Casimir I (Teschen)

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Casimir I (Czech: Kazimír I. Těšínský , Polish: Kazimierz I cieszyński ; * around 1280/1290; † 1358 ) was Duke of Teschen from 1315 to 1358 .

Origin and family

Casimir I was the son of Duke Mesko I from Teschen . The name of his mother, who died around 1303, is unknown. In 1321 he married Eufemia of Mazovia, who gave birth to nine children:

  • Anna (1325–1367), married to the Liegnitz Duke Wenzel I († 1364)
  • Wladislaus († 1355)
  • Jolanta Helena († 1364), Abbess of St. Clare in Krakow
  • Boleslaw († 1356), canon in Breslau , court chaplain of Emperor Charles IV , provost in Prague
  • Przemislaus I († 1410)
  • Agnes († 1371), ⚭ 1354 Konrad II. Von Oels († 1403)
  • Johann / Hanuš († after 1391), cleric of the Breslau diocese
  • Siemowit / Ziemowit († 1391), Commander of the Johanniter von Klein Öls , from 1372 Prior of the Johanniter Province of Bohemia, Moravia and Poland as well as the Austrian countries
  • Elisabeth († 1364), nun in Trebnitz

Life

After the death of his father around 1315, Casimir received the southwestern part of the duchy with the city of Teschen in the center. He initially maintained good relations with Wladyslaw I. Ellenlang , who became King of Poland in 1320. But when he invaded the Duchy of Auschwitz with the support of Lithuanian troops , Casimir turned to the Bohemian King John of Luxembourg . Along with the Dukes Bolko of Falkenberg and Wladislaus of Bytom-Cosel he went in February 1327 Opava , to pay homage to where King John, who is on a campaign of Brno was on Upper Silesia to Krakow. On February 18 and 19, they formally handed over their territories to King John, which they then received from the king as a fiefdom of the Crown of Bohemia .

Casimir wanted to avoid further fragmentation of the duchy and therefore only saw his son Przemislaus I as his successor. For the remaining sons he chose a spiritual career. In 1334 he acquired the Duchy of Sewerien from Duke Wladislaus von Beuthen and Cosel, which enabled him to expand his sphere of influence.

It is believed that Casimir rebuilt the Teschen Castle and fortified the city with a city wall. He also supported the economic development of the duchy by promoting the cities.

literature

  • Gottlieb Biermann : History of the Duchy of Teschen. 2nd, revised edition. Karl Prochaska publishing house and court bookstore, Teschen 1894.
  • Moritz Landwehr von Pragenau: History of the city of Teschen (= sources and representations on Silesian history. Vol. 18). Edited by Walter Kuhn. Holzner, Würzburg 1976, ISBN 3-7995-6136-6 , pp. 2, 3, 126.
  • Idzi Panic: Poczet Piastów i Piastówien cieszyńskich. Biuro Promocji i Informacji, Cieszyn 2002, ISBN 83-917095-4-X .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rudolf Žáček: Dějiny Slezska v datech. Nakladatelství Libri, Praha 2004, ISBN 80-7277-172-8 , p. 463.
  2. ^ Historical Commission for Silesia (Ed.): History of Silesia. Volume 1: Ludwig Petry , Josef Joachim Menzel, Winfried Irgang (eds.): From primeval times to the year 1526. 5th, revised edition. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6341-5 , p. 158 f.
predecessor Office successor
Mesko I. Duke of Teschen
1315–1358 		Przemislaus I.
personal data
SURNAME Casimir I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kazimír I. Těšínský (Czech); Kazimierz I cieszyński (Polish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Teschen (1315-1358)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1280 or 1290
DATE OF DEATH 1358