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English (default): duke Henry II "the Pious", Lithuanian: Kunigaikštis Henrikas II "Pamaldusis" Piast, Polish: książę Henryk II "Pobożny" Piast, German: Heinrich II.
Also Known As: "Heinrich der Fromme", "Heinrich von Schlesien"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wroclaw, Poland
Death: April 09, 1241 (40-54)
Legnica, Legnica County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland (Žuvo Legnicos mūšyje su mongolais – totoriais. )
Place of Burial: Franciscan Church of St. Jakub in Wroclaw, Poland
Immediate Family:

Son of Duke Henry I, "the Bearded" and St. Hedwig von Andechs, Patron Saint of Silesia
Husband of Anna of Bohemia
Father of Gertruda wrocławska; Boleslaw II the Horned, duke of Krakow; Mieszko lubuski, książę; Konstancja wrocławska Vroclavietė; Elżbieta wrocławska ks. śląska and 6 others
Brother of Bolesław, książę; Konrad Kędzierzawy, książę; Agnieszka; Gertruda; Zofia and 1 other

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About duke Henry II "the Pious" Piast

Henryk II Pobożny (ur. 1196/1207, zm. 9 kwietnia 1241[1]) – książę śląski, krakowski i wielkopolski 1238–1241 (do 1239 tylko w południowej Wielkopolsce po linię rzeki Warty). Przez cały okres panowania nad ziemią kaliską i wieluńską (rudzką) sprawował wyłącznie opiekę nad małoletnimi książętami. W latach 1238–1239 rządził w księstwie opolskim i był regentem w sandomierskim. W 1238 odziedziczył po ojcu księstwo krakowskie. Kontynuował starania o koronę królewską. W czasie najazdu mongolskiego w 1241 stanął na czele koalicji wojsk wielu księstw polskich. Poległ w bitwie pod Legnicą. http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Pobo%C5%BCny

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Henry II the Pious (Polish: Henryk II Pobożny, German: Heinrich II der Fromme; b. ca. 1196 – d. 9 April 1241), was a Piast Duke of Silesia (Wroclaw), Krakow and Southern Greater Poland from 1238 until his death. During 1238 - 1239 he served as a regent of two Piast Duchies: Sandomierz and Opole-Raciborz. He was a son of Henry I the Bearded, Duke of Wroclaw, by his wife (and later Saint) Hedwig, daughter of Berthold IV, Duke of Merania.

Life

[edit]Heir of Wroclaw. Co-Ruler of his father

Henry was the second son of the Ducal couple, but soon he became in the eldest child of the family when the first-born Bolesław died in 1206. Seven years later (1213) the tragic death of his younger surviving brother Konrad during a hunt let Henry as the sole heir of Lower Silesia. Around 1218 his father arranged his marriage with Princess Anna, daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia; this union allowed Henry to interfere actively in the international politics. Henry the Bearded quickly began his efforts to let his sole surviving son as the universal heir of his patrimony, and since 1222, the young prince appears signed documents along with his father. Two years later, he had already a separate stamp and his own notary. In 1227 during a meeting of Piast Dukes in Gąsawa, Henry the Bearded and the High Duke Leszek the White were trapped in an ambush, as a result of which Leszek was killed and the Silesian Duke was seriously wounded; then was the first time that the government resting on the shoulders of young Henry. The second time happened two years later, when Henry the Bearded was capture by Konrad I of Masovia. During these regencies Henry II's performance was perfect, thanks to the early years when his father entrusted him with this tipe of responsibilities. During 1229-30, the Regent led a military expedition in order to recover and secure the possession of Lubusz, and in 1233-34 Henry actively support his father's affairs in Prussia and Greater Poland. The increasing and close cooperation with his father derived in the official nomination of Henry as co-rule of his father in 1234. Since them, were a formal separation of powers: Henry the Bearded styled as Duke of Krakow and Silesia, and Henry as Duke of Silesia and Greater Poland. However, his reign alone had to wait until the death of Henry the Bearded on 19 March 1238. [edit]Reign Alone

Although at the time of his father's death Henry was about forty-years-old, he took possesion over his inheritance with some complications. Actually, the first problem was the issue of his succession. The strong authority of Henry the Bearded could secure the hereditary rule in his bloodline only over Lower Silesia. In the Southern Greater Poland and Krakow was ruled by the election between the Piast princes (although exist a testament of former Duke of Greater Poland and Krakow, Władysław III Spindleshanks, who left all his lands to Henry the Bearded, but this was ignored by Konrad of Masovia and Władysław Odonic). In the case of Opole-Raciborz and Sandomierz, Henry could retain his authority as a regent during the minority of their rulers Mieszko II and Bolesław V; however one year later (1239) Henry was compelled to resign to the regency, although he remained on good terms with the Dukes of Opole and Sandomierz, but also managed to retain Kalisz and Rudzka. However, the in the north was more complicated. The Margrave Otto III of Brandenburg, using the death of Henry the Bearded as a pretext, took an important fortress in Santok and sieged Lubusz. Among this, he also inherited from his father the disputes with Konrad of Masovia and Władysław Odonic and with the Church, leaded Pełka, Archbishop of Gniezno, who claimed the benefits promised by Henry the Bearded. But fortunately for Henry, the situation changed unexpectedly after the death of Władysław Odonic on 5 June 1239, leaving two minor sons, Przemysł I and Bolesław. Using these circumstances, the Silesian Duke took the majority of Odonic's possessions (including Gniezno), leaving to Odonic's sons Nakło nad Notecią and Ujście. Henry's next steps however, were dangerous: he abandoned the tradicional alliance of his family with the House of Hohenstaufen and supported Pope Gregory IX, which immediately finished his disputes with the Church[1]. Then, to ended his conflicts with Konrad of Masovia, Henry arranged the marriages of two of his daughters with two Konrad's sons: the eldest, Gertrude, with Bolesław, and the second, Constance, with Casimir. In 1239, Henry lost the fortress occupied in Santok by Brandenburg after his defeat in the Battle of Lubusz. [edit]Mongol invasion. Battle of Legnica and Death It seemed that the most difficult moments for Henry are done. But the worst was yet to come. At the East, a new dangerous opponent appeared: the Mongols, under the leadership of Batu Khan, who, after the defeat and destruction of Russian Grand Principality of Kiev chose as the next target Hungary. Batu Khan rightly recognized that in the event of war with Hungary firstly he had to take control over Poland. So he send there an army of 10 000 men under the leadership of Orda. Already in January 1241 Batu send to Lublin and Zawichost some reconnaissance troops, but the real invasion was launched a month later. In Lesser Poland the Mongols didn't have an equal opponent, defeating and killed almost all the Krakow and Sandomierz nobilty in the Battle of Turskiem (13 February) and the Battles of Tarczkiem and Chmielnikiem(18 March) were, among the casualties, were the voivode of Kraków, Włodzimierz and the castellan Clement of Brzeźnicy. After this all Lesser Poland, including Krakow and Sandomierz, were in the hands of the Mongols. Henry didn't wait for the promised aid from Western rulers and began to concentrate the survived Lesser Poland troops and his own Silesian and Greater Poland troops in Legnica. Europe's rulers, more interested in the struggles between Empire and Papacy, ignored Henry's requests for help. The only foreign troops who joined him were of King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia and the combined forced of both Knights Templars and Hospitallers, but at the last moment they stopping his troops close to Legnica, probably feared that the Christian Army will become an easy prey to the Mongolians troops). The battle took place on 9 April 1241; Henry was defeated and killed in battle. For the defeat, were widely blamed on the Europeans monarchs, who refused to help, and the unexpected and humilliated escape from the battle of Mieszko II the Fat. There are two descriptions of Henry's death, one submitted by Jan Długosz (today considered dubious), and the second by C. de Brigia in his Historii Tartatorum, who, based on relates of direct witnesses, is now considered more reliable. Fortunately for Poland, the Mongols don't intend to occupy the country, since shortly went through Moravia to Hungary, wanting to connect with the main army of Batu Khan. Henry's naked and decapitated body could only be identified by his wife, thanks to a unique anatomical defect: in his left foot, he had six toes, which was confirmed at the opening of his tomb in 1832. Henry was buried in his Franciscan Church of St. Jakub in Wroclaw. Despite only three years of rule, Henry remained in the memories of Greater Poland and Krakow as the perfect Christian Knight and Lord, whose brilliant career was stopped by his early death. [edit]Marriage and Issue

