Heinrich II. (Münsterberg-Oels)
Heinrich II. Von Münsterberg-Oels (also: Heinrich II. Von Podiebrad , Czech: Jindřich II. Minstrbersko-Olešnický ; born March 29, 1507 , † August 2, 1548 in Bernstadt ) was Duke of Münsterberg , 1536–1542 Duke of Oels and 1542–1548 Duke of Bernstadt . He also carried the title of Count von Glatz .
Life
Heinrich II came from the Münsterberger family branch of the Bohemian noble family Podiebrad . His parents were Karl I von Münsterberg and Oels and Anna (1480 / 83–1541), daughter of Duke Johann II von Sagan .
On February 7, 1529, Heinrich married Margarethe, a daughter of Johann von Pernstein , who died in the same year. In his second marriage in 1537 he married Margarethe von Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1515–1559), daughter of Heinrich V von Mecklenburg-Schwerin .
After the death of their father Karl I in 1536, Heinrich and his brothers Joachim , Johann and Georg II initially ruled together. On June 25, 1536, in a joint document, the city of Silberberg, which belongs to the Duchy of Münsterberg, was granted the rights of a free mining town . In contrast to their father, Heinrich and his brothers professed Lutheran teaching. In 1537 they expelled the Catholic clergy from Münsterberg and appointed Protestant preachers. In the same year he and his brothers renounced the inheritance claims to the Duchy of Crossen after Joachim had received from Elector Joachim I the promise of a claim to the diocese of Lebus or Brandenburg .
In 1542 Heinrich and his brothers pledged the indebted Duchy of Münsterberg to their uncle, Duke Friedrich II of Liegnitz. Then Heinrich II received the Duchy of Bernstadt , while Johann continued the government in the Duchy of Oels. Joachim, the oldest of the brothers, was to become Bishop of Brandenburg. The Reformation spread through him in Bernstadt, which Heinrich II made his residence . He expanded the Bernstadt Palace by adding the south wing and founded the Princely School. After a brief reign of only six years, he died in 1548.
progeny
- Henry III. von Bernstadt (1542–1587), married to Magdalena Meseritsch von Lomnitz ( Mezeřícká z Lomnice )
- Karl (* / † 1543)
- George (1544–1556)
- Charles II (1545-1617)
- Anna (1539–1568)
- Salomena (1540–1567), married to Georg von Thurn and Valsassina
- Katharina (1548–1579), married to Georg von Berka von Dubá ( Jiří Berka z Dubé )
literature
- Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , pp. 19, 322 and 506 as well as family tables on pp. 602-603.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Document from 1537 Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage
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| SURNAME | Henry II |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Henry II of Podebrady; Heinrich II. Von Munsterberg-Oels; Heinrich II of Bernstadt; Jindřich II. Minstrbersko-Olešnický (Czech) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Münsterberg, Duke of Oels and Count of Glatz |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1507 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 2, 1548 |
| Place of death | Bernstadt |