Władysław of Legnica

Władysław of Legnica ( Liegnitz also Ladislaus; Vladislav of Liegnitz; * June 6, 1296, † 1352) was Duke of Liegnitz. After he was ousted from that in 1314, he turned to the spiritual path. He came from the Silesian line of the Piast dynasty.

Life

His parents were Duke Henry V and Elisabeth ( † 1304), daughter of Duke Boleslaw of Kalisz.

Władysław was born three months after his father's death. Therefore, he and his siblings also still minor was under the guardianship of her uncle Bolko I, and after his death in 1301 the Bohemian king Wenceslas II in 1305 took over Wladislaus eldest brother Bolko III. under the tutelage of Bishop Henry of Breslau Vrbno the government inherited the territories at the same time for his younger brothers. 1311 paternal inheritance was divided. Boleslaw given the Duchy Brieg, Henry the Duchy of Wroclaw and the Duchy of Legnica Wladislaus. Soon, tried to extend his power and to diminish the legacy of his brothers, with whom he was constantly in dispute Boleslaw. Finally he had to Władysław, who could not pay the agreed on the division of money compensation to Boleslaw, assign 1314 Liegnitz. For this year, he will be busy in Breslau canon and for the year 1325 as dortiger subdeacon. To 1326 he is said to have married Anna († 1313 ), daughter of Duke Boleslaw II of Mazovia, which he left in 1328. After returning to Silesia he shall have his rights to Legnica sold the Czech king John of Luxembourg. This is probably why he paid homage on May 9, 1329 Wladislaus brother Boleslaw for Legnica and Brzeg, whereby both duchies were a fief of the crown of Bohemia. Also in 1329 accompanied the king Władysław on its crusade to Lithuania. Later Wladislaus should have turned to the robber barons.