Duchy of Oswiecim

	Email		Print
	Bookmark		Link

Duchy of Oswiecim

The Duchy of Oswiecim, or the Duchy of Auschwitz, was one of many duchies of Silesia

Duchies of Silesia

The Duchies of Silesia resulted from divisions of the original Duchy of Silesia after 1138.In accordance with the last will and Testament of Boleslaw III Krzywousty of Duke Boleslaw III Wrymouth, the Kingdom of Poland was upon his death in 1138 divided into five hereditary provinces distributed among his sons, including the Seniorate Provi...
, formed in the aftermath of the fragmentation of Poland. It was established around 1315 by the Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
Piast dynasty

Piast dynasty

Piast dynasty was the first Polish historical Royal dynasty that ruled Poland from its beginnings starting with the semi-legendary Piast the Wheelwright....
. Briefly semi-autonomus, with its capital in Oswiecim

Oswiecim

Oswiecim is a town in southern Poland with about 41,500 inhabitants , situated some west of Krak?w in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Bielsko-Biala Voivodeship ....
, it was reattached to the Kingdom of Poland

Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)

The Kingdom of Poland of the Jagiellons was the Poland state created by the accession of Jogaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania, to the Polish throne in 1386....
in the 16th century. Annexed by the Habsburg Empire

Habsburg Monarchy

The Habsburg Monarchy covered the territories ruled by the junior Austria branch of the House of Habsburg , and then by the successor House of Habsburg-Lorraine , between 1526 and 1867/1918....
in 1772, it ceased to exist with its dissolution in 1918, its lands being reincorporated into the Second Polish Republic

Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland is the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II....
.

Duchy was created in 1315 in the aftermath of the ongoing 12th century fragmentation of Poland.

Discussion

Ask a question about 'Duchy of Oswiecim'

Start a new discussion about 'Duchy of Oswiecim'

Answer questions from other users

Full Discussion Forum

Encyclopedia

The Duchy of Oswiecim, or the Duchy of Auschwitz, was one of many duchies of Silesia

Duchies of Silesia

Poland

Piast dynasty

Oswiecim

Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)

Habsburg Monarchy

Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland is the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II....
.

History

The Duchy was created in 1315 in the aftermath of the ongoing 12th century fragmentation of Poland. Its lands were a part of the larger Duchy of Teschen (Cieszyn) until the Duchy of Oswiecim was split off from it as a separate entity in 1315 with Wladyslaw I Oswiecimski becoming its first Duke.

In 1445 the duchies Zator

Duchy of Zator

The Duchy of Zator was one of many Duchies of Silesia.In 1454, the Duchy of Zator, with its capital in Zator, was split from the lands of Duchy of Oswiecim/Duchy of Auschwitz....
and Toszek were created from some the lands of the Duchy. At first, the Duchy of Oswiecim fell under the Bohemian

Bohemian

Bohemians are the people of Bohemia, in the Czech Republic, inhabitants of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, located in the modern day Czech Republic....
sphere of influence, but was reunited with Poland in 1454, when the last prince of Oswiecim, Jan IV Oswiecimski, declared himself to be a vassal

Vassal

A vassal in the terminology that both preceded and accompanied the feudal of medieval Europe, is one who enters into mutual obligations with a monarch, usually of military support and mutual protection, in exchange for certain guarantees, which came to include the terrain held as a fiefdom....
of Polish king Kazimierz IV Jagiellonczyk. Three years later he sold his Duchy to Kazimierz.

At the Sejm

Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Poland parliament.Before the 20th century, the term "Sejm" referred to the entire three-Chambers of parliament Polish parliament, comprising the lower house , the upper house and the monarch....
of 1564, King Sigismund August issued privileges of incorporation recognizing both Duchies of Oswiecim and Zator as part of the Crown of Polish Kingdom, voivodeship of Kraków, although both retained their ducal titles.

Oswiecim and the lands of the former Duchy would become part of the Austrian Empire

Austrian Empire

The Austrian Empire was a periodization successor state empire founded on a remnant of the Holy Roman Empire centered on what is today's Austria that officially lasted from 1804 to 1867....
after the first partition of Poland

First Partition of Poland

The First Partition of Poland or First Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in 1772 as the first of partitions of Poland that ended the existence of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795....
in 1772, and were reattached to the recreated Polish state in 1918.

Dukes of Oswiecim

Dukes of Oswiecim belonged to the Silesian branch

Silesian Piasts

The Silesian Piasts were a line of the Piast dynasty beginning with Wladyslaw II the Exile, son of Boleslaw III Wrymouth, Duke of Poland. According to Boleslaw's Testament of Boleslaw III Krzywousty Wladyslaw II the Exile was granted the Duchy of Silesia as his hereditary realm and also the Seniorate Province because he was the oldest among...
of the Piast dynasty

Piast dynasty

Piast dynasty was the first Polish historical Royal dynasty that ruled Poland from its beginnings starting with the semi-legendary Piast the Wheelwright....
(see also Dukes of Silesia

Dukes of Silesia

In accordance with the Testament of Boleslaw III Krzywousty of Poland's Duke Boleslaw III Wrymouth, Poland was upon his death divided into 4-5 hereditary provinces distributed among his sons, and a royal province of Krak?w reserved for the eldest, who was to be High Duke of all Poland....
).

