Duchy of Namslau

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The Duchy of Namslau was founded in 1312 as a part of the Duchy of Glogau and in 1331 came with the Duchy of Oels as a fiefdom to the Crown of Bohemia . In 1341 it was attached to the Duchy of Brieg and in 1348 acquired by the Roman-German and Bohemian King Charles IV . He connected it with the Duchy of Breslau , which had fallen back to the Crown of Bohemia as a finished fief in 1335 . The place of residence was the city of the same name Namslau (today Namysłów in the Opole Voivodeship in Poland).

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Namslau Castle
Namslau Castle

The area of ​​Namslau initially belonged to the Duchy of Breslau . After the death of Duke Heinrich IV. In 1290 it fell to his widow as a personal property in his will, but his cousin Heinrich V had to pass it to Heinrich III in 1294 due to inheritance disputes . from Glogau. After his death in 1309 Namslau was spun off together with the eastern part of Glogau in 1312 for his sons Konrad I († 1366) and Boleslaus / Bolko († 1320), from which the Duchy of Oels emerged , which they ruled together until 1313. Thereafter Namslau Konrad I ruled alone, who also received Oels in 1321 after Bolko's death. Konrad I initially resided in Namslau and took the title Herr von Namslau .

After Henry V's son Boleslaw III. Konrad I. took Namslau again, he united it with his Duchy of Brieg. In 1341 he pledged it together with Konstadt , Kreuzburg and Pitschen to the Polish King Casimir III due to financial difficulties . With him, the Bohemian King Charles IV concluded the Namslau Treaty on November 22, 1348 for mutual assistance. At the same time, Casimir handed over the Namslauer Land to Charles IV, who released it from the Duchy of Oels and connected it to the Hereditary Duchy of Breslau, which had fallen back as a fiefdom in 1335.

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