Duchy of Gliwice

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The Duchy of Gliwice was created in 1337 by the division of the Duchy of Beuthen - Cosel . It was ruled by the Silesian Piasts and conquered by King Matthias Corvinus in 1482 . The place of residence was the city of the same name Gleiwitz (today Gliwice in Upper Silesia in Poland).

history

The area of ​​Gleiwitz initially belonged to the Duchy of Opole , which was divided among his four sons after the death of Duke Wladislaus I in 1281. This made it to the newly established Duchy of Beuthen . From 1327 it was in the possession of the Ratibor duke Lestko and after his death in 1336 it fell back to Bytom. Presumably in 1337 it was spun off from the Duchy of Beuthen for Duke Ziemowit , who documented it as Duke of Gleiwitz . He died after 1342, and his area was reunited with the Duchy of Bytom.

Gliwice Castle

When the Duchy of Beuthen-Cosel was divided into two parts after the Bytom branch of the Silesian Piasts had expired in 1355, Gleiwitz came to the Teschen Duke Przemislaus . During his lifetime he passed it on to his son of the same name, Przemislaus von Auschwitz , who, however, died before his father in 1406.

The partial principality of Gleiwitz emerged again in 1465, when it was acquired by Auschwitz Duke Johann IV , who resided in Gleiwitz and held it until 1482. Then Gleiwitz was conquered by King Matthias Corvinus , who handed it over to his governor of Upper Silesia, Johann Bjelik von Kornitz . After it was deposed, it was bought by the Bohemian chief steward Wilhelm II of Pernstein and in 1498 by Duke Johann II of Opole , who linked it to his duchy. Since the Opole branch of the Silesian Piasts became extinct with him, after his death in 1532 Gleiwitz fell together with Opole as a settled fiefdom to the Crown of Bohemia .

Reign of Gliwice

The now sovereign property of the former Duchy of Gleiwitz was pledged in 1558 by Emperor Ferdinand I in his capacity as King of Bohemia together with nine surrounding villages as the rule of Gleiwitz to Friedrich von Czettritz and three years later to the city of Gleiwitz itself. After the city acquired the rule of Gliwice from Rudolf II in 1593 , it became an immediate city and at the same time the owner of the villages belonging to the rule.

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