1314/5-1321/4	Wladyslaw I (son of Mieszko cieszynski, from 1290 co-regent, due to division of Oswiecim Oswiecim Oswiecim is a town in southern Poland with about 41,500 inhabitants , situated some west of Krak?w in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Bielsko-Biala Voivodeship .... )
1321/4-1372	Jan I Scholastyk (son of Wladyslaw I)
1321/4-1325	Eufrozyna Mazowiecka (wife of Wladyslaw I, mother of Jan I, regent, d. 1329)
1372-1375/6	Jan II (son Jan I)
1375/6-1405	Jan III (son of Jan II, died childless)
1405-1406	Przemyslaw Oswiecimski (also known as Przemyslaw the Younger (Mlodszy), son of Przemyslaw I Noszak (whose uncle was Mieszko cieszynski), from 1404 prince of half of Scinawa Scinawa Scinawa [] is a town and municipality in Poland, in Lower Silesia, on the Oder River. The town features a number of historic monuments including city hall and the town church .... and Glogów Glogów Glog?w is a town in southwestern Poland. It is the county seat of Glog?w County, in Lower Silesian Voivodeship , and was previously in Legnica Voivodeship .... , from 1405 also in Toszku Toszek Toszek [] is a town in Poland, in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, with 4,000 inhabitants.... )
1410-1433/4	Kazimierz I Oswiecimski (son of Przemysl Mlodszy, due to division in 1414 of Oswiecim Oswiecim Oswiecim is a town in southern Poland with about 41,500 inhabitants , situated some west of Krak?w in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Bielsko-Biala Voivodeship .... , Toszek Toszek Toszek [] is a town in Poland, in Gliwice County, Silesian Voivodeship, with 4,000 inhabitants.... and Strzelin Strzelin Strzelin [] is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship in south-western Poland. It is located on the Olawa river, a tributary of the Oder River, about south of the region's capital Wroclaw.... (in Strzelin until 1427))
1433/4-1484	Przemyslaw Toszecki (son of Kazimierz I, also prince of Toszek due to its division in 1445)
1433/4-1456	Jan IV (Janusz) (brother of Przemyslaw Toszecki and son of Kazimierz I, also prince of Toszek, from 1445 due to a division of Oswiecim Oswiecim Oswiecim is a town in southern Poland with about 41,500 inhabitants , situated some west of Krak?w in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Bielsko-Biala Voivodeship .... , 1465-1482 Gliwice Gliwice Gliwice is an industrial city in southern Poland with 200,361 inhabitants on the Klodnica River, about 20 km to the west from Katowice.Gliwice is one of the main centers of the Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, the largest legally-recognized urban entity in Poland, with the population of the greater metropolitan area of 3,487,000.... , abdicated (Oswiecim transferred to Crown of Poland), d. 1496)

Rulers claiming the title of Duke during Austrian partition of Poland

In the aftermath of the First Partition of Poland

First Partition of Poland

Holy Roman Emperor

Image:HRR 14Jh.jpgThe Roman of the Emperor's title was a reflection of the translatio imperii principle that regarded the Holy Roman Emperors as the inheritors of the title of Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, a title left unclaimed in the West after the death of Julius Nepos in 480....
s, later Emperors of Austria

Emperor of Austria

The phrase Emperor of Austria describes an hereditary imperial title and position proclaimed in 1804 by the Austria Habsburg Holy Roman Empire Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor and continually held by him and his immediate successors until the Habsburg dynasty was overthrown in 1918....
had the title of Duke of Auschwitz which constituted part of their official grand title

Emperor of Austria

Emperor	Acceded	Deceded
Joseph II Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy from 1780 to 1790. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor....	1772	20 February 1790
Leopold II Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II , born Peter Leopold Joseph Anton Joachim Pius Gotthard, was Holy Roman Emperor from 1790 to 1792, King of Hungary, archduke of Austria, and Grand Duke of Tuscany from 1765 to 1790....	20 February 1790	1 March 1792
Francis I Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor Francis II was the last Holy Roman Emperor, ruling from 1792 until 6 August 1806, when he dissolved the Holy Roman Empire after the disastrous defeat of the Third Coalition by Napoleon I of France at the Battle of Austerlitz....	1 March 1792	2 March 1835
Ferdinand I Ferdinand I of Austria Ferdinand I was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary, King of Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia, King of Bohemia. He chose to abdicate, after a series of revolts in 1848....	2 March 1835	2 December 1848
Francis Joseph I	2 December 1848	21 November 1916
Charles I	21 November 1916	11 November 1918