Ziemowit (Beuthen-Gleiwitz)

Ziemowit von Beuthen and Gleiwitz (also Siemowit / Semowit von Beuthen and Gleiwitz ; Polish Siemowit bytomski ; Czech Zemovít Bytomsko-Koselský ; * around 1293; † after 1342) was duke of the Upper Silesian duchies of Beuthen and Gleiwitz . He came from the Beuthen branch of the Silesian Piasts .

Life

Ziemowit was the third eldest son of the Bytomian duke Casimir II and Helena, whose origin is unknown. While his father was still alive, he received the Duchy of Beuthen, which had been reduced by two parts, and as its duke he was first recorded in 1311. After his father's death in 1312, he kept his possessions, as did his older brothers Boleslaus , who remained in the possession of Tost and Wladislaus , who continued to dubbed Duke of Cosel , while the youngest brother Mieszko , who chose the clergy, probably the duchy Sewerien got.

Probably afterwards there were disputes between the brothers about the paternal inheritance. In any case, from 1316 Ziemowit's brother Wladislaus held the title of Duke of Bytom. It is not known whether Ziemowit was co-regent of Vladislaus. Together with this and other Upper Silesian dukes, he paid homage on February 19, 1327 in Opava to the Bohemian King John of Luxembourg , who was on a campaign from Brno via Upper Silesia to Krakow. In Opava, the brothers formally handed over their territories to King Johann, which they then received from the king as a fief of the Crown of Bohemia . In 1337 Ziemowit was presumably pushed to the area of Gleiwitz by his brother Wladislaus , which had been in the possession of the Ratibor duke Lestko since 1327 and after his death in 1337 fell back to Beuthen. He is first documented as Duke of Gleiwitz for the year 1342. Later proof of life is not available. It is not known when he died or where his body was buried. Since he did not leave any descendants, his partial principality of Gleiwitz was annexed to the Duchy of Bytom again.

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. 145, 158 f. and 169.
• Hugo Weczerka (Hrsg.): Handbook of the historical places . Volume: Silesia (= Kröner's pocket edition . Volume 316). Kröner, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-520-31601-3 , p. 124 and family tree on p. 596–597.
• Rudolf Žáček: Dějiny Slezska v datech. Nakladatelství Libri, Praha 2004, ISBN 80-7277-172-8 , p. 414 f.

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