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Wenceslaus II, Duke of Opava-Ratibor

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Some authors assign numerals to the Opava-Ratibor line independently from the main Opava line. The subject of this article is the first Wenceslaus in the Opava-Ratibor line, but the second in the Opava-Ratibor branch of the Přemyslid
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Although Wenceslaus and his older brother Nicholas V were probably already adults when their father died in 1424, their mother, Helen of Lithuania, acted as regent until 1428. From 1428 to 1449, she styled herself as
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of Poland. In 1438, Poland invaded Silesia and devastated the Duchies of Opole and Ratibor. After this, Duke Wenceslaus of Ratibor, as well as Duke
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of Poland. Wenceslaus fought together with his father and other Silesian princes on the Polish side against the
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After Nicholas V died in 1452, Wenceslaus took up the guardianship over his underage sons
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In 1437, Wencelsaus married Margaret (d. 1464), a daughter of Vincent of Szamotuły,
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Duke Wenceslaus of Ratibor died in 1456 and was buried in the church of the
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as the new King of Bohemia. A minority favoured his eleven-year-old rival
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from 1424 to 1437 and the sole Duke of Ratibor from 1437 until his death.
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Catherine (d. 1480), married Władisław of Danaborz (d. 1467)
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In late 1437, a majority of the Bohemian Estates elected
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Helena (d. 1480), married John of Ostroróg (d. 1501),
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Index


Dominican
Noble family
Přemyslids
John II, Duke of Opava-Ratibor
Czech
Přemyslid dynasty
Ratibor
Kronov
Nicholas V
John II "the Iron"
Jogaila
Teutonic Knights
Hunger War
Wittum
Duchy of Krnov
Bruntál
Rybnik
Pleß
Baborów
Albert II
House of Habsburg
Casimir
Jogaila
Wenceslaus I of Zator
Przemysław of Toszek
Jan IV of Oświęcim
Wrocław
John IV "the Elder"
Wenceslaus III

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