By 1218, Henry married with Anna (b. ca. 1204 - d. 23 June 1265), daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia. They had ten children: Gertrude (b. ca. 1218/20 - d. 23/30 April 1247), married by 1232 with Bolesław I of Masovia. Constance (b. ca. 1221 - d. ca. 21 February 1257), married by 1239 to Casimir I of Kuyavia. Bolesław II the Bald (b. ca. 1220/25 - d. 25/31 December 1278). Mieszko (b. ca. 1223/27 - d. 1242). Henry III the White (b. 1227/30 - d. 3 December 1266). Konrad (b. 1228/31 - d. 6 August ca. 1274). Elizabeth (b. ca. 1232 - d. 16 January 1265), married in 1244 to Przemysł I of Greater Poland. Agnes (b. ca. 1236 - d. 14 May aft. 1278), Abbess of St.Clara in Trebnitz (aft. 1277). Władysław (b. 1237 - d. 27 April 1270), Chancelor of Bohemia (1256), Bishop of Passau (1265) and Archbishop of Salzburg (1265-70). Hedwig (b. ca. 1238/41 - d. 3 April 1318), Abbess of St.Clara in Trebnitz. [edit]



Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_II._%28Schlesien%29 Heinrich II. (Polen) aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie (Weitergeleitet von Heinrich II. (Schlesien)) Wechseln zu: Navigation, Suche Farbrekonstruktion des Hochgrabs Heinrichs II. in der Vinzenzkirche zu Breslau

Heinrich II., (auch: Heinrich der Fromme; Heinrich von Schlesien; polnisch: Henryk II Pobożny; * 1196/1207; † 9. April 1241) war Herzog von Schlesien, Herzog von Polen und Herzog von Krakau. Familie [Bearbeiten]

Heinrich entstammte der schlesischen Linie der Dynastie der Piasten. Seine Eltern waren Herzog Heinrich I. von Schlesien († 1238) und die später heilig gesprochene Hedwig († 1243), Tochter des Andechser Grafen Berthold IV.

1216 vermählte sich Heinrich mit Anna, Tochter des böhmischen Königs Ottokar I. Přemysl und der Konstanze von Ungarn. Der Ehe entstammten fünf Töchter und fünf Söhne:

   * Boleslaw II. († 1278), Herzog von Liegnitz
   * Mieszko von Lebus († 1242), Herzog von Lebus
   * Heinrich III. († 1266), Herzog von Schlesien
   * Konrad II. († 1273/74), Herzog von Schlesien, ab 1251 Herzog von Glogau
   * Wladislaw von Schlesien († 1270), Herzog von Schlesien, gewählter Bischof von Bamberg und Passau, Erzbischof von Salzburg und Administrator von Breslau

Biographie [Bearbeiten]

Wie sein Vater kämpfte Heinrich II. 1222/23 gegen den baltischen Volksstamm der Prußen. 1226 wurde er von seinem Vater zum Mitregenten berufen. Nach dessen Tod 1238 wurde er sein Nachfolger als Herzog von Schlesien-Breslau sowie Herzog und Senior-Herzog von Polen.

Heinrich führte die Politik seines Vaters fort und stand in einem guten Einvernehmen mit seinem Schwager, dem böhmischen König Wenzel I. Um seine Position als Herzog und Senior-Herzog von Polen zu sichern, kämpfte er gegen Herzog Barnim von Pommern. Einen Angriff des Markgrafen von Brandenburg sowie des Magdeburger Erzbischofs wehrte er auf der Burg Lebus ab. Es gelang ihm, den von seinem Vater geführten Streit mit dem Erzbischof von Gnesen und dem Breslauer Bischof Thomas I. um die Zehntleistungen der deutschen Neusiedler friedlich beizulegen.

1241 fiel ein mongolisches Heer der Feldherren Batu Khan und Subutai in Polen ein, überrannte große Teile Schlesiens und belagerte Liegnitz. Heinrich II. stellte sich am 9. April 1241 den Mongolen in der Schlacht bei Wahlstatt, in der er eine vernichtende Niederlage erlitt und fiel. Sein Leichnam wurde in der Breslauer Vinzenzkirche bestattet.

Nach Heinrichs Tod konnten die schlesischen Piasten ihre Vormachtstellung in Polen nicht mehr behaupten. Durch die Erbteilungen unter seinen Nachkommen und die damit verbundene Zersplitterung des Herrschaftsbereichs wurde Schlesien für Jahrhunderte beträchtlich geschwächt. Literatur [Bearbeiten]

   * Heinrich Appelt: Heinrich II. von Schlesien. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 8. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, S. 393 f.
   * Heinrich Appelt: Piasten (Familienartikel). In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 20. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, S. 403–405.
   * Colmar Grünhagen: Heinrich II., Herzog von Schlesien und Polen. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 11. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, S. 604–606.

