Jan V of Raciborz ( Czech. Jan V Ratibořský , c.1446 - April 14, 1493), also known as Jan the Younger - Prince of Raciborz (1456-1493).
| Jan V | |||||||
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| Czech Jan V Ratibořský polish Jan V Raciborski | |||||||
 Tombstone of Jan and his wife Magdalena | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Vaclav II of Raciborz | ||||||
| Successor | Mikulas VI Ratsiborzhsky Jan VI of Raciborz Valentine Hunchback | ||||||
| Birth | OK. 1446 | ||||||
| Death | 1493 | ||||||
| Burial place | Raciborz | ||||||
| Kind | Przhemylovichi | ||||||
| Father | Vaclav II of Raciborz | ||||||
| Mother | Malgozhata Shamotulskaya | ||||||
| Spouse | Magdalena Opole | ||||||
| Children | , and | ||||||
| Religion | |||||||
Jan was the only son of Raciborz Prince Wenceslas II and Malgozhata Shamotulskaya.
Like cousins from the Krnovsky line of the Przemysłowicz , Jan in 1469 supported the Czech king Jiří from Podebrad in his fight against the Hungarian king Matthias Hunyadi . Two years later, he accompanied King Wladyslaw II while he moved from Krakow to Prague. However, when in 1474 the Hungarian troops entered Silesia, Jan quickly crossed over to the other side and took the oath of Matthias. This allowed him not only to keep his possessions, but also to receive the Pschinu , which belonged to the remaining faithful to the Jagiellons, Wenceslas III .
He soon had to give up his new acquisition - already in 1479 Pschina passed to the Hungarian family of Turzo - however, Jan compensated for the loss of Pschina by the acquisition in 1483 of Wodzislaw , which remained unowned after the death of Jan the Elder .
In 1478, Jan married Magdalen, daughter of the Opole Prince Nicholas I. They had four children:
- Mikulas VI Ratsiborzhsky
- Jan VI of Raciborz
- Valentine Hunchback
- Magdalena (died in childhood)