Nicholas II, Duke of Opava

Nicholas II of Opava ( Czech Mikuláš II Opavský; * to 1288, † December 8, 1365 ) was 1318-1365 Duke of Opava and 1337-1365 Duke of Ratibor and Treasurer of the Kingdom of Bohemia. 1350 he held the office of Glatzer viscount.

Life

Nicholas II of Opava Opava came from a branch of the Bohemian Přemyslids. His parents were Nicholas I of Opava and Adelheid von Habsburg, a niece of King Rudolf I. He was one of the followers of the Bohemian king John of Luxembourg, who gave him in 1318 the Opava region that had his father Nicholas I heard in 1269 transferred as a fief and raised it at the same time an independent duchy. After commencement of his reign, he moved the Grätzer Duke residence to Opava and married 1318 to Anna, the only sister of the Duke Ratiborer Lestko. Since Lestko left no physical descendants, the Duchy Ratibor fell after his death in 1336 as a completed fief to King John, who is his loyal vassals 1337 Nicholas II verlehnte. Due to the dual power Opava - Ratibor Nicholas rose to one of the most powerful princes in the upper reaches of the Oder. With the takeover by Nicholas II came Ratibor to a foreign country gender, and by the personal union with Opava carried out a political turning Troppaus to Silesia. After the Opole princes made ​​an unsubstantiated claim on Ratibor submits them sold King John in 1337, the date Moravian Town. For the year 1350, Nicholas II is detected as Viscount of Glatz. 1355 he had Cosel and Gliwice issue that had been transferred to Duke Lestko.

Family

Nicholas was married three times. To 1318 he married Anna († 1340 ), daughter of Duke Ratiborer Primislaus. This marriage came from the children

  • John I († 1380/82 ), ∞ 1361 Anna, daughter of Duke Henry V of Glogau - Sagan († 1369 ). With her he founded the přemyslidische lineage Opava - Ratibor.
  • Euphemia († 1352), ∞ 1335 Duke Siemowit / Ziemowit III. of Mazovia ( † 1381 )
  • Elisabeth ( † 1386 ), a nun in the Dominican convent Ratiborer
  • Agnes († 1404), a nun in the Dominican convent Ratiborer
  • Anna († 1361 ) ∞ 1346 Burchard Count Hardegg and Retz, Viscount of Magdeburg ( † 1360/61 )
  • Margarete († 1363), ∞ 1349 the Margrave Johann Heinrich ( † 1375 ).
  • Nicholas III. († 1394), 1377-1394 Duke of Leobschutz

In his third wife, married to Nicholas II in 1360 with Jutta ( † after 1378 ), daughter of Duke Boleslaw II of Falkenberg. This marriage produced children

  • Anna († 1398 ) ∞ 1379 Peter von Sternberg († 1397 )
  • Wenceslas I († 1381 ), 1377-1381 Duke of Opava
  • Přemysl / Primislaus I ( † 1433 ), 1365-1433 Duke of Opava, from 1394 Duke of Leobschutz
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