Jan II of Oświęcim ( pl, Jan II oświęcimski) (d. 1376) was a Duke of

Oświęcim Oświęcim (; german: Auschwitz ; yi, אָשפּיצין, Oshpitzin) is a city in the Lesser Poland ( pl, Małopolska) province of southern Poland, situated southeast of Katowice, near the confluence of the Vistula (''Wisła'') and Soła rive ...

since 1372 until his death. He was the only known son of

Jan I the Scholastic Jan I the Scholastic ( pl, Jan I Scholastyk; 1308/10 – 1372 before 29 September), was a Duke of Oświęcim from 1324 until his death. He was the eldest child and only son of Duke Władysław of Oświęcim by his wife Euphrosyne, daughter of Duk ...

, Duke of Oświęcim, by his unknown first wife.

Life

Jan II took the full government over Oświęcim after his father's death on 29 September 1372. This was subsequently confirmed by the King Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia on 9 October of that year. The new Duke, however, had to accept named Przemysław I Noszak, 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 inhabitan ...

his sole heir. In this case, was ignored the fact that Jan II had already a namesake son. Perhaps, just as in the case of Jan I, the future Jan III was originally destined for a Church career. During almost all his rule, Jan II had considerable financial difficulties, because he was committed to repay the sum illegally obtained by his father from the Scholastic of Krakow. Little is known about the rest of Jan II's reign. The last document he was mentioned in was from 1 June 1375. His wife was mentioned as a widow in document of his father-in-law

Ludwik I the Fair Louis I the Fair, also known as the Wise or the Righteous ( pl, Ludwik I Sprawiedliwy, ''Roztropny'', or ''Prawy'') or Louis I of Brzeg (''Ludwik I brzeski''; – 6/23 December 1398), a member of the Silesian Piasts, was a Silesian duke of Legn ...

from 8 September 1376. In the anniversary of the St. Jadwiga Collegiate Church in Brzeg there is mention about Jan, duke of Oświęcim, died on 19 February. He could be buried in the Dominican church of Oświęcim, but there is no sources about his buried place.

Marriage and issue

By 1366, Jan II married with Jadwiga (b. 1344-1351 – d. 30 January 1386 – 1396), daughter of

, Duke of

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 ...

. They had three children: # Jan III (b. 1366-1376 – d. 1405). #Anna (b. 1366-1376 – d. between 6 September 1440 and 12 April 1454). married firstly before 1397 to

Půta II of Častolovice Půta II of Častolovice (also known as ''Půta the Elder''; first name sometimes spelled as ''Puota'' or ''Puotha'', last name sometimes spelled as ''Častolowitz'' or ''Czastolowitz''; cz, Půta II. z Častolovic; d. after 1402) was an east Bohe ...

and secondly before 1412 to some Alexander, a ''Dux''. From her first marriage, she was the mother of

Půta III of Častolovice Půta III of Častolovice (also known as ''Puota the Younger of Czastolowitz''; cz, Půta III. z Častolovic or ; d. 1434 in Pressburg) was a member of the Bohemian Častolowitz family. He was Landeshauptmann and later pledge lord of the County ...

, later Duke of

Ziębice Ziębice (german: Münsterberg) is a town in Ząbkowice Śląskie County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. The town lies on the Oława River, approximately east of Ząbkowice Śląskie and south of the regional capital Wro ...

. #Katarzyna (b. 1366-1376 – d. aft. 5 November 1403).

References

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