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History. Piast rule. Wettin and Habsburg. Prussia. Dukes. See also. Duchy of Żagań. Coordinates: 51°37′00″N 15°19′00″E. The Duchy of Żagań ( Polish: Księstwo Żagańskie, Czech: Zaháňské knížectví) or Duchy of Sagan ( German: Herzogtum Sagan) was one of the duchies of Silesia ruled by the Silesian Piasts.
Balthasar, Duke of Żagań ( Polish: Baltazar żagański; c. 1415 – Przewóz, 15 July 1472), was a Duke of Żagań - Przewóz since 1439 (with his brothers as co-rulers until 1449), from 1449 Duke of Żagań. Deposed during 1461–1468, he recovered the Duchy in this year until shortly before his death.
He then forced the Duchy states to pay tribute to him, an order that was eventually revoked when Balthasar return to Silesia in 1458. The disputes erupted again in 1461, when Jan II, with the help of George of Poděbrady, King of Bohemia invaded Żagań and deposed his brother, who was forced to escape.
Duchy of Żagań: Common Name: Żagań: Symbol: Coat of arms of Silesia: Era: Middle Ages Early modern period: Status: Silesian duchy: Year Start: 1274: Year End: 1549: Life Span: 1274–1549: Event Start: Partitioned from Głogów: Event1: Vassalized by Bohemia: Date Event1: 1329: Event2: Sold to Saxony: Date Event2: 1472: Event End: Seized by ...
The Duchy of Żagań ( Polish: Księstwo Żagańskie, Czech: Zaháňské knížectví) or Duchy of Sagan ( German: Herzogtum Sagan) was one of the duchies of Silesia ruled by the Silesian Piasts.
She was the daughter of the Prince of Cieszyn, Bolesław II and Princess Anna, the daughter of Iwan of Bielsko. Sometime between 4 September and 12 December 1469 she married Baltazar, Prince of Żagań. Soon after, this marriage became one of the measures taken by Matthias Corvinus to incorporate the Duchy of Żagań into the domain that he had been building up in Silesia.
Balthasar, Duke of Żagań ( Polish: Baltazar żagański; c. 1415 – Przewóz, 15 July 1472), was a Duke of Żagań - Przewóz since 1439 (with his brothers as co-rulers until 1449), from 1449 Duke of Żagań. Deposed during 1461–1468, he recovered the Duchy in this year until shortly before his death.
