Wenceslaus of Niemodlin ( pl, Wacław Niemodliński) (1336/46 – June 1369) was Duke of

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 ...

from 1365 until his death (with his brothers as co-rulers), and Duke of

Gliwice Gliwice (; german: Gleiwitz) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional capi ...

from 1364. He was the second son of Bolesław the Elder, Duke of

, by his wife Euphemia, daughter of

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, Duke of

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Life

Little is known about his early years of life. In 1364 Wenceslaus married with Euphemia (b. 1350/52 – d. 26 August 1411), daughter of Duke

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; by virtue of this union, he received the district of

, according to the inheritance treaty signed by his wife's grandfather, Duke

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with the

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. After the death of his father in 1365, Wenceslaus and his brothers inherited

and

Prudnik Prudnik (, szl, Prudnik, Prōmnik, german: Neustadt in Oberschlesien, Neustadt an der Prudnik, la, Prudnicium) is a town in southern Poland, located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the ...

as co-rulers, although the full government was exercised by the older brother, Bolesław II. Only after Bolesław II's death in 1368, Wenceslaus could take the full government over Niemodlin; however his reign was short-lived: he died just one year later. Because he died without issue, his domains were divided: Niemodlin passed to his youngest and only surviving brother,

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, and Gliwice was taken by the Dukes of

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References

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Genealogy of the Dukes of Opole
{{end 1340s births 1369 deaths Piast dynasty Dukes of Prudnik