Ludmilla of Podebrady

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Ludmilla of Podebrady. Engraving by Bartholomäus Strachowsky, 1733

Ludmilla von Poděbrad ( Czech Ludmila z Poděbrad , born October 16, 1456 , † January 20, 1503 in Liegnitz ) was by marriage Duchess of Liegnitz and Brieg . After 1488 she had her widow's residence in Ohlau .

Life

Ludmilla came from the Podiebrader family branch of the Lords of Kunstadt . Her parents were the Bohemian King Georg von Podiebrad and his second wife Johanna von Rosental .

Because of the marriage policy pursued by her father, Ludmilla was engaged to the one year older Bavarian Prince Georg at the age of four . Through this planned connection Georg von Podiebrad wanted to secure the approval of Georg's father Ludwig the Rich of Bavaria-Landshut for a possible election as Roman-German King . After the failure of this marriage plan, Ludmilla was promised a year later to the Hungarian nobleman Laurentius Úljaki ( Lörinc Újlaki ). Through this connection Georg von Podiebrad wanted to win the Hungarian nobility for his son-in-law Matthias Corvinus . After this connection did not materialize either, a marriage between Ludmilla and Georg von Bayern was negotiated again. Because of the political isolation of George of Podebrady, this plan was abandoned in 1468. Thereafter, George of Podebrady and the Polish King Casimir IV agreed on a marriage between Ludmilla and his son Vladislav , who later became King of Bohemia and Hungary, but this was not realized.

Only after the death of her father, Ludmilla married the Liegnitz Duke Friedrich I on September 7, 1474 , who had also been Governor of Upper Lusatia since 1471 . The marriage was brought about by her older brother Heinrich d. Ä. closed by Munsterberg , who thereby succeeded in establishing family relationships between the Podiebrad family and the Silesian Piasts . The marriage had three sons:

  1. Johann I , (1477-1495)
  2. Friedrich II. , Duke of Liegnitz, Brieg and Wohlau († 1547)
  3. George I , Duke of Brieg (1481 / 83-30 May 1521)

After Friedrich's death in 1488 Ludmilla exercised the guardianship of the sons who were still underage until 1499. After the eldest son Johann died in 1495 and the second-born Friedrich reached the age of majority in 1499, the third-born Georg was under the tutelage of his brother Friedrich until 1505. Ludmilla used the Ohlauer Schloss as a widow's residence . Duchess Ludmilla died on January 20, 1503. Her body was buried in the Liegnitz Charterhouse , which, however, under Friedrich III. Was demolished in 1547. The remains of the Liegnitz Piast buried there were therefore transferred to the former St. John's Church, which now served as the castle church.

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  1. ↑ Biographical data of son Georg I.
  2. ↑ Hugo Weczerka (Ed.): Handbook of historical sites . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , pp. 286f.
personal data
SURNAME Ludmilla of Podebrady
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ludmila z Poděbrad (Czech)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duchess of Liegnitz, Brieg and Ohlau
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1456
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1503
Place of death Liegnitz