Jarosław, Duke of Opole
Jaroslaw (also: Jaroslaw of Opole; Polish: Jarosław Opolski, * 1143-1163; † March 22, 1201 ) was Duke of Opole and Bishop of Breslau.
Origin and family
Jaroslaw came from the dynasty of the Silesian Piast dynasty. His parents were Boleslaw I " the tall one" and Wenzlawa ( Zvinislava ) of Kiev. After their death, Boleslaw married to Adelheid, daughter of the Count Palatine Berengar of Sulzbach. This marriage produced four sons and two daughters, including:
- Henry I († 1238 ), Duke of Silesia and Senior Duke of Poland
- Adelheid, married to Margrave Diepoldsberg III. of Moravia
Life
It is not known whether Jaroslaw was even born during the exile of his father in Saxony or on its return to Silesia. After Boleslaw had determined his second marriage with Adelheid of Sulzbach entstamme ligand son Henry for the sole heir to Jaroslaw indignant about it, and fought with his uncle Mieszko I. against his father. This eventually transferred him in 1180 for lifetime Opole region ( Silesia Opoliensis ) as a duchy. In return, Jaroslaw had to undertake to enter into holy orders.
After the death of Bishop Breslauer Siroslaus 1198 Jaroslaw was determined to be his successor. In the same year he consecrated the church of St. James in Neisse. During his tenure he supported the Silesian St. John and summoned from Pforta the Cistercians, to whom he gave extensive landholdings in Leobschutz. With Pope Innocent III. he corresponded over the discipline of the clergy. The German colonization of the castellany Ottmachau, which belonged to the Ausstattungsgut Wroclaw bishops, was promoted by him.
After Yaroslav's death on March 22, 1201, the Duchy of Opole was according to contract back to his father Boleslaw. As this died the same year on December 8 this year, captured Yaroslav uncle Mieszko few months later, the Opole region, linking it permanently with his territory. The field of castellany Ottmachau that was not part of the Opole region and its national sovereignty still state the Duke fell back to Duke Boleslaw.