Duchy of Silesia-Glogau
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Księstwo Głogowskie (pl) Herzogtum Glogau (de) Hlohovské knížectví (cs) |
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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) |
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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)
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| Capital | Głogów | |||||||||
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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) |
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| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
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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 | ||||||||
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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.
Under the rule of Konrad's son Henry III the principality became smaller, as fragmentation and division continued, and other, smaller duchies were split from it like Ścinawa (Steinau, Stínava) and Żagań (Sagan, Zaháň) in 1273 as well as the duchies of Oleśnica (Oels, Olešnice) and Wołów (Wohlau, Volov) in 1312. After Henry's son Przemko II had died without heirs in 1331, King John the Blind was able to seize the duchy as a fiefdom of the Kingdom of Bohemia and granted it to the Piast Duke Henry I of Jawor six years later. As Henry I left no issue, King John's son, Charles IV incorporated one half of Głogów into Crown of Bohemia, granting the remaining half to Duke Henry V of Iron of Żagań in 1349.
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