Vorgänger

Heinrich I. der Bärtige Herzog von Polen 1238–1241 Nachfolger

Konrad I. von Masowien Normdaten: PND: 124379036 – weitere Informationen



Wikipedia: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_II._%28Schlesien%29 Heinrich II. (Polen) aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie (Weitergeleitet von Heinrich II. (Schlesien)) Wechseln zu: Navigation, Suche Farbrekonstruktion des Hochgrabs Heinrichs II. in der Vinzenzkirche zu Breslau

Heinrich II., (auch: Heinrich der Fromme; Heinrich von Schlesien; polnisch: Henryk II Pobożny; * 1196/1207; † 9. April 1241) war Herzog von Schlesien, Herzog von Polen und Herzog von Krakau. Familie [Bearbeiten]

Heinrich entstammte der schlesischen Linie der Dynastie der Piasten. Seine Eltern waren Herzog Heinrich I. von Schlesien († 1238) und die später heilig gesprochene Hedwig († 1243), Tochter des Andechser Grafen Berthold IV.

1216 vermählte sich Heinrich mit Anna, Tochter des böhmischen Königs Ottokar I. Přemysl und der Konstanze von Ungarn. Der Ehe entstammten fünf Töchter und fünf Söhne:

   * Boleslaw II. († 1278), Herzog von Liegnitz
   * Mieszko von Lebus († 1242), Herzog von Lebus
   * Heinrich III. († 1266), Herzog von Schlesien
   * Konrad II. († 1273/74), Herzog von Schlesien, ab 1251 Herzog von Glogau
   * Wladislaw von Schlesien († 1270), Herzog von Schlesien, gewählter Bischof von Bamberg und Passau, Erzbischof von Salzburg und Administrator von Breslau

Biographie [Bearbeiten]

Wie sein Vater kämpfte Heinrich II. 1222/23 gegen den baltischen Volksstamm der Prußen. 1226 wurde er von seinem Vater zum Mitregenten berufen. Nach dessen Tod 1238 wurde er sein Nachfolger als Herzog von Schlesien-Breslau sowie Herzog und Senior-Herzog von Polen.

Heinrich führte die Politik seines Vaters fort und stand in einem guten Einvernehmen mit seinem Schwager, dem böhmischen König Wenzel I. Um seine Position als Herzog und Senior-Herzog von Polen zu sichern, kämpfte er gegen Herzog Barnim von Pommern. Einen Angriff des Markgrafen von Brandenburg sowie des Magdeburger Erzbischofs wehrte er auf der Burg Lebus ab. Es gelang ihm, den von seinem Vater geführten Streit mit dem Erzbischof von Gnesen und dem Breslauer Bischof Thomas I. um die Zehntleistungen der deutschen Neusiedler friedlich beizulegen.

1241 fiel ein mongolisches Heer der Feldherren Batu Khan und Subutai in Polen ein, überrannte große Teile Schlesiens und belagerte Liegnitz. Heinrich II. stellte sich am 9. April 1241 den Mongolen in der Schlacht bei Wahlstatt, in der er eine vernichtende Niederlage erlitt und fiel. Sein Leichnam wurde in der Breslauer Vinzenzkirche bestattet.

Nach Heinrichs Tod konnten die schlesischen Piasten ihre Vormachtstellung in Polen nicht mehr behaupten. Durch die Erbteilungen unter seinen Nachkommen und die damit verbundene Zersplitterung des Herrschaftsbereichs wurde Schlesien für Jahrhunderte beträchtlich geschwächt. Literatur [Bearbeiten]

   * Heinrich Appelt: Heinrich II. von Schlesien. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 8. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, S. 393 f.
   * Heinrich Appelt: Piasten (Familienartikel). In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 20. Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, S. 403–405.
   * Colmar Grünhagen: Heinrich II., Herzog von Schlesien und Polen. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 11. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, S. 604–606.

Vorgänger

Heinrich I. der Bärtige Herzog von Polen 1238–1241 Nachfolger

Konrad I. von Masowien Normdaten: PND: 124379036 – weitere Informationen
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http://genealogy.euweb.cz/piast/piast4.html The senior branch inherited Silesia, which they subdivided relentlessly until it comprised several small states. Within a couple generations the Silesians drifted away from their Polish loyalties and came under the Bohemian (and, more generally, the German) ambit.

Wladislaw II "Wygnaniec", Pr of Cracow and Silesia (1139-45), *1105, +Altenburg 30.5.1159, bur Pegau nr Altenburg; m.1125/27 Agnes of Austria (+1160/63); they had issue:

