Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Württemberg-Oels
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Silvius Nimrod, First Duke of Württemberg-Oels
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| Spouse(s) | Elisabeth Marie, Duchess of Oels |
| Noble family | House of Württemberg |
| Father | Julius Frederick, Duke of Württemberg-Weiltingen |
| Mother | Anna Sabina of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg |
| Born |
2 May 1622 Weiltingen |
| Died | 24 April 1664 (aged 41) Brzezinka |
Silvius I Nimrod, Duke of Württemberg-Oels (2 May 1622, Weiltingen – 24 April 1664, Brzezinka in Silesia) was the first Oels-Wuerttemberg.
Silvius was the son of Duke Julius Frederick of Württemberg-Weiltingen and Anna Sabina of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg.
In 1638, he participated in the army of Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar besieging Breisach.
On 1 May 1647, he married in Oels Elisabeth Marie, Duchess of Oels, whose father, Duke Charles Frederick I died a few weeks later. Since Charles Frederick was the last reigning Duke of Oels, the Duchy fell to the Crown of Bohemia as a vacant fief. Emperor Ferdinand III, in his capacity as King of Bohemia, inherited the Duchy. After lengthy negotiations, Silvius Nimrod was invested on 15 December 1648 in Vienna with the Duchy of Oels, in exchange for 20000guilders and the Moravian Lordship of Jevišovice. Silvius Nimrod then began rebuilding the Duchy, which had suffered during the Thirty Years' War. He focused on education and the Church. In 1652, he founded the Order of the Skull, which existed until the 19th century.
Angelus Silesius was his court physician from 1647 to 1652. Matthäus Apelt was until 1639 his ducal councillor and court music director.
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