John I, Duke of Opava-Ratibor

John I of Opava (also: John I of Opava - Ratibor; Czech: Jan I. Ratibořský; Hanus also Ratibořský; * to 1322; † around 1380/1382 ) was from 1365-1380/82 Duke of Ratibor 1367 - 1377 together with his brothers Nicholas III. , Wenceslas I and Přemysl / Primislaus I. Duke of Opava and from 1377 duke of Jägerndorf and Freudenthal. He came from the Opava branch of the Bohemian Přemyslids. After he arrived in 1365 as the sole heir to the Duchy of Ratibor, he was the progenitor of the line přemyslidischen Opava - Ratibor, which existed until 1521.

Life

His parents were Nicholas II of Opava and Anna, a sister of the last Piast Ratiborer Lestko. His marriage to Anne of Ratibor the father got 1336/1337 on the hitherto Piast Duchy Ratibor.

Since John was the only child of the first marriage of his father with Anna Ratibor, he inherited after the death of his father in 1365, the Duchy of Ratibor as sole heir. Thus he was the progenitor of the line přemyslidischen Opava - Ratibor was. At the same time, he took along with the second-born stepbrother Nicholas the guardianship of the minor or stepbrothers Wenzel and Přemysl. After inheritance disputes took place in 1367, the division of the Duchy of Opava to the four brothers. 1377 made ​​a new division, with John I continued to keep the Duchy Ratibor and also got out of the territory of the Duchy of Opava Jägerndorf and Freudenthal and the castle Fiirstenwalde. For Nicholas III. the Duchy Leobschutz was spun off, while the Duchy of Opava so reduced Wenzel and Přemysl received. Přemysl inherited after the death of Wenceslas in 1381 and its share after the death of Nicholas III. 1394 also Leobschutz.

1372 John I gave the town of Opava Magdeburg Rights. Due to financial difficulties, he sold in 1375 Pless and Nikolai at the Opole Duke Władysław II However, both possessions were bought back during the reign of his son John II.

Family

1361 Johann I. married to Anna, daughter of Henry V of Glogau - Sagan († 1369 ). The couple had children

  • John II " the Iron " († 1424)
  • Nicholas IV ( † ca 1406)
  • Margarethe / Marketa († 1407), ∞ 1406 Bolesław I of Cieszyn († 1431)
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