Přemysl III. (Opava)
Přemysl III. von Troppau (also Primislaus / Przemko III. von Troppau ; Czech Přemysl III. Opavský ; * around 1450 ; † February 17, 1493 ) was Duke of Troppau and Canon of Breslau , Olomouc and Vienna as well as provost of the parish of St. Othmar in Mödling . He came from the Troppau branch of the Bohemian Přemyslids .
Life
His parents were Duke Wilhelm von Troppau and Salome, a daughter of the Bohemian nobleman Puta von Častolowitz .
After his father's death in 1452, his brother Ernst took over the guardianship of Přemysl and his four siblings. Together with his brothers Friedrich and Wenzel III. had Přemysl III. inherited two thirds of the Duchy of Opava. The right of inheritance to the Duchy of Münsterberg was denied to them, because their father had contractually transferred this to his brother Ernst in 1451 and he had given him his third to Troppau in return. After 1454 Ernst sold as guardian Přemysl III. and his brothers their two-thirds stake in Opole, Duke Bolko V of Opole , while their cousin Johann II von Leobschütz held the last third until 1464 .
Since Přemysl III. had no prospect of a secure income, he was appointed by his uncle for the clergy. In 1464 he enrolled at the University of Cracow under the entry “Preclarus princeps Przyemislaus dux Oppawie d. T. “In the same year he and his uncle Přemysl II are registered as a member of the Wroclaw Cathedral Chapter ( dux junior and dux senior ), where in 1466 he is named Duke of Münsterberg . The right to this title as he took over from his late father, whose mother was a sister of the last Ziębice Piast I. Johann was. Presumably around this time Přemysl III. also canons of Olomouc .
From the winter semester of 1471 Přemysl III studied. at the University of Vienna , where he presumably obtained a bachelor's degree. In 1479 he succeeded the late Viennese cathedral dean Paul Laubmann as "Primislaus dux Oppaue". He followed him as provost of the parish of St. Othmar in Mödling, who gave him Emperor Friedrich III. assigned at the same time as the apartment in the Herzogshof. He lived until the end of his life in the Herzogshof, where his coat of arms is to this day. He is said to have performed his office as pastor very conscientiously. In the Vienna Metropolitan Archive there are several documents for the years 1481–1484 that prove his work. Although he was largely impoverished by the destruction of the Duchy of Opava, he was one of the most outstanding and most educated Moravian and Silesian nobles of his time due to his university degree.
Přemysl III, whose life dates are often confused with his uncle Přemysl II in older literature, died unmarried and without descendants on February 17, 1493. His body was buried in the Mödling parish church of St. Othmar , where his tomb is on the north wall made of red marble. It contains an inscription, which shows his status and spiritual functions: “Anno Domini 1493. February 17th obiit hic illustris princeps Primislaus Opavie dux. Wratislaviensi Olemucensis et Wiennensis. Ecclesiarum canonicus plebanus hic in Medling atque decanus Wienne Austrie, cuius anima vivat Deo. Amen"
literature
- Zdeněk Měřinský: Marginálie k životním osudům Přremysla III. Opavského . In: Od Knížat ke Králům . ISBN 978-80-7106-896-9 , pp. 423-437.
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| SURNAME | Přemysl III. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Primislaus III. von Troppau; Przemek III. von Troppau; Přemysl III. Opavský (Czech) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Troppau, Canon of Breslau, Olomouc and Vienna, provost of Mödling |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1493 |