Louis of Opole ( pl, Ludwik opolski; 1450 – before 4 September 1476), was a Duke of Opole-

Brzeg Brzeg (; Latin: ''Alta Ripa'', German: ''Brieg'', Silesian German: ''Brigg'', , ) is a town in southwestern Poland with 34,778 inhabitants (December 2021) and the capital of Brzeg County. It is situated in Silesia in the Opole Voivodeship on t ...

- Strzelce-

Niemodlin Niemodlin (; german: Falkenberg O.S., Falkenberg Oberschlesien; szl, Ńymodlin) is a town in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,315 inhabitants (2019). History The community was first mentioned as ''Nemodlin'' in a 1224 deed and r ...

during 1466–1476 (as co-ruler of his father) and briefly in 1476 (with his brothers as co-rulers). He was the eldest son of Duke

Nicholas I of Opole Nicholas I of Opole ( pl, Mikołaj I; – 3 July 1476) was a duke of Opole since 1437 (until 1439 with his brother as co-ruler), Duke of Brzeg from 1450, ruler over Kluczbork from 1451 and Duke of Strzelce, Niemodlin and Olesno from 1460. He was ...

by his wife Agnes, daughter of Duke Louis II of Brzeg. He was named after his maternal grandfather.

Life

In 1466 Louis was named co-ruler of the Duchy of Opole by his father. One year later (in 1467), he took part in the Congress of

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, where it was decided to declare the war to the king of Bohemia,

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, and Casimir Jagiełło was invited to take the Bohemian throne. Louis died between 23 May and 4 September 1476. If he lived after 3 July 1476, he could have ruled the Duchy of Opole for a few months after the death of his father. It is unknown where he was buried, although it is assumed with a high degree of probability that it could have happened in the

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church in Opole. After he died unmarried and childless, his younger brothers

Jan II the Good Jan II of Opole ( pl, Jan II Dobry) ( – 27 March 1532) was a Duke of Opole-Brzeg (until 1481)- Strzelce-Niemodlin in 1476 (with his brothers as co-rulers during 1476), ruler over Gliwice (in 1494), Toszek (in 1495), Niemodlin (again, in 1497), By ...

and Nicholas II assumed the government over Opole as co-rulers, but later in that year they decided to make the division of their domains.

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