Lestko (Racibórz)

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Lestko von Ratibor (also Leszek von Ratibor , Polish Leszek raciborski ; Czech Lešek Ratibořský ; * 1290 or 1291; † 1336 ) was Duke of Ratibor from 1306 until his death . With him the Ratibor branch line of the Opole Piasts became extinct.

Life

Lestko came from the Opole branch of the Silesian Piasts . His parents were Primislaus von Ratibor and Anna, daughter of Duke Konrad II of Mazovia . In 1332 Lestko married Agnes, a daughter of Duke Heinrich IV of Glogau and Sagan . The marriage remained childless.

Since Lestko had not reached the age of majority when his father died in 1306, the guardianship of him was transferred to his uncle, Duke Mieszko from Teschen . Presumably after his death in 1315, Lestko took over the independent regency of his Duchy of Ratibor. Together with eight Silesian dukes, among them Heinrich III. von Breslau , Bernhard II. von Schweidnitz and Heinrich von Jauer , Lestko protested in the spring of 1318 at the papal chair in Avignon against the poll tax that was to be introduced in the Breslau diocese instead of the previous St. Peter's penny . After the negotiators could not prevail, the dukes refused to pay. This is why excommunication and interdict were imposed on the diocese of Wroclaw in 1319 , which were not lifted until two years later. In 1327 or earlier, Lestko acquired pledges over Gleiwitz and in 1334 the Duchy of Cosel , which he was able to hold until his death.

On January 18, 1327 paid homage Lestko in Opava along with the Dukes Bolko II. Of Opole , Casimir I of Cieszyn , Władysław II. Of Bytom and Cosel and John I of Auschwitz Czech King John of Luxembourg . At the same time they formally handed over their duchies to him as a fiefdom of the crown of Bohemia . The fief contract between the king and Duke Lestko was signed on January 25th. J. signed in Beuthen . The political confirmation of these events came in 1335 with the Treaty of Trenčín .

After his death in 1336 Lestko was buried in the church of the Racibórz Dominican monastery. Since he died without descendants, his duchy fell to the crown of Bohemia as a settled fiefdom. In the same year the Bohemian King John of Luxembourg transferred it as a fief to the Opava Duke Nicholas II , who was married to Lestko's sister Agnes. As a result, the Duchy of Ratibor came to a branch of the Bohemian Přemyslids , which connected it with their Duchy of Opava. Six Upper Silesian dukes protested against the handover of Ratibor to Nicholas II, but they could not prevail. To compensate, the king assured them that the pledges for Cosel and Gleiwitz would be returned, which Duke Nikolaus had to surrender.

Lestko's widow Agnes survived him by almost 30 years. She died in 1362.

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SURNAME Lestko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leszek from Ratibor; Leszek raciborski (Polish); Lešek Ratibořský (Czech)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Ratibor (1306-1336)
DATE OF BIRTH 1290 or 1291
DATE OF DEATH 1336