Wladislaus (Beuthen-Cosel)

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Wladislaus von Beuthen and Cosel (also Wladislaw von Beuthen and Cosel ; Polish Władysław Bytomski ; Czech Vladislav Bytomsko-Koselský ; * around 1277/1283; † 1352 ) was duke of the Upper Silesian duchies of Beuthen and Cosel . He came from the Beuthen branch of the Silesian Piasts .

Origin and family

Wladislaus was the second eldest son of Duke Casimir II of Bytom and Helena, whose origin is unknown. In 1308 or later he married Beatrix, the widow of the Schweidnitzer Duke Bolko I. The marriage had the children:

After Beatrix died in 1316, Wladislaus married Lukardis / Luitgard, daughter of Duke Pribisław II of Parchim-Richenberg in 1328 . From this marriage came the children:

  • Boleslaus / Bolko (1330–1355), Duke of Beuthen and Cosel
  • Agnes († 1362), Abbess of Trebnitz
  • Katharina († 1377), Abbess of Trebnitz
  • Beatrix († 1364); ∞ (1357) Count Berthold von Hardegg († 1374)

Life

Wladislaus was first mentioned on January 10, 1289, when he, together with his father and older brother Boleslaus, paid homage to the Bohemian King Wenceslaus II in Prague and took the feudal oath. While his father was still alive, who died in 1312, he dubbed Duke von Cosel . In 1323, Wladislaus donated the village of Dombrowka, which was exposed to German law, to the Cistercian monastery of Mogila near Cracow . Along with the Dukes Bolko of Falkenberg and Kasimir I. He went in February 1327 Opava to where the Bohemian King John of Luxembourg to pay homage, which refers to a campaign of Brno was on Upper Silesia to Krakow. On February 18 and 19, they formally handed over their territories to King John, which they then received from the king as a fiefdom of the Crown of Bohemia .

Due to financial difficulties, Wladislaus sold the Duchy of Cosel to the Ratibor Duke Lestko in 1334 , which, however, according to the purchase agreement, fell back to Wladislaus after Lestko's childless death in 1336. In 1337 he sold the Duchy of Severien, which he also owned, to Duke Casimir I of Teschen . Presumably in 1337 he pushed his brother Ziemowit / Siemowit , who had been the Duke of Bytom since 1311 , to the area of Gleiwitz , which Lestkos also owned until 1336 from Ratibor was.

After the brothers Boleslaus, Ziemowit and Mieszko died before Wladislaw and had left no descendants, their sub-areas came to Wladislaus, who united them to form the Duchy of Beuthen-Cosel. After his death, Cosel was outsourced for his older son Kasimir. The younger son Boleslaus / Bolko received the so reduced byts. After Kasimir's death he inherited Cosel, which he in turn united with Beuthen.

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SURNAME Vladislaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wladislaus von Bytom; Wladislaus von Cosel; Bolesław bytomski (Polish); Vladislav Bytomsko-Koselský (Czech)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Beuthen and Cosel
DATE OF BIRTH between 1277 and 1283
DATE OF DEATH 1352