Wenceslaus of PÅ‚ock

Waclaw of Plock (also Wenzel of Plo (t ) zk, Polish Waclaw Płocki; * 1293, † May 23, 1336 ) was from 1313 sovereign Duke of Mazovia in Płock from 1329 vassal of the Bohemian crown for his duchy. Waclaw was the son of Bolesław II (1251-1313), Duke of Masovia from his marriage to Gwendolyn of Bohemia (1265-1321), daughter of King Ottokar II. Waclaw came in his male line to the noble family of the Piast dynasty.

Life

Waclaw was the youngest son of Duke Bolesław II and his wife Gwendolyn of Bohemia. His own dominion, the masowsche part Duchy of Płock, he was awarded only after the death of his father.

During his reign ran a balance on the local powers ( and for its own protection ) targeting policy. His duchy bordered on the north by the German land of the Order and to the south and west by the Kingdom of Poland of the king Władysław I the Elbow-. So he took in 1320 at the Curia process against the Teutonic Order in Inowrocław part where he testified in the issue of Pomerania, which had been conquered by the Teutonic Knights in 1308 with Danzig against the Knights. He entered into several agreements with its neighbors, so the contract in Golub from April 14, 1321 with the State Master of the Teutonic Order in Prussia, Friedrich von Wildenberg, in which he undertook against the country masters, not the German knights enemy troops of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania free passage to grant by his duchy. Despite the agreement, he continued to maintain good contacts with Lithuanian rulers. Consequently, its territory was spared by the Lithuanian forces, he also got the hand of Elizabeth, daughter of Grand Duke Gediminas, what the relationship between Mazovia Płock - Lithuania and strengthened for the time being.

1325 was Waclaw his balance and neutrality policy. King Władysław I the Elbow- let his royal Polish forces einmaschieren in the Duchy. The backgrounds for the invasion are unknown. In response Waclaw closed on January 2, 1326 Brodnica directed against the Kingdom of Poland defensive alliance with the dukes ( who were his brothers ) Trojden I ( 1284/86-1341 ), Duke of Mazovia in Warsaw Czersk and Siemowit II ( 1283-1345), Duke of Masovia in Rawa.

1327 a war broke out between the Teutonic Knights and the Kingdom of Poland, whereupon Duke Waclaw banged on the side of the German knights, which provoked a renewed invasion Royal Polish forces. With military assistance from the German Order of country Waclaw could throw back the troops of the Polish king, a counter-offensive against the Kingdom of Poland belonging Kuyavian but failed.

1329 moved Waclaw the sides and spoke openly for the King of Poland Władysław I of. This page change retaliated in the same year as the combined Bohemian- German knightly armies invaded his duchy and, Płock besieged under the personal leadership of King John of Luxembourg, which was just like the German Order with the Polish king in battle. Against the background of military inferiority and hardly hoping for relief by King Władysław I, Waclaw capitulated and performed on March 29, 1329 the King of Bohemia, who claimed to be King of Poland, the vassal.

In the years after 1329 to Waclaw moved rapidly from active politics and died on May 23, 1336th He was buried in the Cathedral of Płock.

Marriage and issue

His marriage to Elizabeth of Lithuania (1302-1364), daughter of Grand Duke Gediminas, who he married in 1316, he had a son and a daughter:

  • Bolesław III. (1322/1330-1351), from 1336 Duke of Mazovia in Płock;
  • Anna (after 1316-1363 ), by marriage with Duke Henry V. the Iron, Duchess of Glogau, Sagan and Steinau;
  • Duke
  • Pole
  • Born in 1293
  • Died in 1336
  • Man
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