Johann Georg (Ohlau-Wohlau)

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Johann Georg von Wohlau (also Johann Georg von Ohlau and Wohlau ; Czech Jan Jiří Volovský , Polish Jan Jerzy oławski ; born June 17, 1552 , † July 6, 1592 in Ohlau ) was Duke of Wohlau from 1586 to 1592 and from 1586 to 1592 together with his brother Joachim Friedrich Herzog von Ohlau .

Life

Johann Georg was the second son of Duke Georg II "the Pious" and his wife Barbara von Brandenburg , a daughter of Elector Joachim II Hector of Brandenburg .

On September 16, 1582, Johann Georg married Anna von Württemberg , a daughter of the Württemberg Duke Christoph . The marriage had two children who both lived only a few months: Georg Christoph (* May 13, 1583; † May 10, 1584) and Barbara (* February 18, 1586, † April 16, 1586).

After the death of her father in 1586, Johann Georg inherited the Duchy of Wohlau and, together with his brother Joachim Friedrich, the Duchy of Ohlau . Both initially resided in Ohlau , as Joachim Friedrich had inherited the Duchy of Brieg , but the city ​​of Brieg was due to her mother as a Wittum .

Since Johann Georg died without descendants in 1592, his brother Joachim Friedrich inherited the Duchy of Wohlau, which he combined with his Duchy of Brieg. Johann Georg's widow Anna received the city of Ohlau as Wittum. She lost her claims to Ohlau when she remarried to Duke Friedrich IV of Liegnitz in 1594 . As a result, it fell to her brother-in-law Joachim Friedrich, who was able to unite the entire legacy of his father Georg II in one hand.

literature

  • Historical Commission for Silesia (Ed.): History of Silesia. Volume 2: Ludwig Petry , Josef Joachim Menzel (ed.): The Habsburg Era, 1526–1740. 3rd, unchanged edition. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 2000, ISBN 3-7995-6342-3 , p. 40.
  • Krzysztof R. Prokop: Jan Jerzy. In: Stanisław Szczur, Krzysztof Ożóg (eds.): Piastowie. Leksykon biograficzny. Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 1999, ISBN 83-08-02829-2 , p. 530.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on this contradicting itself. After: Historical Commission for Silesia (Hrsg.): History of Silesia. Volume 2. 2000, 34, she had her Wittum in Ohlau.
personal data
SURNAME Johann Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann Georg von Wohlau; Jan Jiří Volovský; Jan Jerzy Oławski
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Ohlau and Wohlau
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1552
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1592
Place of death Ohlau