Louis I of Brzeg
Ludwig I of Liegnitz (also Ludwig I of Brieg, * 1313-1321, † 1398 ) was from 1342 to 1345 together with his brother Wenceslas I, Duke of Legnica, Lubin 1348-1381 Duke of, 1348-1398 and 1368 Ohlau -1398 Duke of Brieg.
Origin and family
Ludwig was born into the family of the Silesian Piast dynasty. His parents were Duke Boleslaw III. of Wroclaw, Legnica and Brzeg and Margarethe / Marketa, daughter of the Bohemian King Wenceslas II
Between 1341 and 1345, Louis married to Agnes († 1362 ), daughter of Duke Henry IV " the faithful " († 1342 ) of Glogau and Sagan. The couple had children
- Margarete ( 1342/43-1386 ), ∞ July 19, 1353 in Passau Duke Albert I of Straubing -Holland ( † 1404)
- Henry VIII ( 1343/45-1399 ), Duke of Lubin and Brieg; ∞ 1 1369 with Helene († 1369 ), daughter of Duke Otto VIII († 1334 ) of Orlamünde; 2 1379 with Margaret, daughter of the Duke Ziemowit III. of Mazovia
- Catherine ( 1344/46-1404/5 ), Abbess of Trebnitzgrund
- Hedwig (~ 1346-1385/96 ), ∞ to 1366 Duke John II of Auschwitz († 1376 )
- Wenzel ( 1349 - after 1369 )
Life
In his lifetime, leaving Duke Boleslaw III. 1342 the Duchy of Legnica indebted to his sons, the eldest Wenceslas I and the second-born Ludwig I, while he himself remained in the possession of Brieg. Both duchies were already in 1329 by Duke Boleslaw III. the Czech king John of Luxembourg passed as a fief. He paid homage to 1342 the dukes Wenceslas I and Ludwig I, who initially ruled the Duchy of Legnica together. 1344 they founded a coin in Legnica and a short time later they gave Nikol town city rights, and mountain freedom on the model of Goldberg. In 1345 they divided the Duchy of Legnica, where Louis the smaller, eastern part and Wenzel got the remaining part with Haynau, Goldberg and Lüben. However, it succeeded Wenzel in the same year, to get to Louis share, while he conceded this Lüben and an annual cash payment. From 1348 Ludwig resided in Lubin.
After Boleslaw III. Death in 1352, the Duchy of Brieg was ruled by his widow Catherine Šubić. It reached an agreement in 1356 with her step- sons Ludwig and Wenzel in such a way that, as a jointure on her life and the cities Ohlau Namslau leaving her, who fell after her death two years later, took place at Ludwig's brother Wenceslas. He sold half and half Ohlau Brieg the Schweidnitzer Duke Bolko II with the provision that both have to fall back to the Dukes of Liegnitz - Brieg if Bolko died without descendants.
After a new division in 1359, the older brother Wenceslas Legnica kept with Goldberg, while Louis remained in the possession of Lubin and also received Haynau and each half of Ohlau and Brieg.
After the death of his brother Wenzel 1364 Ludwig took over the custody of his sons Ruprecht I., Wenceslas II, Boleslaw IV and Henry VII, the guardianship ended in 1368, when Louis Ruprecht nephew came of age, and in turn took over the guardianship of his younger brothers. After the recovery, in the same year death Bolkos II of Schweidnitz Ludwig got back the pledged gewesenen halves of Ohlau Brieg and so were all from 1368 and all Ohlau Brieg in his possession. He was also able to redeem the mortgaged cities Kreuzburg, Pitschen and Konstadt Through his wise and frugal government.
Ludwig I was a great patron of art and literature. Great admiration he had for his ancestress, St. Hedwig of Andechs, who was the ancestress of all Lower Silesian Piast and country patroness of Silesia. In his castle in Lüben he left in 1353, make a copy of the saint's legend, which has become known later after her later repository as " slag Werther Hedwig legend." It contains rich color illustrations that are influenced by the Bohemian book painting. At his instance the Peter Brieger Canons of the Chronica Pitschen 1385 principum Poloniae wrote ( "Chronicle of the Princes of Poland" ), the first part describes the history of the Piast, the second that of the bishops of Wroclaw. In his first residence Lüben Ludwig built from the castle and built the chapel, on the tympanum he and his wife Agnes are represented as benefactors. In Brieg he built the church with the Hedwig Hedwig pin as well as the parish church of St. Nicholas, which was not completed until after his death.
Ludwig I died in 1398 at an advanced age. Heir was his only son, Henry VIII, the Ludwig had already transferred Lüben 1381. He survived his father by only one year. Henry VIII's sons Ludwig II and Henry IX. shared the bought by her grandfather through thrift possession. Ludwig's extensive collection of books inherited the collegiate Brieger.