Wilhelm (Troppau)

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Wilhelm von Troppau (Czech: Vilém Opavský ; * around 1410 ; † August 15, 1452 ) was 1433-1452 Duke of Troppau and 1443-1452 Duke of Münsterberg . He came from the Troppau branch of the Bohemian Přemyslids .

Life

His parents were Přemysl / Primislaus I. von Troppau († 1433) and his second wife Katharina von Münsterberg († 1422).

After his father's death in 1433 that left four sons, the eldest took Wenceslas II. The guardianship of his younger stepbrothers Wilhelm, Ernst and Premysl / przemysław of racibórz II. While the already full-year second-oldest brother Nicholas IV. As a gentleman on Zuckmantel dubbed. Although her father determined in his will that his territories should not be separated, they divided the inherited property around 1435. Wilhelm and Ernst received shares from Troppau, and the Duchy of Leobschütz was spun off for Wenceslaus II . The youngest of the brothers, Přemysl / Primislaus II., For whom the spiritual career was planned, probably went away empty-handed. The so fragmented areas were so small that they could not support the brothers. Probably because of this, Wilhelm turned to robber barons .

After the Duchy of Münsterberg passed to Hynek Kruschina von Lichtenburg in 1440 , the Münsterberg estates rejected his rule. After long negotiations, on April 25, 1443, they elected Wilhelm von Troppau as their new sovereign. His claims to Münsterberg were justified in two ways: His mother was a sister of the last Piast from Münsterberg, Johann , and Wilhelm was with Salome, a daughter of the late Puta the Elder. J. von Častolowitz , who until his death in 1434 had been the legal pledgee of Münsterberg. Wilhelm accepted the election and subsequently changed from being a national defender to a national defender. Together with Nikolaus V († 1452) von Ratibor-Jägerndorf, Primislaus II. Von Teschen and Heinrich IX. von Glogau he now fought as a Breslau field captain against the highwaymen and tormentors. In 1443 he joined a federation that was directed primarily against Hynek Kruschina von Lichtenburg and to which the Breslau bishop Konrad von Oels , the hereditary principalities of Breslau and Schweidnitz-Jauer and the Duke of Liegnitz belonged. Although Hynek had never given up his claim to the Duchy of Münsterberg, the disputes were settled in 1444 and Wilhelm was granted the Duchy of Münsterberg. The soft picture Frankenstein , also belonging to the principality , whose citizens were on the side of Hynek in the armed conflict between Wilhelm and Hynek, remained in Hynek's possession. In 1451 Wilhelm transferred the inheritance claim to Münsterberg to his younger brother Ernst and, in return, acquired his third share in the Duchy of Opava. As a result, Wilhelm now owned two thirds of Troppau.

After Wilhelm's death in 1452, the Duchy of Münsterberg contractually fell to his brother Ernst, who also took over the guardianship of Wilhelm's children. As their guardian, he sold Wilhelm's two-thirds stake in Troppau to Opole Duke Bolko V after 1454. On March 8, 1456, Ernst sold the Duchy of Münsterberg to the Bohemian King Georg von Podebrady . Since after the death of Boleslaus von Oppeln in 1460, through his brother Nicholas I, he also got his two-thirds share of Oppau and in 1464 acquired the remaining third from Johann II , he was able to significantly increase his political and economic influence in Silesia .

Wilhelm von Troppau died in 1452. His body was buried in the Holy Spirit Church in Troppau .

family

Wilhelm was with Salome, a daughter of the East Bohemian nobleman Puta the Elder. J. von Častolowitz and Anna, daughter of Governor Albrecht von Kolditz . Children came from marriage

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  1. ↑ After: cs: Václav II. Opavský he received it around 1420 while his father was still alive.
  2. ↑ Pavel Sedláček: Vztahy river made Kladskem a Frankenšteijnskem ve 14. a 15. Stoleti . In: Kladský sborník 2, 1998, p. 119
personal data
SURNAME Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilhelm von Troppau; Vilem Opavský (Czech)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Troppau and Munsterberg
DATE OF BIRTH around 1410
DATE OF DEATH August 15, 1452