Wenceslaus I of Zator

Wenzel I von Zator (also Wenzel von Auschwitz Zator; * to 1415/1418, † 1465 ) was 1433/34-1445 Duke of Auschwitz and Tost and 1445-1465 Duke of Zator. He came from the Teschen branch of the Silesian Piast dynasty.

Origin and family

Wenzel's parents were Casimir I and Anna († 1426/33 ), a daughter of Duke Henry VIII of Glogau. Around 1450 he married the Sewerien derived from Maria Kopczowska ( † after 1468 ). The couple had children

  • Casimir II († 1490 ); ∞ 1482 Machna († 1508), daughter of Jägerndorfer Duke Nicholas V († 1490 )
  • Wenceslas II († 1484/87 )
  • John V († 1513); ∞ 1475/77 Barbara († 1510), daughter of Duke Bolesław II of Cieszyn
  • Wladislaus († 1494); ∞ Anna N. N. († 1494)
  • Sophie ( † around 1466 )
  • Catherine ( † around 1466 )
  • Agnes († 1465 )

Life

After the death of his father 1433/34 Wenceslas I. took over at the same time for his not yet of legal age brothers Primislaus / Przemko III. John IV and the regency of the inherited fields. In the first division in 1445 made ​​the area of Zator was spun for him, that thereby an independent duchy, which was a fief of the crown of Bohemia. Primislaus / Przemko III. took over the Duchy Tost and John IV was now the sole Duke of Auschwitz.

After the end of 1437 the Bohemian Landtag majority of the Habsburg Albert II chose as successor to the Bohemian King Sigismund and a minority the not yet eleven years of Casimir IV, son of the Polish king Władysław III. , Who demanded the Breslau Bishop Konrad von Oels on, Casimir IV recognize. than the King of Bohemia. The bishop refused on the grounds that for Silesia only inheritance was decisive, and thus the recognition of Albrecht II in September 1438 after a Polish army raided devastating Upper Silesian areas, Wenzel his brothers for a conditional recognition of Casimir I. declared both in the name ready; well Wenzel von ( Opava ) Ratibor. However, in November 1438 paid homage to all Silesian princes and states in Wroclaw the chosen King Albert II after his death in 1439 blazed the battles for the Bohemian throne again. They were by the Polish king Władysław III. out against Elisabeth of Luxembourg and their followers, who championed the claims of its initial 1440 -born son Ladislaus Postumus. On their side were also Wenceslas I and his brothers, but of King Władysław III. were defeated. Subsequently, they had to cede a castle in Poland and sharpened at the fortifications of Zator. In addition, Wenzel had I. 1447 homage for Zator and the Polish suzerainty recognize, which he did, and after his death in 1465 his sons, vassals of the crown were Poland.

The third-born son, John V., who survived his brothers, and so in 1494 the sole owner of the Duchy of Zator was, it sold in the same year to Poland, where he was a lifelong usufruct granted. With his death in 1513 the main line Zator went out of Cieszyn Piast.

Duchy of Oświęcim Silesian Piasts Casimir I of Oświęcim Henry VIII the Sparrow Casimir II of Zator Wenceslaus II of Zator Jan V of Zator Bolesław II, Duke of Cieszyn Władysław of Zator Przemysław of Toszek Jan IV of Oświęcim Albert II of Germany Wenceslaus II, Duke of Opava-Ratibor Wrocław Ladislaus the Posthumous
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