   * A1. Duke Boleslaw I "Wysoki" of Silesia and Breslau 1163, *1127, +Lesnica 7.12.1201, bur Cistercians, Lubiaz; 1m: Krakow 1142 Swinislawa/Wiaceslava (+1155/63) dau.of Pr Wsewelod of Kiev; 2m: Christina N (+1204/08) /OR Adele von Sulzbach
         o B1. [1m.] Duke Jaroslaw of Oppeln 1197/98, Bp of Breslau (198-1201), *after 1142, +22.3.1201
         o B2. [2m.] Boleslaw, *1157/63, +18.7.ca 1175/81
         o B3. [2m.] Konrad, *1158/68, +5.7.ca 1175/90
         o B4. [2m.] Jan, *1161/69, +before 1174, bur Pforta, Saxony
         o B5. [2m.] Duke Henryk I "Brodaty" (Heinrich "the Bearded") of Lower Silesia (1201-38), Cracow 1228, Great Poland 1234 and Opollen and Ratibor, *1165/70, +Krosno Odrzanske 19.3.1238; m.1188/92 [St.] Hedwig von Andechs (*ca 1174 +15.10.1243)
               + C1. Boleslaw, *1190/4, +1206/8
               + C2. Konrad, *1191, +Czerwony Kosciol pod Legnica 10/11.9.1213 or 4.9./4.11.1235/37
               + C3. Duke Henryk II "Pobozny" of Lower Silesia (1238-41), Cracow and Great Poland (1238-41), *1191/96, +k.a.Liegnitz 9.4.1241, bur Sw.Jakub Breslau; m.1214/18 Anna of Bohemia (+23.6.1265)
                     # D1. Duke Boleslaw II "Rogatka" of Silesia (1242-78) and Liegnitz-Glogau (1248-78), *1220/24, +ca 25.12.1278; 1m: 8.5.-18.10.1242 Hedwig von Anhalt (+1259); 2m: after 1260 Alenta=Eufemia, dau.of Duke Sambor II of Pomerelia
                           * E1. Duke Henryk V "Gruby" (Heinrich V "the Fat") of Liegnitz 1278, Jauern 1274 and Breslau 1290, *1248/50, +22.2.1296, bur Sw.Klara, Breslau; m.1277/79 Elzbieta of Great Poland (*1263 +28.9.1304)
                                 o F1. Duke Boleslaw III "Szczodry" of Breslau, Liegnitz and Brieg (1311-42), *23.9.1291, +Brzeg n.O. 21.4.1352, bur Lubiaz; 1m: 1308/10 Margareta of Bohemia (*21.2.1296 +8.4.1322); 2m: 1326 Katharina Subic (+1358); for his issue see HERE
                                 o F2. Duke Henryk VI of Breslau 1311, *18.3.1294, +24.11.1335, bur St.Clara, Breslau; m.Breslau 1310 Anna of Austria (*1280 +19.3.1327)
                                       + G1. Elisabeth, *1311/12, +1328; m.before 10.1.1322 Duke Konrad I of Öls (+22.12.1366)
                                       + G2. Euphemia=Ofka, *1312, +21.3.after 1384; m.before 29.10.1325 Duke Boleslaw I of Falkenberg (+1362/65)
                                       + G3. Malgorzata, Abbess of St.Clara in Breslau 1372, *ca 1313, +8.3.1379
                                 o F3. Duke Wladislaw of Liegnitz 1311, *6.6.1296, +13.1.after 1352; m.after 13.8.1325 (div before 13.1.1329) Anna of Masovia
                                 o F4. Jadwiga, a nun at St.Clara, Breslau, +after 3.2.1343; m.1289/95 Otto of Brandenburg (+1295)
                                 o F5. Euphemia, +VI.1347; m.ca 1300 Duke Otto II of Carinthia, Ct of Tyrol and Görz (+25.5.1310)
                                 o F6. Anna, Abbess of St.Clara in Breslau, *1284, +2.10.1343
                                 o F7. Elisabeth, Abbess of St.Clara in Breslau, +1357/58
                                 o F8. Helena, a nun at St.Clara in Gnesen, +after 1299
                           * E2. Duke Boleslaw I "Wielki" of Jauer and Schweidnitz (1278-1301), *ca 1270, +9.11.1301; m.1281 Beatrix of Brandenburg (*1270 +1312/16)
                                 o F1. Boleslaw, *1285/90, +30.1.1320
                                 o F2. Duke Bernard "Stateczny" of Schweidnitz (1301-26), *1288/91, +6.5.1326; m.ca 1310 Kunigunde of Poland (+1333)
                                       + G1. Duke Boleslaw "Maly" II of Schweidnitz (1326-68), *V.1308/09, +28.7.1368, bur Krzeszow (Grüssau); m.after 1.6./ca 21.6. 1338 Agnes von Habsburg (+1392)
                                       + G2. Duke Henryk II of Schweidnitz (1326-45), *after 1312, +after 14.8.1343; m.1338 Katharina d'Anjou (+ca 1355)
                                             # H1. Anna, heiress of Schweidnitz and Jauer, *1339, +11.7.1362; m.Buda 27.5.1353 Emperor Charles IV de Luxembourg (*14.5.1316 +29.11.1378)
                                       + G3. Konstanze, *1309/13, +1.2.1360-21.11.1363; m.II.1325-III.1326 Duke Premko of Glogau (+11.1.1331)
                                       + G4. Elisabeth, *1314/15, +9.2.1348, bur Franciscans, Opole; m.before 6.5.1326 Duke Boleslaw II of Oppeln (+21.6.1356)
                                       + G5. Beata, *1320/27, +after 9.4.1331
                                 o F3. Duke Henryk I of Jauer (1301-46), *1292/96, +6.3.-15.5.1346; m.1319 Agnes of Bohemia (*15.6.1305 +4.1.1337)
                                 o F4. Duke Boleslaw II of Münsterberg, *1300, +Ziebice 11.6.1341; m.before 21.11.1321 Guta (+1342) dau.of Louis of Savoy, Baron de Vaud
                                       + G1. Duke Nikolaus of Münsterberg (1341-58), *1322/27, +23.4.1358; m.before 23.10.1343 Agnes (+1370) dau.of Landgrave Hermann von Leuchtenberg
                                             # H1. Duke Boleslaw III of Münsterberg (1358-1410), *1344/48, +13.6.1410; m.before 26.3.1370 Euphemia (+26.8.1411) dau.of Duke Boleslaw of Kosel
                                                   * I1. Nikolaus, *1371/85, +9.11.1405
                                                   * I2. Duke Jan of Münsterberg (1410-28), *1380/90, +27.8.1428; m.8.5.1406-19.3.1408 Elisabeth (+27.12.1424) dau.of Emmerich Bebek
                                                   * I3. Henryk, +11.3.1420
                                                   * I4. Euphemia, *1370/85, +17.11.1447; m.1397 Gf Friedrich III von Öttingen (+23.1.1423)
                                                   * I5. Katharina, *1390/1400, +23.4.1422; m.ca 1410 Duke Premko of Troppau (+28.9.1433)
                                                   * I6. Agnes, +ca 1443
                                                   * I7. Jadwiga, *ca 1370, +young
                                                   * I8. Elisabeth, +young
                                             # H2. Henryk, *1346/50, +after 8.8.1366/1370
                                             # H3. Ludmila, +Rawa 1368/73, m.1360/66 Duke Ziemowit III of Masovia (+16.6.1381)
                                             # H4. Agnes, Abbess of St.Clara in Strehlen, +1424/34
                                             # H5. Jutta=Guta, Abbess of St.Clara in Breslau before 1380, *ca 1344, +2.9.1413
                                             # H6. Katharina, a nun at St.Clara in Strehlen before 23.2.1358
                                       + G2. Margareta, +after VIII.1368
                                 o F5. Jutta, *1285/87, +15.9.1320; m.1299 Duke Stephen II of Lower Bavaria (+1310)
                                 o F6. Elisabeth, *and +before 1300 /OR/ +1350/56; m.ca 1315 Wartislaw IV of Rugen (+1.8.1326)
                                 o F7. Anna, Abbess of St.Clara in Strehlen 1327, *1298/99, +6.3.1332-24.6.1334
                                 o F8. Katharina
                           * E3. Bernhard "Skoczek", *1253/57, +25.4.1286
                           * E4. Konrad, +young
                           * E5. Jaroslaw
                           * E6. Agnes, *1243/50, +13.3.1265; m.1259/60 Ct Ulrich I of Württemberg (+1265)
                           * E7. Jadwiga, *before 1259, +after 1280; m.1265/70 Duke Konrad II of Masovia (+1294)
                           * E8. Anna, bur Trzebnica
                           * E9. Katharina, +after 1270, bur Trzebnica
                           * E10. Elzbieta; m.ca 1268 Ludwig von Hakeborn
                     # D2. Mieszko, *1223/27, +1241/42
                     # D3. Duke Henryk III "Bialy" (Heinrich III "White") of Breslau (1248-66), *1227/30, +3.12.1266, bur St.Clara, Breslau; 1m: 2/8.6.1252 Judyta of Masovia and Kujavia (+1257/65); 2m: before 3.12.1266 Helena (+1309) dau.of Duke Albrecht I of Saxony
                           * E1. Duke Henryk IV "Probus" of Breslau (1270-90), Poland (1288-90), *1248/57, +24.6.1290, bur St.Cross, Breslau; 1m: ca III.1280 Konstancia (+after 1287), a dau.of Duke Wladislaw of Oppeln; 2m: 1287/88 Mechtild (+ca 1298) dau.of Mgve ? of Brandenburg
                           * E2. Jadwiga, *1252/56, +after 14.12.1300; 1m: 1271/72 Landgrave Heinrich of Thuringia (+1282); 2m: 1283 Ct Otto von Anhalt (+1304/05)
                     # D4. Duke Konrad I of Glogau (1241-48), Bp of Passau 1249, *1228/31, +6.8.1273/74; 1m: winter 1249 Salomea (+1267/74) dau.of King Wladislaw Odonicz of Great Poland; 2m: 1271/74 Sophia (*1258/59, +Weissenfels 24.8.1318) dau.of Mgve Dietrich of Meissen; for his issue see HERE
                     # D5. Wladislaw, Chancelor of Bohemia 1256/57, Bp of Passau 1265, Archbp of Salzburg (1265-70), *1237, +24/27.4.1270, bur Salzburg
                     # D6. Gertrud, *1218/20, +IV.1244-47; m.ca 1232 Duke Boleslaw I of Masovia (*1208 +1248)
                     # D7. Konstanze, *ca 1226, +21.2.1257; m.1239 Duke Kasimir I of Kujavia (+14.11.1267)
                     # D8. Elisabeth, +16.1.1265; m.1244 Duke Premislaw I of Posen and Gnesen (+1257)
                     # D9. Agnes, Abbess of Trebnitz after 1277, *1220/22, +12.5.after 1278
                     # D10. Hedwig, Abbess of St.Clara in Trebnitz, +3.4.1318
               + C4. a son, *before 25.12.1208, +1214/17
               + C5. Agnes, *ca 1190, +11.5. before 1214
               + C6. Sophia, *1188/90, +22/23.3. before 1214
               + C7. Gertrud, Abbess of Trebnitz, *before 1209, +6.12.1268
         o B6. [2m.] Wladislaw, *after 1180, +4.6. before 1199
         o B7. [1m.] Olga, *1155/60, +27.6.ca 1175/80
         o B8. [2m.] Berta, *ca 1167, +7.5. after 1200 (?)
         o B9. [2m.] Adelheid, *after 1165, +29.3. after 1213; m.1177/82 Duke Diepold II of Bohemia (+1190) 
   * A2. Duke Miezko I of Oppeln and Ratibor, *1132/46, +1211; m.1170/78 Ludmilla N (+after 1210); for his issue see HERE
   * A3. Duke Konrad of Glogau, *1146/57, +1180/90
   * A4. Albert, +1168/78
   * A5. Richeza, *1130/40, +1185; 1m: 1152 King Alfonso VII of Castile and Leon (+1157); 2m: 1161 Ct Ramon Berenguer V of Provence (+1166); 3m: after 1166 Ct Albrecht von Everstein

