Johann II. (Troppau-Leobschütz)

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Johann II. Von Troppau (also Johann von Leobschütz , Johann "the Pious" from Leobschütz ; Czech Jan III. Opavský , also Jan Pobožný ; * around 1425 , † around 1485 ) was part of the Duke of Troppau and from 1445/47 to 1464 from 1445/47 until his death, Duke of Leobschütz . From 1454 to 1464 he was lord of Fulnek . He came from the Troppau branch of the Bohemian Přemyslids .

Life

His parents were Duke Wenzel II von Troppau and Leobschütz and Elisabeth von Krawarn .

After the death of their father in 1445/47, Johann and his elder brother of the same name Johann / Hanuš inherited the Duchy of Leobschütz and a third of the Duchy of Opava. After Johann / Hanuš had died in 1454, Johann II took over his title as Herr von Fulnek .

The other two thirds of Troppau were held by her father's brothers Wilhelm and Ernst . After Wilhelm had transferred the inheritance claim to the Duchy of Münsterberg to his younger brother Ernst in 1451, he acquired his third share in the Duchy of Opava in return. As a result, Wilhelm now owned two thirds of Troppau. After Wilhelm died a year later, Ernst, in his capacity as guardian of Wilhelm's underage children, sold their two-thirds stake in Opole to Duke Bolko V of Opole . After his death in 1460, the Bohemian King Georg von Podebrady moved his stake from Opole as a settled fiefdom . Johann II also sold his third share of Troppau to him in 1464, so that Georg von Podiebrad now owned all of the shares of Troppau, which enabled him to considerably expand his sphere of influence.

In the armed conflict over the succession to the throne in Bohemia, Johann II initially supported the Jagiellonian Vladislav II. After Matthias Corvinus had succeeded in conquering Silesia in 1479, Johann II also paid homage to him. In 1480 he founded the Franciscan monastery in Leobschütz.

Johann II von Leobschütz, who was married to a Katharina NN, died around 1485 without heirs. He is said to have got his nickname “the Pious” or “Pius” because he did not remarry after the death of his wife. King Matthias Corvinus moved in his duchy Leobschütz as a settled fiefdom. He then passed it on to his son Johann Corvinus .

With Johann II. Von Leobschütz the direct Premyslid line Opava expired , while the line Opava-Ratibor existed until 1521.

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  1. ↑ Pavel Sedláček: Vztahy river made Kladskem a Frankenšteijnskem ve 14. a 15. Stoleti . In: Kladský sborník 2, 1998, p. 119.
personal data
SURNAME Johann II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johann von Leobschütz; John the Pious; Johann Pius; Jan III Pobožný (Czech)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Troppau and Leobschütz
DATE OF BIRTH around 1425
DATE OF DEATH around 1485