Henry IX of Lubin
Henry IX. of Liegnitz ( Heinrich IX of Lubin, . * 1369, † 1419 or 1420 ) was Duke of Liegnitz and 1399 bis 1419/20 Duke of Lüben, Ohlau and Haynau. He came from the family of the Silesian Piast dynasty.
Origin and family
His parents were Duke Henry VIII († 1399 ) and his first wife Helen, daughter of Duke Otto VIII († 1334 ) of Orlamünde.
In 1396 Henry married Anna († 1403 ), daughter of the Duke of Teschen Przemislaus. The couple had children
- Ruprecht II († 1431), Duke of Lüben, Grand Prior of the Hospitallers province Bohemia, Hungary and Poland
- Wenceslas III. († 1423 ), Duke of Ohlau
- Ludwig III. († 1441 ), Duke of Lubin and Ohlau, ∞ Margaret of Opole († 1454/55 ), daughter of the Duke of Opole Bolko IV
- Catherine ( † 1424), Count Albrecht ∞ 1423 VIII († 1460 ) of Lindow -Ruppin
- Anna († 1420 )
- Hedwig († 1432 ), since 1416 nun in Trebnitzgrund
Life
After the death of his father Henry VIII in 1399 divided Heinrich and his younger half-brother Ludwig II inherited ownership, with Heinrich Lüben, Ohlau, Nimptsch and semi Haynau received while fell to Louis Brieg with cross and castle Konstadt.
Before or shortly after Henry's death 1419/20 his step- brother Ludwig II inherited due to a Gesamtbelehnung 1379 agreed and approved by the king of his great-uncle, the then already resigned Breslau Bishop Wenzel von Liegnitz the Duchy of Legnica. A short time later joined Henry's sons Ruprecht II, Wenceslas III. and Ludwig III. with her uncle Ludwig II a contract of inheritance, which this line should back up the entire possession. Since this was not the consent of the Bohemian sovereigns has been obtained, it came after Ludwig's death in 1436, who died without male issue, to lengthy inheritance disputes that led to the Lehnstreit to 1469 ongoing Legnica.