Bolko III of Strzelce

Bolko III. of Opole, also Boleslaw III. of Opole, Boleslaw III. of Opole, Opole Polish Bolko III, Czech Boleslav III. Opolský, (* 1330, † October 21, 1382 ) was Duke of Opole from 1356 to 1382, which was a fief of the crown of Bohemia since 1327. He was also in the succession of the Duke Albert 1366/75-1382 Duke of Opole Duchy part Strehlitz.

Origin and family

Bolko came from the Opole Silesian branch of the Piast dynasty. His parents were Bolko II of Opole and Elizabeth, daughter of Duke Bernhard II Schweidnitzer His marriage to Anna († 1378 ), whom he married in 1355-1360 and their origin is not known, came from the children

Life

After the death of her father Bolko II of Opole 1356 Bolko ruled III. and his older brother Władysław II the Duchy of Opole first together. As Ladislaus soon gained a significant position in the Hungarian court, the responsibility for the Duchy of Opole in 1355 was already mostly in Bolko III. , Who often stayed at the Prague court, at the coronation of Charles IV to the Roman- German Emperor in Rome and took part 1365 accompanied him to Avignon. 1366 or later, he took over after the death of his uncle Albert of Strehlitz whose duchy.

Because of the mortgage machinations Cross Castle and Pitschen that her uncle Bolko II of Schweidnitz 1368 bequeathed bequeathed them came Bolko and his brother Ladislaus in armed conflict with the Liegnitzer Duke Ludwig I, who finally settled the dispute with the payment of a deposit sum. In addition, the Opole brothers were granted 10,000 marks as compensation for the rights of succession to her mother Elizabeth of Schweidnitz from the legacy Bolkos II of Schweidnitz by Emperor Charles IV. The amount, however, should be paid only after the death of Bolkos widow Agnes, of a lifelong usufruct was granted. As Duchess Agnes Bolko survived, the claim passed to his sons, John I., Bolko IV and Bernhard.

Bolko III. of Opole died 1382. His body was buried in the St. Anne's Chapel in the Franciscan monastery Opole. Since Bolkos brother Władysław only had daughters, the line of the Piast Opole only by the sons Bolkos III was. continued. They led the Opole feud because of unpaid inheritance of her mother in 1390 with the city of Wroclaw.