Ludwik III of OÅ‚awa
Ludwig III. (also Ludwig III of Ohlau; . * before 1405, † June 18, 1441 ) was from 1420 to 1423, together with his older brother Wenceslas III. Duke of Ohlau and Nimptsch, which he then reigned alone. He was also from 1431 to 1441 Duke of Lubin and Haynau.
Origin and family
Ludwig III. came from the family of the Silesian Piast dynasty. His parents were Duke Henry IX. († 1417/20 ) and Anna († 1403 ), daughter of the Duke of Teschen Przemislaus I.
In 1426 he married Margaret († 1454/55 ), a daughter of the Duke of Opole Bolko IV came from the marriage the sons
- John I (1425-1453), Duke of Legnica, and Lubin; ∞ 1445 Hedwig († 1471 ), daughter of Duke Louis II of Legnica and Elisabeth of Brandenburg.
- Henry X. († 1452 ), Duke of Legnica
Life
After the death of his father 1419/20 Ludwig inherited III. together with the middle brother Wenceslas III. Ohlau and Nimptsch while Lüben and Haynau the oldest brother Ruprecht II obeyed. In the same year he paid homage to his sovereign, the Bohemian King Sigismund, whom he also assisted in the fight against the Hussites.
After the death of his brother Wenceslas III. , Who died without descendants, Ludwig inherited in 1423 its share so that it now Ohlau and Nimptsch reigned alone. In 1431 it fell after the death of the eldest brother Ruprecht, who also had no children, and also Lüben Haynau, so that the left behind by her father owned was united in his hand. 1435 he could Haynau and Nimptsch recapture by the Hussites. In the same year he joined a country covenant of peace, however, which has seen no success.
Already in 1420 included the three brothers with the Liegnitzer Duke Ludwig II, who was a half-brother of her father, a contract of inheritance, which they reaffirmed in 1424 by mutual Eventualhuldigungen. With the contract, all the property should be secured for this branch of the family. Since they were neither confirm the Agreement nor the Eventualhuldigungen of her Bohemian sovereign, it came to Ludwig II 's death in 1436, who died without male issue, to lengthy probate dispute by which the to 1469 continued Liegnitzer Lehnstreit was triggered.