Konrad III the Old

Conrad III. of Oels (* 1354/1359, † December 28, 1412 ) was from 1403 until his death in 1412 the Duke of oil which Cosel, Steinau and semi Bytom. He came from a branch of the Silesian Piast Glogau.

Life

His parents were Conrad II of Oels and Agnes († 1371 ), daughter of Duke Casimir I of Cieszyn To 1380 he married Jutta / balances († 1416/19 ), their origin is unknown. The couple had five sons and two daughters. The sons were all like her father and her grandfather christened with the name " Conrad," they received to distinguish individual epithet.

After the death of his father, Conrad II in 1403 inherited Konrad III. , Who had no other siblings whose possessions. In 1410 he fought with his son Konrad VII of the Teutonic Order in the Battle of Grunwald, where Konrad VII fell in Polish captivity. 1411 was Konrad III. together with his eldest son Conrad IV in the conclusion of the First Peace of Thorn involved. After a relatively short reign of only nine years, he died 1412. Managed His sons inherited property first together. As the eldest son Conrad IV and the third-born Konrad VI. religious career smashing and Konrad VIII was in 1417 the Teutonic Knights, led away Konrad V. " the Kanthner " and Konrad VII "Old White " the regency.