Wenceslaus I of Legnica

Wenzel I von Liegnitz (* 1310-1318; † June 6, 1364 ) was from 1342 to 1345 together with his brother Ludwig I and 1346-1364 sole Duke of Liegnitz. He came from the family of the Silesian Piast dynasty.

Origin and family

Wenzel's parents were Duke Boleslav III. of Wroclaw, Legnica and Brzeg and Margarethe / Markéta, the daughter of the Bohemian King Wenceslas II

Between 1338 and 1341 Wenzel married to Anna († 1367 ), daughter of Duke Casimir of Cieszyn. The couple had children

  • Ruprecht I († 1409 ) ∞ 1372 Hedwig († 1390 ), daughter of Duke Henry V of Sagan
  • Wenceslas II († 1419), Bishop of Lebus and from Wroclaw
  • Boleslaw IV († 1394), was killed in a riding tournament
  • Hedwig († 1409 ) ∞ 1372 Henry VI. the Elder. Sagan and
  • Henry VII († 1398 ), Bishop of Cujavia

Life

In his lifetime, leaving Duke Boleslaw III. 1342 the Duchy of Legnica indebted to his two sons Wenzel and Louis, 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. 1348 donated Wenzel at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Liegnitzer a collegiate and equipped it with surrounding land.

After Boleslaw III. Death in 1352 the Duchy Brieg was ruled by his widow Catherine Šubić. It reached an agreement in 1356 with her stepsons Wenzel and Ludwig in the 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 Wenzel. From his ancestral possession Wenzel sold now Ohlau half and half Brieg the Schweidnitzer Duke Bolko II with the provision that both have to fall back to the Dukes of Liegnitz - Brieg if Bolko die without descendants.

After a new division in 1359 Wenzel 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 Wenceslaus 1364 Ludwig took over the custody of his sons Ruprecht I., Wenceslas II, Boleslaw IV and Henry VII, he succeeded to redeem a portion of the pledged parts of the country. The guardianship ended in 1368, when Louis Ruprecht nephew came of age, and in turn took over the guardianship of his younger brothers.

Wenceslas I were buried in a sarcophagus in the Legnica Peter Church. There, three years later, his wife found their final resting place.

Louis I of Brzeg Silesian Piasts Bolesław III the Generous Casimir I, Duke of Cieszyn Rupert I of Legnica Henry V of Iron Bishopric of Lebus Henry VI the Older Henry VIII of Legnica Bolko II the Small Integrated Authority File
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