Henry I of Jawor

Henry I
Duke of Jawor
Silver tombstone conserved in Lwówek Śląski, possibly representing Duke Henry I and his wife Agnes
Spouse(s)	Agnes of Bohemia
Noble family	Silesian Piasts
Father	Bolko I the Strict
Mother	Beatrice of Brandenburg
Born	c. 1292/96
Died	15 May 1346(1346-05-15)
Buried	Lwówek Śląski

Henry I of Jawor (Polish: Henryk I Jaworski; c. 1292/96 – 15 May 1346), was a Duke of Jawor-Lwówek-Świdnica-Ziębice during 1301–1312 (with his brothers as co-rulers), sole Duke of Jawor-Lwówek since 1312 and Duke of Głogów since 1337 until his death.

He was the third son of Bolko I the Strict, Duke of Jawor-Lwówek-Świdnica-Ziębice, by his wife Beatrix, daughter of Otto V the Long, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel.

On the death of his father in 1301, Henry I, his older brother Bernard and his younger brother Bolko II, inherited his domains; however, because they was still a minors, Henry I and his siblings were placed under the care of their mother and their maternal uncle Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel until 1305, when the older brother Bernard was declared an adult and assumed the government and the guardianship of his brothers.

By 1307 Henry I was considered old enough to participated actively in the government. In 1312 he was made the first division of the Duchy: Henry I took Jawor and Lwówek.

Following the model of his father and brother Bernard, Henry I tried to kept his political independence and refuse to submit to any of his powerful neighbors. To this end, he approach to the oppositors to King John in Bohemia, represented by the widow of King Wenceslaus II and daughter of the King Przemysł II of Poland, Elisabeth Richeza and her lover, the powerful magnate Henryk z Lipy.