Bolko IV of Opole

Bolko IV (also Boleslaw IV of Opole, Boleslaw IV of Opole, † May 6, 1437 Polish Bolko IV Opolski; Czech Boleslav IV Opolský; ; * 1363/67 ) was Duke of Opole from 1382 to 1437, and Duke of Opole duchies Falkenberg and Strehlitz.

Family and origin

Bolko came from the Opole Silesian branch of the Piast dynasty. He was the second son of the Duke Bolko III. and Anna, whose origin is not known.

Between 1393 and 1400 to Bolko IV married to Margaret of Gorizia. The couple had children

Life

After the death of the eponymous father Bolko III. 1382 were Bolko IV and his younger brothers Heinrich ( † 1394) and Bernhard ( † 1455 ), first under the tutelage of her uncle Władysław II of Opole and her eldest brother Johann I. Since the inheritance of her grandmother Elizabeth of Schweidnitz until the death of father had not been paid yet, the claim went in 1382 to Bolko and his brothers. To get to the inheritance, erwirkten Bolko and his brothers in 1389 by the Czech King Wenceslas IV, who was the rightful heir to the Duchy of Schweidnitz, a corresponding promissory note. Through him was in 1390 the so-called feud triggered Opole, which was directed against the city of Wroclaw and lasted for decades. Because of this feud Bolko and his brothers were ill repute.

Because of the anti-Polish policy of her uncle Władysław, who was a follower of the Czech King Wenceslas, the Teutonic Knights supported and pursued the plan to crush Poland, was made by the Polish king Władysław II Jagiello 1391/92 a campaign in the Opole region. Bolko and his brother Bernard were detained in Opole by the Polish army.

After the death of her uncle Władysław, who had only daughters, Bolko and his brothers Johann Bernhard and 1401 were the true heirs of the Duchy of Opole. 1425 Affiliate Bolko Klein Glogau, which was previously a jointure of Wladislaus widow Eufemia († 1418/24 ), out of the Duchy of Opole and transferred it to his son of the same Bolko V., Duke of Opole and Mr. Klein to Glogau and Prudnik been titled. As he stood on the side of the Hussites, also his father's Bolkos area spared this 1428 IV

After the death of King Wenceslas IV Bolko supported his half-brother Sigismund. Bolko IV died on May 6, 1437; His body was buried in the church of the Franciscan monastery Opole.