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Władysław of Oświęcim (Polish: Władysław oświęcimski; 1275/80 – by 15 May 1324), was a Duke of Oświęcim from 1315 until his death. He was the eldest son of Mieszko I, Duke of Cieszyn by his wife, probably called Grzymisława.
Jan I the Scholastic ( Polish: Jan I Scholastyk; 1308/10 – 1372 before 29 September), was a Duke of Oświęcim from 1324 until his death. He was the eldest child and only son of Duke Władysław of Oświęcim by his wife Euphrosyne, daughter of Duke Boleslaus II of Masovia .
Shortly before his death in 1281, Władysław together with his eldest son Mieszko, to whom he separated the Cieszyn principality with the land of Oświęcim, founded a Dominican monastery in the town.
On 10 March 1636, king Władysław IV Waza issued in Kraków a privilege for the Jewish community in Oświęcim, which guaranteed Jews the right to take up residence, to own houses and properties – both in the town and outside its borders – and the right to use the synagogue and the cemetery.
Władysław is a Polish given male name, cognate with Vladislav. The feminine form is Władysława , archaic forms are Włodzisław (male) and Włodzisława (female), and Wladislaw is a variation.
Władysław of Oświęcim (Polish: Władysław oświęcimski; 1275/80 – by 15 May 1324), was a Duke of Oświęcim from 1315 until his death. He was the eldest son of Mieszko I, Duke of Cieszyn by his wife, probably called Grzymisława.
Jan I the Scholastic (; 1308/10 – 1372 before 29 September), was a Duke of Oświęcim from 1324 until his death. He was the eldest child and only son of Duke Władysław of Oświęcim by his wife Euphrosyne , daughter of Duke Boleslaus II of Masovia .
