Henry III of Münsterberg-Oels (also: ''Henry III of Poděbrady'', ''Henry III of Bernstadt''; german: Heinrich III. von Podiebrad; cz, Jindřich III-Minstrbersko Olešnický; 29 April 1542,
Oleśnica
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– 10 April 1587, Oleśnica) was
Duke
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of
Münsterberg from 1565 to 1574 and Duke of
Bernstadt. He also held the title of
Count
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of
Glatz.
Life
Henry's parents were
Henry II of Münsterberg and Oels and Margaret (1515–1559), daughter of
Henry V Henry V may refer to:
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* Henry V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1026)
* Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1081/86–1125)
* Henry V, Duke of Carinthia (died 1161)
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of
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
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. Henry III was married to Magdalena Meseritsch of Lomnitz ( cz, Magdaléna Mezeřícká z Lomnice).
When his father died in 1548, Henry was only six years old, so he initially stood under the guardianship of his uncle
John
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, who called himself "Duke of Bernstadt" from 1548 until his death in 1565. In 1565, Henry III took up the rule of the Duchy of Bernstadt. He was excessively in debt, and in 1574, he had to sell the Duchy of Bernstadt, including the castle and several more villages, to the von Schindel family.
Henry III died childless in 1587. The Duchy of Bernstadt was bought back in 1604 by Henry's brother
Charles II.
References ad sources
* Hugo Weczerka: ''Handbuch der historischen Stätten: Schlesien'', Stuttgart, 1977, , p. 19 and genealogical tables on p. 602–603.
* Rudolf Žáček: ''Dějiny Slezska v datech'', Prague, 2004, , p. 145, 410 and 436.
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16th-century German people
Podiebrad family
1542 births
1587 deaths
Dukes of Münsterberg
People from Oleśnica