John I of Lüben

John I (also John of Lüben; * 1425, † by November 21, 1453 ) was Duke of Lüben 1441-1446, 1441-1453 and 1449-1453 Ohlau Duke of Duke of Liegnitz.

Origin and family

Johann was born into the family of Silesian Piast dynasty. His parents were Duke Ludwig III. and Margaret († 1454/55 ), daughter of the Duke of Opole Bolko IV

1445, Johann married with the fifteen- year-old Hedwig († 1471 ), daughter of Duke Louis II of Legnica. The marriage came from the only son of Frederick I

Life

After the death of his father in 1441, inherited Johann Lüben and Ohlau, while his younger brother Henry X. Haynau and Goldberg obeyed. At the same time they took over his father's claim to the legacy of the 1436 late Duke Louis II of Legnica and Brzeg, which is a half-brother of her grandfather Henry IX. had. Due to lack of money they sold in 1446 to Henry IX Lüben. of Glogau and pledged Haynau.

Although John had in 1445 married to Louis II 's daughter Hedwig and the continuation of the family branch with the birth of his son Frederick was secured I. 1446, he was also his claim in 1449, after the death of Ludwig II's widow Elisabeth of Brandenburg, the Legnica managed as a jointure, not enforce. As with Ludwig's death in 1436 called the King of Bohemia in 1449 and the reversion of the duchy, since it was neglected to confirm a 1420 closed testamentary contract between the branches of the family Legnica and Lüben by the Bohemian sovereign. The Legnica patricians and the city council took the legal situation is not cleared to immediately submit to the crown of Bohemia and thus to achieve the status of a royal town. Therefore they rejected John, who now saw himself as the rightful successor of his mother Elizabeth, and its homage from. Because of disputes, he fled in 1451 after Haynau.

After John's brother Henry died in 1452, fought Johann, his wife Hedwig had been expelled with her son Friedrich out of town, at Waldau north-west of Legnica with weapons to his right, but was defeated by his opponents. In addition to a monetary penalty, he had to formally renounce his rights on September 19, 1452. Although he did not give up his hope, but died a year later. The Legnica Lehnstreit, which fell to the year 1436, still was delayed until 1469. This year, John's son Frederick I became the rightful Duke of Liegnitz.