Jan III of Oświęcim

Johann III. Auschwitz (also Hanus III of Teschen Auschwitz. * to 1366, † 1405) was Duke of Teschen and from 1376 until his death in 1405 the Duke of Auschwitz. He came from the Teschen branch of the Silesian Piast dynasty.

Origin and life

His parents were Duke Johann II and Hedwig († 1385/1396 ), a daughter of Brieger Duke Ludwig I married in 1394 to John III. with Hedwig, a daughter of the Duke of Lithuania Olgierd. The marriage remained childless.

1397 signed John III. together with the Wrocław bishop Wenzel von Liegnitz and the Dukes of Liegnitz, Glogau, Opole, Teschen and Opava on the one hand and the Polish king Władysław II Jagiello on the other hand, an agreement with which agreed to secure the border with Poland was and the prevention of unrest in the area.

With John III. , Who died in 1405, went out the direct line Auschwitz Teschen Piast. They existed since 1314/15 and came from John III. Great-grandfather Wladyslaw from. With John's death Duchy of Auschwitz came to Duke Primislaus I of Teschen Teschen lineage. From him, who died in 1406 and the son of Casimir I left, in turn was derived a new Auschwitz part line.