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Duchy of Głogów

Duchy of Głogów
Księstwo Głogowskie (pl)
Herzogtum Glogau (de)
Hlohovské knížectví (cs)
Silesian duchy
Fiefdom of the Kingdom of Bohemia (1331)
Fiefdom of the Crown of Bohemia (1348–1742)
Part of the Kingdom of Prussia (until 1815)
1251–1815


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Silesia 1249-1273: Creation of the Duchy of Głogów (green) for Konrad I from the territory of Bolesław II the Bald of Legnica (violet)
Capital Głogów
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
 •  Konrad Spindleshanks
   first Duke of Głogów
1177
 •  Partitioned from
   Legnica
1251
 •  Split off Żagań and
   Olésnica
1273, 1312
 •  Vassalized by
   Bohemia
1331
 •  Directly to Bohemia 1506
 •  Annexed by Prussia 1742/48
 •  Dissolved into newly
   created Silesia Province
1815
 •  Territory fell to Poland 1945
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Duchy of Legnica Duchy of Legnica
Kingdom of Prussia
Today part of


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The Duchy of Głogów (Polish: Księstwo głogowskie, Czech: Hlohovské knížectví) or Duchy of Glogau (German: Herzogtum Glogau) was one of the Duchies of Silesia ruled by the Silesian Piasts. Its capital was Głogów in Lower Silesia.

In 1177, under the rule of Konrad Spindleshanks, the youngest son of High Duke Władysław II the Exile of Poland, the town of Głogów had already become the capital of a duchy in its own right. However when Konrad died between 1180 and 1190, his duchy was again inherited by his elder brother Bolesław I the Tall, Duke of Wrocław. After the death of Bolesław's grandson Duke Henry II the Pious at the 1241 Battle of Legnica his sons in 1248 divided the Lower Silesian Duchy of Wrocław among themselves. Konrad I, a child when his father died, claimed his rights too and in 1251 and received the northern Głogów territory from his elder brother Bolesław II the Bald, then Duke of Legnica.


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