Władysław Opołski ( Polish: Władysław opolski ; (circa 1225 - August 27 or September 13, 1281/1282 ) - Prince of Kalisz ( 1234 - 1244 ) and Opole - Raciborz ( 1246 - 1281/1282 ), the youngest son of the Prince of Opole-Raciborz Casimir I of Opole and Viola of Bulgaria, representative of the Silesian Piast line.
| Vladislav Opole | |||||||
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| Władysław opolski | |||||||
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| Predecessor | Henry I the Bearded | ||||||
| Successor | Przemyslaw Raciborzski | ||||||
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| Predecessor | Bag II Opole | ||||||
| Successor | Sack I Tseschinsky , Casimir II Bytomsky , Boleslav I Opole and Przemyslaw Raciborz | ||||||
| Birth | about 1225 | ||||||
| Death | August 27 or September 13, 1281/1282 Raciborz | ||||||
| Burial place | Raciborz | ||||||
| Kind | Silesian Piasts | ||||||
| Father | Casimir I Opole | ||||||
| Mother | Viola Bulgarian | ||||||
| Spouse | Euphemia of Greater Poland | ||||||
| Children | Sack I Tseschinsky , Casimir II Bytomsky , Boleslav I Opole and Przemyslaw Raciborz | ||||||
| Religion | Catholicism | ||||||
Biography
In May 1230, after the death of their father, the prince of the Opole-Raciborz Casimir I, the brothers Meshko II ( 1220 - 1246 ) and Vladislav ( 1225 - 1281/1282 ), inherited the Opole-Raciborz principality. Until 1239, due to the infancy of both brothers, the principality was ruled by their mother Viola and Silesian prince Heinrich Bearded .
In 1234, the brothers Meshko II of Opole and Vladislav received joint ownership from Heinrich the Bearded Kalisz principality and Velju County. In 1239, Meshko Opole won the possession of Opole and Raciborz , and his younger brother Vladislav ceded Kalisz and Rud (Veli county). In 1244 and 1249, Vladislav Opole lost possession in Greater Poland .
In October 1246, after the death of his childless older brother, Prince of Opole-Racibuzh Meshko II of Opole ( 1230 - 1246 ), Vladislav inherited the Opole - Raciborz Principality.
During the war between Hungary and the Czech Republic for the Babenberg inheritance, Prince Vladislav Opole initially supported the Hungarian King Belu IV , but then in 1255 he sided with the King of the Czech Republic, Otakar II . In 1260, Prince Vladislav Opole on the side of the Czech king Otakar participated in the defeat of the Hungarian army in the battle of Kressenbrunn . In 1262, at a congress in Dankovo, Vladislav Opole unsuccessfully tried to convince the Grand Duke of Cracow Boleslav the Shy and the Prince of Greater Poland Boleslav Nabozhny to go over to the Czech Republic. Later, Vladislav Opole, supported by the Czech king Otakar , announced his claims to the Grand Duke Krakow throne. In June 1273, in the battle of Bohusin, in the vicinity of Olkush , Prince Vladislav Opole was defeated by Boleslav the Shameful . In the next 1274, Boleslav the Shy and Vladislav Opole signed a peace treaty. Vladislav Opole rejected claims to the Krakow throne, and Boleslav Shameful gave him some controversial Lesser Poland border areas.
In 1278, after the defeat and death of the Czech king Przemysl Otakar II in the battle on the Moravian field, Prince Vladislav Opole made an unsuccessful campaign in the Opava region, trying to attach to his possessions. In 1281, Wladyslaw Opole in Vienna reconciled with the new Czech king Wenceslas II .
At the same time, Prince Vladislav Opole entered into an alliance with the Prince of Wroclaw, Henry IV Probus ( 1270 - 1290 ), who married his daughter Constance of Opole.
Family
In 1251 he married Euphemia (d. 1281 ), the daughter of Prince of Great Poland Vladislav Odonich . Children:
- Sack I ( 1252/1256 - 1314/1315 ), Prince of Silesia-Cieszyn ;
- Casimir II ( 1253/1257 - 1312 ), Prince of Silesia in Bytom and Kozla;
- Boleslav I ( 1254/1258 - 1313 ), Prince of Silesia-Opole ;
- Przemyslaw ( 1258/1268 - 1306 ), prince of Silesia-Raciborz ;
- Constance (c. 1265 - 1287/1288 ), wife from 1277/1280 of the Prince of Silesia-Wroclaw and Grand Duke of Krakow, Henry IV of Probus ( 1257 - 1290 ).