Conrad III. (Oils)
Conrad III. of Oels (* 1354 /1359; † 28. December 1412 ) was from 1403 until his death in 1412 Duke of Oels , Cosel , Steinau and semi Bytom . He came from the Glogau branch of the Silesian Piasts .
Life
His parents were Konrad II of Oels and Agnes († 1371), a daughter of Duke Casimir I of Teschen . Around 1380 he married Jutta / Gutha († 1416/19), whose origin is unknown. The marriage had five sons and two daughters. Since the sons were all baptized with the first name "Konrad" like their father and grandfather, they were given individual surnames to differentiate them.
- Conrad IV. "Senior" († 1447), Duke of Oels and Bernstadt; Bishop of Wroclaw
- Konrad V. "Kanthner" († 1439), Duke of Oels, Cosel and half of Beuthen; ∞ 1411 Margareta NN († 1449/50)
- Conrad VI. "Dechant" , († 1427) Duke of Oels and Steinau
- Conrad VII "the old white man" († 1452), Duke of Oels and others; ∞ 1. 1437 Katharina NN († around 1449); ∞ 2. 1450, name unknown
- Conrad VIII. "The Boy" († 1444/47), Duke of Oels, Knight of the Teutonic Order
- Eufemia († 1444); ∞ 1. Elector Albrecht III. of Saxony-Wittenberg († 1422); ∞ 2. 1432 Prince Georg I of Anhalt-Zerbst († 1474)
- Hedwig († 1447/53), ∞ 1423/30 Duke Heinrich IX. von Glogau († 1467)
After the death of his father Konrad II in 1403, Konrad III, who had no other siblings, inherited his property. In 1410 he fought with his son Konrad VII for the Teutonic Order in the Battle of Tannenberg , where Konrad VII was taken prisoner by the Poles. 1411 was Konrad III. together with his eldest son Konrad IV. involved in bringing about the First Peace of Thorn . After a relatively short reign of only nine years, he died in 1412. His sons initially administered the inherited property together. Since the eldest son Konrad IV and the third-born Konrad VI. embarked on a spiritual career and Konrad VIII became a knight of the Teutonic Order in 1417, Konrad V "the Kanthner" and Konrad VII. "the old white" continued the reign.
literature
- 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 , pp. 175, 183 and 188.
- Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , family tree on pp. 594-595.
- Rudolf Žáček: Dějiny Slezska v datech. Nakladatelství Libri, Praha 2004, ISBN 80-7277-172-8 , pp. 93 and 435.
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Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Conrad III. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Conrad III. of oils; Conrad III. the old |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Oels |
DATE OF BIRTH | between 1354 and 1359 |
DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1412 |