Duchy of Leobschütz

The Duchy of Leobschütz was created in 1377 through the division of the Duchy of Opava . It is named after the town of the same name, Leobschütz , which was first mentioned in 1224 and which belonged to Moravia . It was founded by Ottokar I. Přemysl and later came to the Duchy of Opava. The dukes of Leobschütz came from the Troppau branch of the Bohemian Přemyslids .

history

After the death of Duke Nicholas II in 1365, the Duchy of Opava was initially administered by his eldest son John I , who at the same time received the Duchy of Ratibor as the sole heir and thereby became the progenitor of the Přemyslid family line of Opava-Ratibor .

When the Duchy of Opava was divided in 1377, Johann I remained in sole possession of Ratibor and also received the Opava areas of Jägerndorf and Freudenthal . His younger brothers Wenzel I and Přemysl / Přemko I received the eastern Opava region with the towns of Opava and Hultschin and the castles of Grätz and Landek . The second-born brother Nicholas III. received Leobschütz and Edelštejn Castle . After his death in 1394, the Duchy of Leobschütz came to the youngest brother Přemysl / Přemko I, who in turn united it with Troppau.

View of Leobschütz from 1819

After Přemysl / Primislaus I's death in 1433, Leobschütz received his son Wenceslaus II († 1445/47), from whom his sons Johann I "Hanuš" and Johann II "Pius" inherited it. After Johann / Hanuš's death in 1454, his share went to Johann / Pius, who died around 1485. Since he left no heirs, King Matthias Corvinus took the Duchy of Leobschütz in as a settled fiefdom and then transferred it, together with the Duchy of Opava, to his son Johann Corvinus .

After the First Silesian War in 1742, Leobschütz and the northern part of the Duchy of Opava fell to Prussia and, as a result of the Second World War, to Poland in 1945 .

Dukes of Leobschütz from the Premyslid line of Opava

• 1365-1394 Nicholas III. († 1394). Son of Duke Nicholas II.
  • 1394–1433 united with Troppau under Přemysl / Primislaus I. von Troppau
• 1433–1445 / 47 Wenceslas II († 1445/47), son of Přemysl / Primislaus I of Troppau
• 1445 / 47–1454 Johann I († 1454), son of Wenceslas II.
• 1445 / 47– around 1485 Johann II († around 1485), son of Wenceslas II, the duchy fell as a settled fiefdom to the crown of Bohemia .

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. 275-276 and family tables on pp. 600-601.
• Rudolf Žáček: Dějiny Slezska v datech . Praha 2004, ISBN 80-7277-172-8 , pp. 429 and 436-439.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ According to the handbook of historical sites, Duke Johann II sold it to Bohemia in 1482.