Johann I (Teschen-Auschwitz)

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John I of Auschwitz (also Hanuš I of Cieszyn Auschwitz , Polish January I Scholastyk * 1308/ 1310 ; † 1370/ 1372 ) was from 1321/24 until his death Duke of Auschwitz .

Origin and life

Johann came from the Teschen branch of the Silesian Piasts . His parents were Duke Wladislaus and Euphrosyne († 1327), a daughter of Duke Bolesław II of Mazovia .

From his marriage to a woman whose name and origin are unknown, there was a son:

  • John II († 1376); ∞ around 1366 Hedwig († 1385/1396), daughter of Duke Ludwig I of Brieger († 1398)

After the death of his first wife, whose year of death is unknown, Johann married Salome von Reuss († 1400) for the second time after 1358 ; this marriage remained childless.

Since Johann was not of legal age when his father died in 1314/15, he was initially under the tutelage of his mother, who also ruled the Duchy of Auschwitz. Although he was the only son and he was entitled to the duke's succession, he turned first to the clergy. In 1321 he received a scholastic position in Cracow , which is why he is sometimes referred to as "the scholastic".

Before 1327 he took over the government of his duchy. On 24 February 1327 he paid homage in Bytom , together with the Duke Lestko of Ratibor Czech King John of Luxembourg , where he also handed the Duchy of Auschwitz as a fief. This made him a vassal of the Crown of Bohemia .

After the death of the childless Duke Boleslaus von Beuthen and Cosel in 1355, Johann I von Teschen-Auschwitz and the three other representatives of the main Opole line ( Casimir I von Teschen , Bolko II von Opole and Bolko I von Falkenberg ) reported inheritance claims to the Coseler-Beuthener inheritance, which was withdrawn as a settled fiefdom from the Bohemian King Charles IV . Even Conrad I († 1366) of Oels, who since 1328/29 with Euphemia († 1376/78), a subsidiary of Duke Władysław of Bytom and Cosel was married, filed for claims. On October 10, 1355, a Prague arbitration court chaired by the sovereign Charles IV, in which Johann I of Auschwitz also participated, awarded the Duchy of Cosel to Duke Konrad I of Oels. The dispute over the inheritance of the Duchy of Bytom was not settled until 1369. However, Johann I von Teschen-Auschwitz, Bolko II von Oppeln and Bolko I von Falkenberg could not enforce their claims and were left with nothing.

Johann died between 1370 and 1372. His body was buried in the church of the Dominican monastery in Auschwitz .

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SURNAME Johann I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann I of Teschen-Auschwitz; Hanuš I of Auschwitz; Johann I the Scholastic
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Auschwitz
DATE OF BIRTH between 1308 and 1310
DATE OF DEATH between 1370 and 1372