Albert I of Münsterberg-Oels (german: Albrecht I. von Münsterberg or ; cs, Albrecht z Minstrberka or ; 3 August 1468, Kunětická Hora Castle – 12 July 1511,

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) was a member of the

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and a Duke of the Silesian duchies of Münsterberg and

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and Count of Kladsko.

Life

Albert was a grandson of the King

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of Bohemia. His parents were Henry the Elder of Münsterberg and

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, daughter of the Elector Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg. In 1487, Albert married Salome (1475/76-1514), a daughter of Duke

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and Großglogau. In 1488, his younger brothers

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and Charles also married daughters of John II. After their father's death in 1498, the three brothers Albert, George and Charles ruled jointly at first, though each lived at his own court: Albert in

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, Georg in

, Charles in Münsterberg and after 1530 in his newly built castle in

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. The three brothers sold the County of Kladsko in 1501 to their future brother-in-law

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. However, they retained the title of "Count of Kladsko" for themselves and their descendants, until the male line of Münsterberg branch of the

died out in 1647. Albrecht and Salome had a daughter Ursula (1498–1545). In 1517, she married Henry Riesenberg ( cz, Jindřich z Švihovský Ryzmberka), who died in 1551.

References

* (added entry in the article ''Johann II., Herzog von Glogau und Sagan'') * (added entry in the article ''Johann II., Herzog in Schlesien und Herr zu Sagan'') * Arno Herzig, Małgorzata Ruchniewicz: ''Geschichte des Glatzer Landes'', Hamburg-Wrocław, 2006, , p. 54–59

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Albert I, Duke Of Munsterberg-Oels 1468 births 1511 deaths Dukes of Münsterberg Podiebrad family