Glogau succession dispute

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The Glogau Succession dispute (also Glogau War of Succession ) broke out in 1476 after the death of Duke Heinrich XI. Although the Duchy of Glogau was temporarily directly subordinate to the Crown of Bohemia from 1331 , the ensuing inheritance and feudal entanglements could not be immediately removed by an undisputed sovereign. The reason for this was the unresolved disputes over the Kingdom of Bohemia between the Bohemian King Vladislav II and the opposing king Matthias Corvinus , who both also pursued the goal of getting to Glogau. The war of succession was only settled on September 20, 1482 with the Peace of Kamenz .

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On August 19, 1476 went out with Heinrich XI. the direct line Glogau of the Silesian Piasts . Since the death of his father of the same name, Heinrich IX. In 1469 the ducal share of Glogau and the sub-duchies of Crossen and Freystadt that were spun off from it . In addition, he was enfeoffed with the royal share of Glogau by the Bohemian rival king Matthias Corvinus, who had conquered Silesia in the same year. However, this share had been pledged to the Teschen dukes under inheritance law since 1384 and, after the death of Duke Wladislaus in 1460, it came to his widow Margareta von Cilli in his will as a personal asset , who has since ruled over the royal share.

According to the will of Henry XI. all his property was to pass to his widow Barbara von Brandenburg , who was only twelve years old . Nevertheless, the Sagan Duke Johann II also made claims. He was a cousin of Heinrich XI., And his claim was only vague, since his father of the same name, Johann I , had already renounced Glogau.

Immediately after the death of Henry XI. had Barbara's father, the Brandenburg Elector Albrecht Achilles , occupy the Duchy of Glogau through his son Johann Cicero . Matthias Corvinus, who wanted to seize Glogau to make it his illegitimate son John Corvinus to transfer, but this was no way because of the rapid access of the Hohenzollern, demanded the reversion Glogau. Finally he supported Duke Johann II and even recommended the Glogau estates to pay homage to him.

In order to eliminate Matthias Corvinus, the Bohemian King Vladislav II married Henry XI on August 19, 1476. Widow Barbara. Since the wedding was carried out without the personal presence of Vladislav II, the Münsterberg Duke Heinrich d. Ä. as royal procurator . Matthias Corvinus viewed this procedure as an illegal interference by Bohemia in internal Silesian affairs. Therefore, he made an army available to Duke Johann II, with which in November 1476 the whole country of Heinrich XI. occupied, with the exception of Crossens , which was firmly in Brandenburg hands. In 1477 Johann II penetrated as far as Frankfurt an der Oder and then as far as Berlin, but was defeated by Margrave Johann Cicero at Crossen in October 1478.

As a result of the Peace of Olomouc , with which the Bohemian-Hungarian war between the rival kings Vladislav II and Matthias Corvinus was settled on July 21, 1479, Vladislav II resigned from the never consummated marriage to Barbara von Brandenburg. In the same year an agreement was reached in Fürstenberg in Niederlausitz on a possible division of Glogau among the opposing parties, but Duke Johann II remained irreconcilable. The Glogau succession dispute was only ended with a peace agreement signed in Kamenz on October 20, 1482 . It comprised the following regulations:

  • Johann II received most of the Duchy of Glogau, but only for his lifetime. At the same time, Matthias Corvinus had to promise to pay homage to these areas. On October 22nd, 1482 he confirmed the town of Glogau its privileges. After his death, his area was to be passed on to Corvin's son Johann.
  • As a Wittum, Barbara von Brandenburg was given the Duchy of Crossen on a permanent basis, for which she had to pay homage to King Matthias Corvinus and which should fall to the Hohenzollern family after her death . She also received Bobersberg , Zülichau and Sommerfeld . Your further claims were settled with 50,000 guilders. She had to hand this over to her relatives, however, for the losses they had suffered as a result of the armed conflict.

Royal half of Glogau

The succession dispute also led to disputes over the royal share of Glogau, which was illegally passed on to Duke Heinrich XI by Matthias Corvinus in 1469. had been transferred, although the regency over this part had been due to the Teschen widow Barbara von Cilli since 1460. In order to defend their rights, this part was occupied in 1478 by Duke Kazimir II of Teschen . Thereupon Matthias Corvinus and Duke Casimir II agreed that Kazimir will transfer this share from Glogau to Matthias Corvinus and receive Cosel and 2000 guilders in exchange . A transfer of Cosel to Casimir II did not materialize, however. Regardless of this, Duke Johann II also took action against Casimir II and in 1480 appropriated the royal half of Glogau after armed attacks. Shortly afterwards Barbara von Cilli died in Guhrau , where she had fled.

Matthias Corvinus finally handed over the royal share of Glogau as a fiefdom to John II on the condition that in the event of John's death it should fall back to the Crown of Bohemia without male heirs .

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