Nicholas II (Troppau)

Seal of Duke Nicholas II.

Nicholas II of Troppau (Czech Mikuláš II. Opavský ; * around 1288 ; † December 8, 1365 ) was 1318–1365 Duke of Opava and 1337–1365 Duke of Ratibor and chamberlain of the Kingdom of Bohemia . In 1350 he held the office of Glatzer burgrave .

Life

Nicholas II of Troppau came from the Troppau branch of the Bohemian Přemyslids . His parents were Nikolaus I von Troppau and Adelheid von Habsburg , a niece of King Rudolf I. He was one of the supporters of the Bohemian King Johann von Luxemburg , who in 1318 gave him the Troppau area, which had belonged to his father Nicholas I since 1269, transferred as a fiefdom and at the same time raised it to an independent duchy. After assuming his rule, he moved the ducal residence of Grätz to Opava and around 1318 married Anna, the only sister of the Ratibor duke Lestko . Since Lestko did not leave any biological descendants, the Duchy of Ratibor fell after his death in 1336 as a settled fiefdom to King John, who lent it to his loyal vassal Nicholas II in 1337 . Due to the dual rule Troppau-Ratibor, Nikolaus rose to become one of the most powerful princes on the upper reaches of the Oder . With the takeover by Nikolaus II. Ratibor came to an alien gender, and through the personal union with Troppau there was also a political turn to Silesia . After the Opole princes made an unfounded claim to Ratibor, King John sold them the previously Moravian Neustadt in 1337 . For the year 1350 Nikolaus II is proven as burgrave of Glatz . In 1355 he had to surrender Cosel and Gleiwitz , who had been transferred to Duke Lestko.

family

Nicholas was married three times. Around 1318 he married Anna († around 1340), a daughter of the Ratibor duke Primislaus . From this marriage came the children

• Johann I († 1380/82), ⚭ 1361 Anna, a daughter of Duke Heinrich V of Glogau-Sagan († 1369). With her he founded the Premyslid trunk line Troppau-Ratibor .
• Euphemia († 1352), ⚭ 1335 Duke Siemowit / Ziemowit III. of Mazovia († 1381)
• Elisabeth († 1386), nun in the Ratibor Dominican convent
• Agnes († 1404), nun in the Racibórz Dominican convent
• Anna († 1361), ⚭ 1346 Burchard XI. von Querfurt , Count of Hardegg and Retz, Burgrave of Maidburg († 1360/61)
• Margarete († 1363), ⚭ 1349 the Margrave Johann Heinrich (1322-1375).

After Anna's death around 1340, Nikolaus married Hedwig († 1359), a daughter of Duke Konrad I von Oels († 1366), around 1342/5 . The son came from this marriage

• Nicholas III († 1394), 1377–1394 Duke of Leobschütz

In his third marriage, Nicholas II married Jutta († after 1378), a daughter of Duke Boleslaw II of Falkenberg, in 1360 . The children came from this marriage

• Anna († 1398), ⚭ 1379 Peter von Sternberg († 1397)
• Wenceslas I († 1381), 1377–1381 Duke of Troppau
• Přemysl / Primislaus I († 1433), 1365–1433 Duke of Troppau, from 1394 Duke of Leobschütz

literature

• Erich Randt : Political history up to the year 1327. Small states and political fluctuations in Silesia in the diplomatic game of the neighboring powers. In: Ludwig Petry , Josef Joachim Menzel, Winfried Irgang (eds.): From primeval times to the year 1526 (= History of Silesia. Vol. 1). 5th revised edition. Thorbecke, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6341-5 , pp. 136–156, here p. 146.
• Emil Schieche: Political History from 1327–1526. In: Ludwig Petry, Josef Joachim Menzel, Winfried Irgang (eds.): From primeval times to the year 1526 (= History of Silesia. Vol. 1). 5th revised edition. Thorbecke, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-7995-6341-5 , pp. 157-237, here pp. 159, 165, 167, 169, 171, 184.
• Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , pp. XVI, XLVI and family tables on pp. 600–601.

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