Silesian Piasts of Opole Silesian Piasts of Glogów
The Silesian Piasts were the elder of four lines of the Polish Piast dynasty beginning with Władysław II the Exile (1105–1159), eldest son of Duke Bolesław III of Poland. By Bolesław's testament, Władysław was granted Silesia as his hereditary province and also the Lesser Polish Seniorate Province at Kraków according to the principle of agnatic seniority.
The SilesianPiasts were the elder of four lines of the Polish Piast dynasty beginning with Władysław II the Exile (1105–1159), eldest son of Duke Bolesław...
Elizabeth Piast. The Masovian branch of the Piasts became extinct with the death of Duke Janusz III in 1526. The last ruling duke of the SilesianPiasts was...
for over 200 years. During the first half of the 13th century, the SilesianPiasts attempted to restore the kingdom. Henry the Bearded undertook efforts...
his testament, the Silesian lands were to be ruled by his eldest son Władysław II, who became the progenitor of the SilesianPiasts. Though he was exiled...
remaining Duchy of Wrocław as well as most other duchies ruled by the SilesianPiasts passed to the Kingdom of Bohemia as Duchies of Silesia. The acquisition...
SilesianPiast, Bolko II of Świdnica, died in 1368. His wife Agnes ruled the Świdnica duchy until her death in 1392. Thereafter all SilesianPiasts became...
abruptly ended by his early death. Upon his death, the line of the SilesianPiasts fragmented into numerous dukes of Silesia, who (except for Henry's...
and Siewierz were transferred to the SilesianPiasts, although their population was of Vistulan and not of Silesian descent. Parts of those territories...
between the SilesianPiast Duke Frederick II of Legnica and the Hohenzollern Prince-Elector Joachim II Hector of Brandenburg, whereby the Silesian Duchies...
crescent on a silver and golden background. The emblem of the Lower SilesianPiasts has been incorporated by cities, villages, municipality, and counties...
capital in Oleśnica in Lower Silesia, Poland. Initially ruled by the SilesianPiasts, it was acquired by the Münsterberg (Ziębice) dukes of the Podiebrad...
Railway Silesian (series), a European subdivision of the Carboniferous period of the geological timescale SilesianPiastsSilesian architecture Silesian horse...
the duchies continued to be ruled by branches of the Piast dynasty known as the SilesianPiasts until their last lineage died out in 1675. When a ducal...
in 1163. The province thereby became the ancestral homeland of the SilesianPiasts. In 1166 Mieszko III and his brothers started another Prussian crusade...
offshoot of the Bohemian Přemyslid dynasty, not by the SilesianPiasts like many of the neighbouring Silesian duchies. Its capital was Opava (Troppau) in the...
and overlord of Poland, and with this, he finally recovered for his SilesianPiast dynasty the title and power which his grandfather Władysław II the Exile...
1329, it was ruled by the SilesianPiasts until their extinction in 1675. Its capital was Brzeg in Lower Silesia. When the Piast duke Henry V of Wrocław...
Siewierz were transferred to the SilesianPiasts, although their population was primarily Vistulan and not of Silesian descent. In 1241, the Mongols conducted...
Trzebnica and Legnica. Piast dukes continued to rule Silesia following the 12th-century fragmentation of Poland. The SilesianPiasts retained power in most...
from the 10th century onwards. While Bohemia rose to a kingdom, the SilesianPiasts alienated from the fragmenting Kingdom of Poland. After in 1310 the...
between the SilesianPiast Duke Frederick II of Legnica and the Hohenzollern Prince-Elector Joachim II Hector of Brandenburg, whereby the Silesian Duchies...
1242), a member of the SilesianPiasts, was Duke of Lubusz from 1241 until his death. Mieszko was the second son of the Silesian duke Henry II the Pious...
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