Wenceslaus I, Duke of Opava

Wenceslas I of Opava ( Czech Václav I. Opavský; * to 1361, † 1381 ) was 1367-1381 Duke of Opava. He came from the Opava branch of the Bohemian Přemyslids.

Life

His parents were Nicholas II of Opava and his third wife Jutta ( † after 1378 ), daughter of Duke Boleslaw II of Falkenberg.

After the death of his father in 1365 Wenzel were I and his younger brother Přemysl I. first under the guardianship of her eldest brother John I, the sole heir inherited the Duchy Ratibor advance. After the Duchy of Opava probate dispute was in 1367 divided among the four brothers. After a new division in 1377, as Wenzel and I. Přemysl were already an adult, the area of Hunters Village and the rule Freudenthal was for Johann I spun and for the second-born Nicholas III. the area of Leobschutz. The so reduced Duchy of Opava was accepted for the younger brothers and I. Wenzel Přemysl I.

Wenceslas I died at the age of about 20 years without issue 1381st heritage and continuer of přemyslidischen line Opava was his younger brother Přemysl I.