, 1563, Friedrich Kasimir married Katharina (1542–1569), daughter of Duke Friedrich III of Liegnitz . The marriage resulted in the daughter Katharina, who was born in 1565 and died at the age of six.

Life

Friedrich Kasimir was initially considered the sole heir of his father, as he was the only son from his first marriage to Maria von Pernstein. That is why he was appointed co-regent by his father when he came of age. In 1560 he transferred the Duchy of Bielitz and the dominions of Freistadt and Friedek to his own responsibility.

Although Friedrich Kasimir did not have a high income, he led an exuberant lifestyle and quickly brought his country to financial collapse. According to an estimate by an Imperial Committee, the total amount of the debt was put at 244,000 thalers . Since Friedrich Kasimir died in 1571 while his father was still alive, the latter was forced to sell the deceased's territory to Karl von Promnitz on Pless as a minority rule with the consent of Emperor Maximilian II to settle the debts .

Heir to the Duchy of Teschen was the half-brother of Friedrich Kasimir Adam Wenzel , born in 1574, who succeeded in acquiring the rule of Freistadt back in 1592. It came from the second marriage of his father, who had married Sidonie , daughter of Duke Franz I von Lauenburg, in 1567 . Adam Wenzel was married to Elisabeth, a daughter of the Courland Duke Gotthard Kettler . With their son Friedrich Wilhelm , the Teschen family branch died out in the male line in 1625.

literature

  • Rudolf Žáček: Dějiny Slezska v datech . Praha 2004, ISBN 80-7277-172-8 , pp. 145, 410 and 451.

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personal data
SURNAME Friedrich Casimir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fridrich Kazimír Těšínský (Czech)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Teschen and Duke of Bielitz
DATE OF BIRTH December 1541 or January 1542
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1571