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Przemko II of Głogów ( – 11 January 1331) was a Duke of
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, etc., from 1309 to 1321 (with his brothers as co-rulers), Duke of
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from 1309 to 1312 (with his brothers as co-ruler) and Duke of
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starting in 1318 (until 1321 with his brother, then alone). He was the fifth and youngest son of Henry III (I), Duke of
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, by his wife
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, daughter of
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Life


Early years

After his father's death in 1309, Przemko II succeeded him in all his lands with his brothers as co-rulers; however, because he was a child at that time, he moved with his mother Matilda to her
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, Glogów. His formal guardianship was held by his older brothers.


First divisions of the Duchy. Loss of Greater Poland

In 1312 was made the formal division of the Duchy. Przemko II, along with older brothers
Henry IV the Faithful Henry IV (II) the Faithful () ( 1292 – 22 January 1342) was a Duke of Żagań and parts of Greater Poland from 1309 until 1317 (with his brothers in all the lands except Głogów in different divisions among them), Duke of Głogów from 1318 un ...
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and
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as co-rulers. However, two years later, as a result of the disputes with
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, they lost all the
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Inheritance of Glogów. Marriage

In 1318, his mother Matilda died, and Przemko II, with his older brother Henry IV inherited Glogów (since 1317, Jan was an independent Duke of Ścinawa). The final division of the lands was made in 1321, when Przemko II became the independent ruler Duke of Glogów. Little is known about his reign. On 29 July 1326, he concluded an agreement with the brothers Henry IV and Jan, according to which if one of them died without male issue, the other two inherited his land. Przemko II, however, didn't intend to abandon the idea of have his own offspring, because by March 1326, he had already married with
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(b. ca. 1313 - d. by 21 November 1363), daughter of Duke
Bernard of Świdnica Bernard (II) of Świdnica () (c. 1291 – 6 May 1326) was a Duke of Jawor- Lwówek-Świdnica-Ziębice between 1301 and 1312 (with his brothers as co-rulers), of Świdnica-Ziębice during 1312–1322 (with his brother as co-ruler), and the sole Duke ...
. Thanks to this union, Przemko II became more closer to Władysław I the Elbow-high: he was the maternal grandfather of Constance.


Resistance against the politics of King John of Bohemia

Around 1327, King
John of Bohemia John of Bohemia, also called the Blind or of Luxembourg (; ; ; 10 August 1296 – 26 August 1346), was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of Poland. He is well known for having died while fighting ...
began to openly pressure the Silesian Dukes to paid homage to him. This time was particularly difficult for the Duke of Glogów, specially after 1329, when he was the only of Henry III's sons who refused to paid tribute to the Bohemian King. According to the "Chronicle of the Princes of Poland" (''Kronikę książąt polskich''), he says that prefers to renounce to his inheritance than to be subjected to a foreign ruler. The punishment for his resistance against King John was the deposition of Przemko II from his lands in favor of his brothers.


Death and Aftermaths

Przemko II died unexpectedly on 11 January 1331 aged less than thirty years and was buried in Glogów. There are some assumptions about the circumstances of his sudden death: the "Chronicle of the Princes of Poland" stated that the Duke was poisoned by their own vassals. However, it's unknown if the perpetrators of the crime were punished. It's assumed that the reason behind the premature death of Przemko II was his reckless politics over the duchy. Przemko II's widow Constance received the city of Glogów as her dower and, according to the treaty of 1326, his brother Henry IV and Jan divided between them the rest of his lands. However, by September 1331, King
John of Bohemia John of Bohemia, also called the Blind or of Luxembourg (; ; ; 10 August 1296 – 26 August 1346), was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of Poland. He is well known for having died while fighting ...
appeared before the city walls, and began the siege. Without chances of an effective defense, the city capitulated on 2 October, and all the Duchy of Glogów was incorporated into the Kingdom of Bohemia. Constance was forced to refuge in the court of his grandparents, the Polish King and Queen, and Jan of Ścinawa was compelled to sell his rights over half of the Duchy to the Bohemian King for 2,000 grzywna. Eventually, only the half of Glogów was recovered by Henry IV's son,
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, in 1349. After almost 150 years of separation, all the Duchy of Glogów was reunited in 1480 by Duke
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References

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Genealogical database by Herbert Stoyan
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