Conrad VIII. (Oels)
Konrad VIII. Von Oels (also Konrad VIII. "The boy" ; Latin Conradus Junior * between 1395 and 1400; † between 1444 and 1447) was together with his brothers Duke of Oels from 1412 until his death and from 1416 Duke of Steinau . In 1417 he joined the Teutonic Order at Marienburg , for which he was promoted to Provincial of the Ballei Bohemia and Moravia . He came from the Glogau branch of the Silesian Piasts .
Life
Conrad VIII was the youngest son of Duke Conrad III. von Oels († 1412) and the Jutta / Gutha, whose origin is not known. In keeping with the tradition of the Oels family, his four older brothers were also called Konrad, which is why they are given individual nicknames to distinguish them from one another. In addition, Konrad VI. two sisters: Euphemia († 1444), the first marriage to Elector Albrecht III. von Sachsen-Wittenberg († 1422) and then married to Prince Georg I of Anhalt-Zerbst († 1444), as well as Hedwig († 1447/53), wife of Duke Heinrich IX. von Glogau († 1467).
After the death of the father Konrad III. In 1412 Conrad VIII and his older brothers were initially under the tutelage of their eldest brother Conrad IV "Senior" ; he initially took over the joint government over the duchies of Oels, Cosel and Steinau and half of Beuthen . Even after the formal division of the paternal inheritance in 1416, the brothers managed some of their territories jointly, with Conrad VIII and his brother Conrad VI presumably . "Dechant" was assigned the Duchy of Steinau, but they could not freely dispose of it.
Since Konrad VIII. "The boy" as well as his brothers Konrad IV. "Senior" and Konrad VI. "Dechant" turned to the clergy, the second-born Konrad V. "Kanthner" and the fourth-born Konrad VII. "The old white" exercised the rule and were therefore beneficiaries of the inherited possessions.
Conrad VIII “the boy” went to Marienburg in 1417 to become a knight of the Teutonic Order. All his brothers are said to have taken part in the following religious vows , whereby they are said to have concluded a pact with Grand Master Michael Küchmeister , which turned against Poland and Lithuania. They are said to have undertaken to provide military support for the order in the event of an attack by King Władysław II Jagiełło or the Lithuanian Grand Duke Witold .
From 1425 to 1433 held Konrad VIII. The office of the Ordensprokurators Commanderies Gardawa and Lochstedt . Later he was Provincial of the Bohemia and Moravia Ballei.
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, 184 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. 435 and 446.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ According to pl: Konrad VIII Młody
- ↑ possibly Gardeja ?
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Conrad VIII. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Conrad VIII the boy; Conradus VIII Junior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Oels and Steinau, Provincial of the Teutonic Order for Bohemia and Moravia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 1395 and 1400 |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 1444 and 1447 |