Duchy of Brzeg
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Księstwo Brzeskie (pl) Herzogtum Brieg (de) |
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| Silesian duchy | ||||||||||
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 Silesian duchies 1312-1317: Duchy of Brzeg in light grey
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| Capital | Brzeg | |||||||||
| Government | Duchy | |||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages Early modern period |
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| • | Partitioned from Legnica | 1311 | ||||||||
| • | Vassalized by Bohemia | 1329 | ||||||||
| • | Inheritance treaty with Brandenburg |
1537 | ||||||||
| • | Seized by Habsburg | 1675 | ||||||||
| • | Annexed by Prussia | 1742 | ||||||||
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The Duchy of Brzeg (Polish: Księstwo Brzeskie) or Duchy of Brieg (German: Herzogtum Brieg), (Czech: Knížectví Břežské) was one of the Duchies of Silesia, created in 1311 during the fragmentation of the Duchy of Wrocław. A Bohemian fief from 1329, it was ruled by the Silesian Piasts until their extinction in 1675. Its capital was Brzeg in Lower Silesia.
When the Piast duke Henry V of Wrocław and Legnica died in 1296, his sons and heirs were still minors and his estates were ruled by their uncle Duke Bolko I the Strict of Świdnica, succeeded by their maternal uncle King Wenceslaus II of Bohemia in 1301 and by the Wrocław bishop Henryk z Wierzbnej in 1305. Finally in 1311, Henry's bequests were divided among his sons: Bolesław III the Generous, the eldest brother, received the southeastern lands around Brzeg and Grodków.
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