Primislaus I. (Glogau-Sprottau)

Primislaus von Sprottau (also Primislaus von Steinau ; first name also Primko, Przemko, Przemislaw ; * between 1265 and 1271; † February 26, 1289 ) was Duke of Sprottau and Steinau from 1273/74 until his death in 1289 . He came from the Glogau branch of the Silesian Piasts .

Life

His parents were Duke Konrad II of Glogau and Salomea, a sister of Duke Przemysław I of Greater Poland .

After the death of Konrad II. In 1273/74, the area was not formally divided, but his second-born son Konrad III called himself . "Köberlein" soon became Duke of Sagan , while the first-born Heinrich III. the Glogau ducal line continued and ruled over the area of Glogau , Grünberg , Schwiebus and Fraustadt as well as the country up to the Obra and Warthe . Primislaus / Primko, who dubbed the Duke of Steinau and Sprottau , was probably initially under the tutelage of his brother Heinrich III.

During his short reign, Primislaus / Primko founded the town of Priebus , where he is also credited with building the parish church of St. Egidius. The Slavonic market Primkenau , which was probably only named after Primko's death by his brothers in his memory, he implemented according to German law. Presumably because his brother Konrad III. when the Provost of Breslau did not reside in Sagan , Primko is said to have built the residence of the Glogau dukes there. In 1285 he raised the village of Winzig to the status of a city, which was initially implemented under Steinauer law and later under Magdeburg law .

Like his brother Heinrich III. also fought przemysław of racibórz / Primko 1288/89 in Lesser Poland on the part of the Breslauer Duke Henry IV. This was after the death of Krakow Duke Leszek II. in 1288 with the influence of the German citizenship of Krakow the local duke obtained, which he compared I. Władysław Elbow-high von Kujawien and Bolesław von Płock had to defend. Primislaus / Primko, who belonged to a Silesian relief army under Bolko I of Opole , which suffered a heavy defeat at Siewierz on February 26, 1289 by the troops of Bolesław von Płock and Władysław I. Ellenlang, fell in this battle. Since he died unmarried and without descendants and the middle brother Konrad III. belonged to the clergy, the eldest brother Heinrich III inherited. Primislaus / Primko's possession.

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. 124 and 132.
• 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. 417, 419, 462 and 567 and family tree on pp. 594–595.
• Rudolf Žáček: Dějiny Slezska v datech. Nakladatelství Libri, Praha 2004, ISBN 80-7277-172-8 , pp. 416, 445f. and 448.

Web links

• Genealogy Glogau