Bolesław of Oleśnica

Boleslaw of Oels (also Boleslaw of Oels Bolko of Kalisch and oil; * 1293/1296, † 1320/1321 ) was from 1309 to 1312, together with his four brothers Duke of Glogau and Mr. Great Poland. From 1312 until his death in 1320 he was an independent Duke of oil. Moreover, it was 1312/1313 together with his brother Konrad I. Lord of Gniezno and Kalisz and 1313/1314 independent Lord of Gniezno. He came from a branch of the Silesian Piast Glogau.

Life

Boleslaw parents were Henry III. of Glogau († 1309) and Matilda († 1318 ), daughter of Duke Albrecht of Brunswick- Lüneburg.

After the death of her father, Henry III. , Who was next to his Silesian estates at the same time master of almost the whole of Great Poland, inherited in 1309 Boleslaw and his brothers Henry IV († 1342 ), Konrad I († 1366), Johann ( † 1361 / 65) and Primislaus / Primko († 1331 ), its areas. This they managed to 1312 under the tutelage of her mother, Mechthild von Braunschweig first together.

To prevent fragmentation of their territories, the five brothers divided their inheritance on February 29th, 1312 first in two parts. The third-born Bolesław received along with the second-born Konrad I, the eastern region with the cities of Gniezno, Kalisz, Oels and Wohlau. The oldest brother, Henry IV and the two youngest brothers Johann and Primislaus / Primko received the greater western area with the cities Steinau, Sagan, Grünberg, Crossen and poses. Similarly, among these three brothers Glogau, Bytom and Frey city, but were assigned their lifetime as jointure first her mother.

Already in 1314 and lost Boleslaw I. Konrad their large Polish territories of Władysław I the Elbow-. 1318 protested Boleslaw brother Henry IV at the same time for his brothers and other Silesian dukes against the levying of Peter 's pence in the until then in Silesia not usual form of poll tax. The objection in the papal chair in Avignon but was rejected by the Pope. Since the Dukes payment still refused, an interdict was imposed on the Diocese of Breslau. On June 23, 1323 to Henry IV turned at the same time on behalf of his brothers under the titulary " Duke of Silesia, heir to the Kingdom of Poland, Lord of Glogau and poses " to the Pope and assured him that he and his brothers the payment of Peter 's Pence have now ordered in their lands. He also asked the Pope for his protection, if the Emperor or King of the Romans sought to extend their suzerainty over Henry and his brother countries.

After Boleslaw already 1320/21 died unmarried and without offspring, inherited his territories, his brother Konrad I. Since the Polish king Władysław I the Elbow- filed claims, there was subsequent to armed conflicts over the inheritance Boleslaw ' where next to Henry VI. Wroclaw and the Dukes of Liegnitz, Schweidnitz and Opole were involved.