Henry VII (Liegnitz)

Heinrich VII of Liegnitz (* 1355 - † December 12, 1398 ) was Duke of Liegnitz . From 1379 to 1381 he held the office of diocese administrator of Breslau and from 1389/90 to 1398 he was Bishop of Leslau in Kujawia .

origin

Heinrich came from the Silesian Piast family . He was the fourth and youngest son of Duke Wenceslaus I of Liegnitz and Anna († 1367), daughter of Duke Casimir I of Teschen .

Heinrich's siblings were

• Ruprecht I , († 1409), Duke of Liegnitz, ⚭ with Hedwig († 1390), daughter of Duke Heinrich V of Sagan
• Wenceslas II (* 1348; † 1419), bishop of Lebus and Breslau
• Boleslaw IV. († 1394), Duke of Liegnitz, had an accident at a horse show, as well
• Hedwig († 1409), ⚭ 1372 Heinrich VI. of Sagan († 1393)

Life

After the death of their father in 1364, Heinrich and his older siblings were initially under the guardianship of their uncle Ludwig I. After the eldest brother Ruprecht came of age in 1368, he took over the guardianship of Heinrich and his siblings. At the same time Heinrich and his brothers Wenzel and Boleslaw became co-regents of Ruprecht.

In order to avoid a further division of the Duchy of Liegnitz, Heinrich, like his older brothers Wenzel and Boleslaw, was chosen by his parents for a spiritual career. In 1378 he received a canonical at the Breslau collegiate monastery Heilig Kreuz , a year later he became dean of the Breslau cathedral chapter . On May 21, 1379, together with his brothers in Prague, he paid homage to the Bohemian King Wenceslaus IV. In the same year he was appointed administrator of the diocese of Breslau, which has been since the death of Bishop Preczlaw von Pogarell in 1376 by the double election of Dietrich von Klattau as well by Johannes von Neumarkt was in a sedis vacancy .

After Heinrich's brother Ruprecht I sent him a barrel of Schweidnitzer beer at Christmas 1380 , which was confiscated by the city of Breslau, the so-called Breslau Beer War broke out , which lasted until 1382. As a result, Heinrich lost the position of diocese administrator in 1381, which, however, was transferred to his brother Wenzel in the same year, who became Bishop of Wroclaw after the pacification in 1382.

In 1389/90, Heinrich was succeeded by the Opole Duke Johann I by Pope Bonifatius IX. appointed Bishop of Kuyavia. Nevertheless, he stayed mainly on the Liegnitzer Herzogshof as well as with his brother in Breslau and Ottmachau . He died in Silesia and was buried in the Breslau Cathedral .

literature

• Historical Commission for Silesia (Ed.): History of Silesia. Volume 1: Ludwig Petry , Josef Joachim Menzel, Winfried Irgang (eds.): From primeval times to the year 1526. 5th, revised edition. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6341-5 , p. 175 f. and 182.
• Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , family tree on pp. 590-591.
• Rudolf Žáček: Dějiny Slezska v datech. Nakladatelství Libri, Praha 2004, ISBN 80-7277-172-8 , p. 428.

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predecessor	Office	successor
Johann I of Opole	Bishop of Leslau 1389 / 90–1398	Mikołaj Kurowski