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Henry II the Pious (Polish : Henryk II Pobożny, German : Heinrich II der Fromme; ca. 1196 – 9 April 1241 ), was a Piast Duke of Silesia -Wroclaw , Krakow and Southern Greater Poland from 1238 until his death. During 1238–1239 he served as a regent of two Piast Duchies: Sandomierz and Opole -Raciborz . He was a son of Henry I the Bearded , Duke of Wroclaw , by his wife (and later Saint) Hedwig , daughter of Berthold IV, Duke of Merania . Heir of Wrocław. Co-Ruler of his father Monarchy of the Silesian Henries Henry was the second son of the Ducal couple, but soon he became the eldest child of the family when the first-born Bolesław died in 1206. Seven years later (1213) the death of his younger surviving brother Konrad during a hunt left Henry as the sole heir of Lower Silesia. Around 1218 his father arranged his marriage with Princess Anna, daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia ; this union allowed Henry to participate actively in international politics. Henry the Bearded quickly began his efforts to designate his sole surviving son as the universal heir of his patrimony, and from 1222, the young prince appears to have signed documents along with his father. Two years later, he had already a separate stamp and his own notary. In 1227 during a meeting of Piast Dukes in Gasawa , Henry the Bearded and the High Duke Leszek the White were trapped in an ambush, as a result of which Leszek was killed and the Silesian Duke was seriously wounded; this was the first time that the government rested on the shoulders of young Henry. The second time happened two years later, when Henry the Bearded was captured by Konrad I of Masovia. During these regencies Henry II's performance was perfect, thanks to the early years when his father entrusted him with this type of responsibility. During 1229–30, the Regent led a military expedition in order to recover and secure the possession of Lubusz , and in 1233–34 Henry actively supported his father's affairs in Prussia and Greater Poland. The increasing and close cooperation with his father resulted in the official nomination of Henry as co-ruler with his father in 1234. After that came a formal separation of powers: Henry the Bearded was styled as Duke of Krakow and Silesia, and Henry as Duke of Silesia and Greater Poland. However, his sole reign had to wait until the death of Henry the Bearded on 19 March 1238 . Reign Alone Although at the time of his father's death Henry was about forty-years-old, he took possession of his inheritance with some complications. Actually, the first problem was the issue of his succession. The strong authority of Henry the Bearded could secure hereditary rule in his bloodline only over Lower Silesia. Southern Greater Poland and Krakow were ruled by election among the Piast princes (although there existed a testament of former Duke of Greater Poland and Krakow, Wladyslaw III Spindleshanks , who left all his lands to Henry the Bearded, but this was ignored by Konrad of Masovia and Władysław Odonic). In the case of Opole -Raciborz and Sandomierz , Henry could retain his authority as a regent during the minority of their rulers Mieszko II and Boleslaw V ; however one year later (1239) Henry was compelled to resign the regency, although he remained on good terms with the Dukes of Opole and Sandomierz, but also managed to retain Kalisz and Wielun . However, the situation in the north was more complicated. The Margrave Otto IIIof Brandenburg , using the death of Henry the Bearded as a pretext, took an important fortress in Santok and besieged Lubusz. As well as this, he also inherited from his father the disputes with Konrad of Masovia and Władysław Odonic and with the Church, led by Pelka , Archbishop of Gniezno , who claimed the benefits promised by Henry the Bearded. Fortunately for Henry, however, the situation changed unexpectedly after the death of Władysław Odonic on 5 June 1239 , leaving two minor sons, Przemysl I and Boleslaw . Using these circumstances, the Silesian Duke took the majority of Odonic's possessions (including Gniezno), leaving to Odonic's sons Naklo nad Notecia and Ujscie . Henry's next moves, however, were dangerous: he abandoned the traditional alliance of his family with the House of Hohenstaufen and supported Pope Gregory IX , which immediately finished his disputes with the Church. Then, to ended his conflicts with Konrad of Masovia, Henry arranged the marriages of two of his daughters to two of Konrad's sons: the eldest, Gertrude, to Boleslaw , and the second, Constance, to Casimir . In 1239, Henry lost the fortress occupied in Santok by Brandenburg after his defeat in the Battle of Lubusz. Mongol invasion. Battle of Legnica and Death It seemed that the most difficult times for Henry were done - but the worst was yet to come. In the East, a new dangerous opponent appeared: the Mongols , under the leadership of Batu Khan , who, after the defeat and destruction of Russian Grand Principality of Kiev chose as the next target Hungary . Batu Khan rightly recognized that in the event of war with Hungary firstly he had to take control over Poland. So he sent there an army of 10 000 men under the leadership of Orda . Already in January 1241 Batu had sent some reconnaissance troops to Lublin and Zawichost , but the real invasion was launched a month later. In Lesser Poland the Mongols didn't have an equal opponent, defeating and killing almost all the Krakow and Sandomierz nobility in the Battle of Tursko (13 February) and the Battles of Tarczek and Chmielnik(18 March) where, among the casualties, were the voivode of Kraków, Wlodzimierz and the castellan Clement of Brzeznica . After this all Lesser Poland, including Krakow and Sandomierz, was in the hands of the Mongols. Henry didn't wait for the promised aid from Western rulers and began to concentrate the surviving Lesser Poland troops and his own Silesian and Greater Poland troops in Legnica . Europe's rulers, more interested in the struggles between Empire and Papacy, ignored Henry's requests for help. The only foreign troops who joined him were of King Wenceslaus I of Bohemia and the combined forced of both Knights Templars and Hospitallers , but at the last moment they stopped their troops close to Legnica, probably fearing that the Christian Army would become an easy prey to the Mongolian troops. The battle took place on 9 April 1241 ; Henry was defeated and killed in battle. The defeat was widely blamed on the European monarchs, who refused to help, and the unexpected and humiliating escape from the battle of Mieszko II the Fat. There are two descriptions of Henry's death, one submitted by Jan Dlugosz (today considered dubious), and the second by C. de Brigia in his Historii Tartatorum, which, based on reports of direct witnesses, is now considered more reliable. Fortunately for Poland, the Mongols didn't intend to occupy the country, since shortly afterward they went through Moravia to Hungary, wanting to connect with the main army of Batu Khan. Henry's naked and decapitated body could only be identified by his wife, thanks to a unique anatomical defect: on his left foot, he had six toes , which was confirmed at the opening of his tomb in 1832. Henry was buried in his Franciscan Church of St. Jakub in Wroclaw. Despite ruling for only three years, Henry remained in the memories of Greater Poland and Krakow as the perfect Christian Knight and Lord, whose brilliant career was stopped by his early death. Marriage and Issue By 1218, Henry married Anna (ca. 1204 – 23 June 1265 ), daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia . They had ten children: Gertrude (ca. 1218/20 – 23/30 April 1247 ), married by 1232 to Boleslaw I of Masovia . Constance (ca. 1221 – ca. 21 February 1257 ), married by 1239 to Casimir I of Kuyavia . Boleslaw II the Bald (ca. 1220/25 – 25/31 December 1278 ). Mieszko (ca. 1223/27 – 1242). Henry III the White (1227/30 – 3 December 1266 ). Konrad (1228/31 – 6 August ca. 1274 ). Elizabeth (ca. 1232 – 16 January 1265 ), married in 1244 to Przemysl I of Greater Poland . Agnes (ca. 1236 – 14 May aft. 1278 ), Abbess of St.Clara in Trebnitz (aft. 1277). Wladyslaw (1237 – 27 April 1270 ), Chancellor of Bohemia (1256), Bishop of Passau (1265) and Archbishop of Salzburg (1265-70). Hedwig (ca. 1238/41 – 3 April 1318 ), married Konrad II of Masovia , then became Abbess of St.Clara in Trebnitz.


