Jan II of Oświęcim

John II of Auschwitz (also Hanus II of Cieszyn Auschwitz; * before 1350, † 1375/1376 ), Duke of Teschen was from 1372 until his death in 1376 the Duke of Auschwitz. He came from the Teschen branch of the Silesian Piast dynasty.

Origin and life

His parents were Duke Johann I and his wife, whose name and origin are not known. To 1366, Johann II married to Hedwig († 1385/1396 ), daughter of Duke Ludwig Brieger I. The marriage came from the children

• Johann III. († 1405); ∞ 1394 Hedwig, a daughter of the Duke of Lithuania Olgierd
• Anna († 1440/54 ); ∞ Puta Elder. of Častolowitz († 1397 )
• Catherine ( † 1403 )

During the lifetime of his father Johann I whose only son John II was involved in the regency of the Duchy of Auschwitz. After the death of his father in 1372 he was the sole heir. Since his father had been in 1327, the Duchy of Auschwitz assumed as a fief to the Bohemian king John of Luxembourg, was also John II, a vassal of the crown of Bohemia.

John died after a short reign in 1375 or 1376. His body was interred in the church of the Dominican convent at Auschwitz. As Duke of Auschwitz was succeeded by his only son, John III.