NIKOLAUS von Troppau

Also known as Mikuláš II Opavský av Schlesien-Troppau, kníže

• Son of NIKOLAUS I Duke of Troppau & Adelheid von Habsburg
• Nicholas II of Troppau (Czech Mikuláš II. Opavský ; * around 1288 ; † December 8, 1365 ) was Duke of Troppau in 1318–1365 and Duke of Ratibor in 1337–1365, and chamberlain of the Kingdom of Bohemia . In 1350 he held the office of the Glatz burgrave.

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NIKOLAUS von Troppau, son of NIKOLAUS I Duke of Troppau [P%C5%99emyslid] & his wife Adelheid von Habsburg ([1288]-8 Dec 1365). The Chronica Pragensis (Chronicon Francisci) records that "Nicolao, filio senioris Ducis Nicolai…illegitimus frater…Regis Wencezslai" was invested with "Ducatum Opauiæ" by the king of Bohemia in 1318[665]. He succeeded his father in 1318 as NIKOLAUS II Duke of Troppau. After the death of his brother-in-law Duke Leszek, Ratibor was annexed to the Bohemian crown 14 Jan 1337 and placed under the administration of Nikolaus[666], who was declared Duke of Ratibor. Kazimierz III King of Poland attacked Ratibor in 1345, but retreated after being threatened by a large Bohemian army[667]. married firstly ([1318]%29 ANNA von Ratibor, daughter of PRZEMISLAW Duke of Ratibor [Piast] & his wife Anna of Mazovia [Piast] ([1292/98]-[1 Jan/21 Aug] 1340). married secondly ([1342/11 Aug 1345]) HEDWIG von Oels, daughter of KONRAD I Herzog von Oels [Piast] & his second wife Euphemia von Kosel [Piast] ([1329/25 Mar 1338]-[1351/59]). Jan King of Bohemia agreed the succession of “filia sua...Hedwigis” if “Conradi ducis Slesie et dmni Olsnicensis” died without male heirs by charter dated 25 Mar 1338[668]. married thirdly ([1 Jan/4 Aug] 1359]) JUTTA von Falkenberg, daughter of BOLESLAW Duke of Falkenberg [Piast] & his wife Euphemia von Breslau [Piast] (before 1346-Oct after 1378).

Nikolaus II & his first wife had ANNA von Ratibor had six children:

• 1. EUPHEMIA ([1319]-before 11 Sep 1352). married (1335) SIEMOWIT of Mazovia, son of TROJDEN I Prince of Czersk [Piast] & his Maria Iurievna of Galich (before 1314-16 Jun 1381). He succeeded in 1370 as SIEMOWIT III "Starszy" Prince of Mazovia.
• 2. ELISABETH ([1321]-[5/31] Dec 1386). Known as ELKA. Benedictine nun at Ratibor 1340.
• 3. AGNES ([1323]-7 Sep 1404). Benedictine nun at Ratibor 1340.
• 4. ANNA ([1325]-14 Mar 1361). m ([Jan/14 Feb] 1346) BURCHARD I (X) Graf zu Hardegg und Retz Burggraf von Magdeburg, son of --- (-[12 Nov 1360/61]).
• 5. MARGARETA ([1330]-[1363]). The Benessii de Weitmil Chronicon records the marriage in 1350 of "Dominus Karolus, Romanorum et Boemiæ Rex…fratri suo germano Iohanni" and "Margaretham, filiam Nicolai Ducis Oppauiæ"[669]. m (1350) as his second wife, JOHANN HEINRICH of Bohemia Markgraf of Moravia, son of JAN King of Bohemia [Luxembourg] & his first wife Elisabeth [Eliska] of Bohemia [P%C5%99emyslid] (Melnik 12 Feb 1322-12 Nov 1375, bur Brno Kloster St Thomas).
• 6. HANUŠ von Troppau ([1332]-1381). He succeeded in 1365 as HANUŠ I Duke of Ratibor. Emperor Karl IV King of Bohemia settled a territorial dispute between “Johans Herczog zu Troppaw” and “Herczog Niclas sein Bruder” regarding the inheritance from their respective mothers, with the consent of “Lodwig Herczogen zu dem Brieg unsern...Oheim und Przimcken Herczogen zu Tesschin”, by charter dated 1367[670]. Herzog von Jägerndorf, Freudenthal und Fürstenwalde 1377.
• a) other children: DUKES of RATIBOR
• b) JOHANN von Ratibor ([1365]-12 Aug 1424). He succeeded in 1384 as JOHANN II Duke of Troppau, Duke of Ratibor. Herzog von Jägerndorf 1422.
• c) NIKOLAUS ([1370]-[1406]). Wenzel IV King of Bohemia acknowledged the allegiance of “Przymke, Johanns und Niclass Herczogen zu Troppaw unsre...Vettern” by charter dated Aug 1404[671]. He succeeded in 1405 as NIKOLAUS IV Duke of Troppau, at Freudenthal.

Nikolaus II & his second wife HEDWIG von Oels had one child

• 7. NIKOLAUS ([1343/50]-9 Jul 1394). Emperor Karl IV King of Bohemia settled a territorial dispute between “Johans Herczog zu Troppaw” and “Herczog Niclas sein Bruder” regarding the inheritance from their respective mothers, with the consent of “Lodwig Herczogen zu dem Brieg unsern...Oheim und Przimcken Herczogen zu Tesschin”, by charter dated 1367[672]. He succeeded in 1377 as NIKOLAUS III Duke of Troppau, Herr zu Leobschütz.

Nikolaus II & his third wife JUTTA von Falkenberg had three children

• 8. ANNA (1361 after 14 Mar-1398 after 7 Aug). m (1379 after 24 Apr) PETER [II] Herr von Sternberg, son of --- (-[1 Mar/7 Jul] 1397).
• 9. WENZEL ([1362]-[1381]). He succeeded in 1377 as WENZEL I Duke of Troppau.
• 10. PRZEMKO ([1365]-28 Sep 1433). He succeeded as PRZEMKO Duke of Troppau.

History by Wikipedia

Nicholas II of Opava was a member of the Opava branch of the Bohemian noble Přemyslovci family. His parents were Duke Nicholas I of Opava, who had held Opava since 1269, and Adelheid of Habsburg, a niece of King Rudolf I. He was a supporter of King John of Luxembourg of Bohemia, who gave him Opava as a fief in 1318 and at the same time raised it to an independent duchy. He moved the ducal residence from Hradec nad Moravicí (German: Grätz) to Opava (German: Troppau). Also in 1318, he married with Anna, the only sister of Duke Leszek of Ratibór. Since Leszek left no offspring, the Duchy of Ratibór reverted to the Bohemian Crown after Leszek death in 1336. King John gave it to his loyal vassal Nicholas II in 1337. With his dual power base in Opava and Ratibór, Nicholas became one of the most powerful princes in the upper Oder area. With the acquisition by Nicholas, Ratibór came under a foreign ruler and due to the personal union, Opava became more oriented towards Silesia. In 1337, the princes of Opole also claimed Ratibór; King John sold them the Moravian town of Prudnik (German: Neustadt) instead. In a document dated 1350, Nicholas II is mentioned as Burgrave of Kłodzko. In 1355 he had to give up Koźle and Gliwice, which had been transferred to Duke Leszek.

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