ttp://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SILESIA.htm#HeinrichIIdied1241A HEINRICH of Lower Silesia, son of HEINRICH I Duke of Lower Silesia, Krakow and Greater Poland & his wife Hedwig von Andechs-Merano ([1196]-killed in battle near Liegnitz 9 Apr 1241, bur Breslau Franciscan Church). The Annales Capituli Cracoviensis record that "Henricus suus [=Heinrici ducis Zlesie] filius" succeeded his father in 1238[106]. He succeeded his father in 1238 as HEINRICH II Duke of Lower Silesia, Krakow and Greater Poland. The Annales Wratislavienses record that "dux Heinricus II" was killed by the Tartars who devastated the whole of Silesia and Poland[107]. The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum record his burial "1241 V Id Apr" at "fratres minores Wratislavie"[108]. The Epytaphia ducum Slezie add that he was killed against the Tartars "Wolstat prope Legnitcz" and buried "in Wratislavia in claustro fratrem Minoruum aput Sanctum Iacobum"[109].

m ([1214/18]%29 ANNA of Bohemia, daughter of PŘEMYSL OTAKAR I King of Bohemia & his second wife Constanza of Hungary ([1201/04]-23 Jun 1265, bur St Clara, Treibnitz). The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum names "Anna sorore regis Boemie monoculi" as wife of Duke Heinrich II[110]. The Notæ Sanctæ Claræ name "Anna ducissa, filia regis Bohemis, coniunx ducis Henrici", specify that she found the monastery of St Clara, died in 1265 and was buried in the monastery[111].

