Władysław of Głogów ( pl, Władysław Głogowski, cs, Vladislav Těšínsko-Hlohovský, german: Wladislaus von Teschen) ( – 14 February 1460) was a Silesian nobleman. He was the ruling Duke of

Cieszyn Cieszyn ( , ; cs, Těšín ; german: Teschen; la, Tessin; szl, Ćeszyn) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitant ...

during 1431–1442 (with his brothers as co-rulers) and from 1442 sole ruler over half of both

Głogów Głogów (; german: Glogau, links=no, rarely , cs, Hlohov, szl, Głogōw) is a city in western Poland. It is the county seat of Głogów County, in Lower Silesian Voivodeship (since 1999), and was previously in Legnica Voivodeship (1975–1998) ...

and

Ścinawa Ścinawa (german: Steinau an der Oder, links=no) is a town and municipality on the Oder river in the Lower Silesian region of Poland. The Ścinawa train station is a key gateway for travel throughout the region, connecting major destinations su ...

. He was the second son of Duke Bolesław I of

by his second wife

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, daughter of Duke

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Life

After the death of his father in 1431, Władysław ruled over all the Duchy together with his brothers as co-rulers, but under the tutelage of their mother. After the division of the Duchy on 29 November 1442, he received the half of both

and

as sole ruler, signed since them with the title of ''Duke of Cieszyn-Głogów''. He had little interference in the Cieszyn politics (actually the only activity in this area was the agreement to sell the

Duchy of Siewierz The Duchy of Siewierz was a Silesian duchy with its capital in Siewierz. The area was part of the original Duchy of Silesia established after the death of Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth in 1138 during the times of the fragmentation of Poland. Si ...

by his brother Wenceslaus I in 1443) and decided to concentrated in the Głogów politics. In December 1444 Władysław married with Margareta (1411 – 22 July 1480), daughter of

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and widow of Herman I,

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-Pfannberg-

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. They had no children. Władysław's major participation in the political life of his time was in 1447, when he went to

Kraków Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...

and took part in the coronation of Casimir IV as

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. The Duke of Głogów supported Bohemian King

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. On 24 August 1459, Władysław, with other Piast rulers, paid homage to King George in Swidnica and fought in his ranks near

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

. He was seriously wounded during the siege of this town on 1 October 1459 and died as a result of the wounds on 14 February 1460. In his will, Władysław left his domains to both his wife Margareta (as her ) and his brother

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, who actually took the whole government over half of both Głogów and Ścinawa. Przemysław II was deposed in 1476 and half of both Głogów and Ścinawa were annexed to the Bohemian crown; however, Margareta remained in Głogów and defended the city from the ambitions of

Jan II the Mad Jan II the Mad also known as the Bad, the Wild or the Cruel (16 April 1435 – 22 September 1504), was a Duke of Żagań- Przewóz since 1439 (with his brothers as co-rulers until 1449), from 1449 Duke of Przewóz (as co-ruler of his younger br ...

, Duke of

Żagań Żagań ( French and german: Sagan, hsb, Zahań, la, Saganum) is a town in western Poland, on the Bóbr river, with 25,731 inhabitants (2019). The town is the capital of Żagań County in the historic region of Silesia. Previously in the Zielon ...

, who, after a siege of seven weeks, on 1 May 1480 conquered the city and reunited the whole Duchy of Głogów after almost 150 years of separation.

Ancestry

References

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Genealogy of the Dukes of Cieszyn
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