Treaty of Namslau

The Treaty of Namslau, also called " The Peace of Namslau ", was closed the Great in the Silesian city Namslau between the Czech king Charles IV and the Polish king Casimir on November 22, 1348.

History

Following the renewal of the kingship in Poland in 1295 there were between Bohemia and Poland clashes for supremacy in Silesia, which came to an end with the 1335 Treaty of closed Trenčín. With the Treaty of Namslau the Trenschiner agreement was reaffirmed in 1348, in the Casimir the Great waived "for all time " in its historical and political and hereditary dynastic rights in Silesia and the Czech king John of Luxembourg in return his claims to the Polish throne had given up.

Along with the contract of Namslau handed King Kazimir the Namslauer country that it Boleslaw III. had pledged because of financial difficulties in 1341, to King Charles IV This solved it out of the Duchy of Brieg and beat it to the Duchy of Wroclaw. This was since 1327 a fief of the Bohemian king, that after the death of Henry III. Was home in 1335 had fallen to the crown of Bohemia.

Already 1289-1336 had the Silesian dukes, recognized except Bolko II of Świdnica and Jawor, the suzerainty of the Bohemian king John of Luxembourg. Bolkos Duchy came to his death in 1368 by the marriage of his niece was already 1353 Anne of Schweidnitz with Emperor Charles IV of Bohemia by inheritance. Although Anna was no longer alive at the death Bolkos II himself, Schweidnitz got to the King of Bohemia, because already at Anna's wedding, her uncle Ludwig I had dispensed with as the future king of Poland 's claim to all Schweidnitz favor of Luxembourg. It remained, however, to 1392 in usufruct in Bolkos widow Agnes von Habsburg.

1372 confirmed Ludwig I, who was King of Poland since 1370, the Treaties of Trenčín and Namslau in full.