Heinrich II & his wife had ten children:

1. GERTRUD ([1218/20]-[23/30] Apr [1244/47]). The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum names "Boleslao et Casimiro" as sons of Konrad, specifying that they married two sisters descended from St Hedwig (wife of Heinrich I Duke of Silesia), a later passage clarifying that they were daughters of Heinrich[112]. The Chronica principum Polonie record that "Conradi filiis…Boleslao et Kazimiro" married "Heynricus…duas neptes" but that the former died childless[113]. The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified. m ([1232]%29 as his first wife, BOLESŁAW I Prince of Sandomir, son of KONRAD I Prince of Mazovia & his wife Agafia Sviatoslavna of Novgorod-Sieviersk ([1208]-1248 after 25 Feb). Prince of Mazovia 1234.

2. KONSTANZE ([1221/27]-[1253/3 May 1257]). The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum names "Boleslao et Casimiro" as sons of Konrad, specifying that they married two sisters descended from St Hedwig (wife of Heinrich I Duke of Silesia), a later passage clarifying that they were daughters of Heinrich[114]. The Chronica principum Polonie record that "Conradi filiis…Boleslao et Kazimiro" married "Heynricus…duas neptes"[115]. The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified. m (1239) as his second wife, KASIMIERZ Duke of Kujavia, son of KONRAD I Prince of Mazovia & his wife Agafia Sviatoslavna of Novgorod-Sieviersk ([1211]-14 Nov 1267)

3. BOLESLAW ([1220/25]-[26/31] Dec 1278, bur Liegnitz Dominikanerkirche). The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum names (in order) "Boleslaum Calvum Legniczcensem, Henricum Wratislaviensem, Conradum Glogoviensem duces…et Vlodislaum Salczburgensem archiepiscopum" as the four sons of Heinrich II & his wife[116]. He succeeded his father in 1241 as BOLESLAW II "Rogatka/Calvus" Duke of Lower Silesia.

- see below.

4. MIESZKO ([1223/27]-[1241/42]). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified.

5. HEINRICH ([1222/30]-3 Dec 1266, bur Treibnitz St Clara). The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum names (in order) "Boleslaum Calvum Legniczcensem, Henricum Wratislaviensem, Conradum Glogoviensem duces…et Vlodislaum Salczburgensem archiepiscopum" as the four sons of Heinrich II & his wife[117]. He succeeded in 1248 as HEINRICH III "White" Duke of Breslau. The Chronica principum Polonie records that "Heinrico" inherited "Legnicz et Glogoviam"[118]. The Annales Wratislavienses record the death "1266 III Non Dec" of "dux Heinricus frater Wizlai, nepos beate Hedwigis"[119]. The Epytaphia ducum Slezie add that he was poisoned[120]. The Chronica principum Polonie records that "Heinricus tercius" was buried "apud sanctam Claram in Wratislavia"[121]. m firstly (1252) as her second husband, JUDYTA of Mazovia, widow of MIESZKO I Herzog von Oppeln und Ratibor [Piast], daughter of KONRAD I Prince of Mazovia [Piast] & his wife Agafia Sviatoslavna of Novgorod-Sieviersk ([1222/25]-[4 Dec 1257/65]). The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum refers to the wife of "Mesico Crassus [dux] Ratheborgensis" as "filiam ducis Cuiavie et Mazovie Conradi", without naming her, and records her second marriage with "Heinricus tercius Wratislaviensis"[122]. The Chronica principum Polonie records that "Heinricus tercius" married "filia Conradi Coyaviensis ducis, relicta Mesiconis Rathiboriensis" who was the mother of his children[123]. The primary source which confirms her name has not yet been identified. m secondly (before 3 Dec 1266) as her first husband, HELENE von Sachsen, daughter of ALBRECHT I Duke of Saxony [Askanier] & his third wife Helene von Braunschweig (-12 Jun 1309, bur Nürnberg Barfüsserkirche). The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum refers to the second wife of Duke Heinrich III as "filiam ducis Saxonie" specifying that she married secondly "burgravio de Nurenberg"[124]. The Chronica principum Polonie records that "tercius Heinricus" married secondly "filiam…ducis Saxonie", who later married "Burgravio Nurenbergensi"[125]. The primary source which names her and more specifically confirms her second marriage has not so far been identified. She married secondly (before 10 Apr 1280) as his second wife, Friedrich III Burggraf von Nürnberg. Heinrich III & his first wife had [four or more] children:

a) HEDWIG ([1252/56]-before 14 Dec 1300). m firstly ([1271/72]%29 HEINRICH von Meissen Herr des Pleissenlandes, son of ALBRECHT II "der Entartete" Markgraf von Meissen, Landgraf of Thuringia [Wettin] & his wife Margareta von Hohenstaufen (21 Mar 1256-[25 Jan/23 Jul] 1282). m secondly ([6 May/23 Jul] 1283, dispensation Rome 18 Dec 1289) OTTO I Fürst von Anhalt Graf von Aschersleben, son of HEINRICH II Fürst von Anhalt in Aschersleben & his wife Mechtild von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (-[25 Jun 1304/25 Jan 1305]).

