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Death: May 06, 1326 (32-41) (Schweidnitz), Swidnica, Poland. Immediate Family: Son of Bolko I the Strict and Beatrice of Brandenburg Duchess-Consort of Silesia-Schweidnitz. Husband of Kunigunde of Poland. Father of Bolko II. Duke of Schweidnitz-Jauer; Konstancja; Herzogin Elisabeth von Oppeln (von Schweidnitz); Henryk II świdnicki, książę ...
Mar 5, 2024 · The Silesian duke Bolko I the Strict built it in the 13th Century, but each subsequent owner left their mark, embellishing it in a rich Rubik's Cube of styles: Gothic, Baroque and Rococo ...
Apr 26, 2022 · About Hedwig of Anhalt-Zerbst. Around 8 May 1242, Bolesław married firstly with Hedwig (d. 21 December 1259), daughter of Henry I, Count of Anhalt. They had ten children: Agnes (b. ca. 1243/50 - d. 13 March 1265), married ca. 1260/64 to Count Ulrich I of Württemberg. Henry V the Fat (b. ca. 1248 - d. 22 February 1296).
Name in native language. Bolesław I Surowy. Date of birth. c. 1253 (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584) Date of death. 9 November 1301. Legnica. Place of burial. Krzeszów Abbey.
The castle was erected on the initiative of Bolesław II the Bald in the last quarter of the 13th century. His son Bolko I the Strict, the Duke of Świdnica and Jawor, continued it expansion in relation with the policy of maintaining the independence of the duchy and protecting of passages through the Sudetes. The castle also served as the ...
1288 – 1292. The first written mention of today's Książ Castle (in German, Fursteinstein). During these years, one of the many strategically significant defensive castles of Bolko I "the Strict", Prince of Świdnica and Jawor, was being built; the construction was thus acknowledged to be the "key to Silesia".