b) HEINRICH ([1257/58]-murdered 23 Jun 1290, bur Breslau Kloster Heiligenkreuz). The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum refers to the children of "Heinricus tercius Wratislaviensis" and his wife "filiam ducis Cuiavie et Mazovie Conradi" as "filiam et filium Heinricum quartum Wratislaviensem ducem"[126]. He was brought up at the court of Přemysl Ottokar II King of Bohemia[127]. He succeeded in 1270 as HEINRICH IV "Probus" Duke of Breslau. On the death without heirs in 1288 of Leszek II "Czarny/the Black" Prince of Krakow, Sandomir, Sieradz and Łęczyca, he inherited Krakow and Sandomir on the basis of a prior agreement between the major Polish princes[128]. Duke of Poland 1288. He aimed to reunite the Polish crown but the other princes refused to accept him as their leader. His distant cousin Władysław "Lokietek" occupied Krakow but was expelled within a few months[129]. The Annales Cracovienses Compilati record that "Henricus dux Wratizlavienisis intoxicatus est veneno et obiit" in 1291[130]. The Epytaphia ducum Slezie record the death "1290 XI Kal Aug" of "dux Wratislawiensis Henricus quartus qui dictus est Probus, filius tercii Henrici", specifying that he too was poisoned and was buried "Wratislawie ad Sanctam Crucem" which he had founded[131]. He appointed Przemysł II Duke of Greater Poland as his successor[132]. m firstly ([1277/80]%29 --- von Oppeln, daughter of WLADISLAW Duke of Oppeln [Piast] & his wife Euphemia of Poland [Piast] ([1265]-[1287/88]). The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. m secondly ([1287/88]) MECHTILD von Brandenburg, daughter of OTTO V Markgraf von Brandenburg & his wife Judith von Henneberg (-before 1 Jun 1298, bur Kloster Lehnin). Pulcawa's Bohemian Chronicle names "Beatricem…Mechthildim… Gitam…Gunegundim" as the four daughters of "Otto longus filius Ottonis tercii" & his wife, specifying that Mechtild married "Henrico…duci Wratislauie" and survived her husband and was buried in "Lenynensi monasterio"[133].

c) other children ([1262/65]-before 1267).

6. ELISABETH ([1224/32]-16 Jan 1265). The Chronica principum Polonie names "Elisabeth et Agnethem" as two daughters of "Henricus occisus a Thartharis" and his wife "domina Anna sorore regis Bohemie monoculi"[134]. The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum specifies that one of the four daughters of Heinrich married "duci Gnesnensi Primisloni" but does not specify which one[135]. m (1244) PRZEMYSŁ of Poland, son of WŁADYSŁAW Prince of Kalisch, Poznan and Greater Poland & his wife Hedwig von Pommerellen ([4 Jun/9 Aug] [1221]-4 Jun 1257). He succeeded in 1247 as PRZEMYSŁ I Prince of Poznan.

7. KONRAD ([1228/31]-[6 Aug 1273/1274], bur Glogau St Marie). The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum names (in order) "Boleslaum Calvum Legniczcensem, Henricum Wratislaviensem, Conradum Glogoviensem duces…et Vlodislaum Salczburgensem archiepiscopum" as the four sons of Heinrich II & his wife[136]. He succeeded in 1241 as KONRAD I Duke of Glogau. Bishop of Passau, resigned 1250.

- DUKES of GLOGAU.

8. WLADISLAW (1237-27 Apr 1270, bur Salzburg). The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum names (in order) "Boleslaum Calvum Legniczcensem, Henricum Wratislaviensem, Conradum Glogoviensem duces…et Vlodislaum Salczburgensem archiepiscopum" as the four sons of Heinrich II & his wife, specifying in a later passage that he was buried in Salzburg[137]. Archbishop of Salzburg.

9. AGNES ([1230/36]-14 May after 1277). The Chronica principum Polonie names "Elisabeth et Agnethem" as two daughters of "Henricus occisus a Thartharis" and his wife "domina Anna sorore regis Bohemie monoculi"[138]. The Chronicon Polono-Silesiacum specifies that one of the four daughters of Heinrich was "infirma corpore…sed robusta, mento infirme" and left by her mother with the Franciscans at "Sanctam Claram Wratizlavie"[139]. The daughter is unnamed in this passage. However, by process of elimination it must refer either to Agnes or Hedwig. Abbess of St Clara, Trebnitz.

10. HEDWIG ([1238/41]-3 Apr 1318). The Notæ Sanctæ Claræ record that "Hedwigis, filia ducis Henrici secundi" was second abbess of St Clara, Trebnitz[140].

Apie Kunigaikštis Henrikas II "Pamaldusis" Piast (Lietuvių)

Henrikas II Pamaldusis (1200 m. – 1241 m. balandžio 9 d. prie Legnicos) – Vroclavo, Krokuvos ir Didžiosios Lenkijos kunigaikštis (1238–1241 m.).

Biografija

Piastų dinastijos atstovas, Henriko I Barzdotojo sūnus.

Valdymas

Nuo 1222 m. dalyvavo valstybės valdyme. 1233–1234 m. su kryžiuočiais puolė prūsus. Rėmė popiežių kovą su Šv. Romos imperatoriumi Frydrichu II. 1239 m. atrėmė Brandenburgo markgrafo puolimą Liubušo žemėje, vėliau atgavo Santoką. Vienas pranciškonų pakvietimo į Lenkiją iniciatorių. Žuvo Legnicos mūšio su mongolais – totoriais metu.[1]

Šeima

Vyras nuo 1214 / 1218 metų Anos Čekės, Pšemyslo Otokaro I. Jų santuokoje gimė 10 vaikų:

   Gertruda (1218/1220 — 1244/1247), Boleslovo I Mazoviečio žmona
   Boleslovas II (1220/1225 — 1278). Lenkijos kunigaikštis nuo 1241, Vroclavo kunigaikštis 1241—1248, Lenkijos didysis kunigaikštis 1241 − 1247 Legnicos kunigaikštis1248—1278. Vyras 1) Gedvigos, Angalto grafo Henriko I dukters (? — 1259), 2) Efemijos, Samboro II dukters.
   Konstancija (1221/1227 — 1253/1257), Kazimiero I Kujaviečio žmona nuo 1239
   Mieško (1223/1227-1241/1242), Liubušo kunigaikštis
   Herikas III Baltasis (1222/1230 — 1266), Vroclavo kunigaikštis nuo 1248 metų. Vyras 1) nuo 1252 Juditos (1226—1257/1265), Konrado I Mazoviečio dukters 2) nuo 1266 Agnesės, Saksonijos hercogo Albrechto I dukters
   Elžbieta (1224/1232 — 1265), Kališo ir Poznanės kunigaikščio Pšemyslo I žmona
   Konradas I (1228/1231 — 1273/1274). Vyras 1) nuo 1249 Salomejos (1237—1267/1274), Didžiosios Lenkijos kunigaikščio Vladslavo Odoničiaus dukters 2) nuo 1271/1274 Sofijos (1258/1261 −1318), Meiseno markgrafo Ditricho II dukters.
   Vladislavas (1237—1270). Zalcburgo arkivyskupas 1265—1270
   Agnesė (1230/1236 — 1277),
   Jadvyga (1238/1241 — 1318).

Šaltiniai

Henrikas II Pamaldusis. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, T. VII (Gorkai-Imermanas). – Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos institutas, 2005. 479 psl.

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duke Henry II "the Pious" Piast's Timeline

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Silesia, Poland
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Silesia, Poland
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