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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. Its capital was Żagań in Lower Silesia, the territory stretched to the town of Nowogród Bobrzański in the north and reached the Lusatian Neisse at ...
Balthasar of Żagań. 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.
The Duchy of Żagań or Duchy of Sagan was one of the duchies of Silesia ruled by the Silesian Piasts. Its capital was Żagań in Lower Silesia, the territory stretched to the town of Nowogród Bobrzański in the north and reached the Lusatian Neisse at Przewóz in the west, including two villages beyond the river .
It has been held by members of the royal Tudor and Stuart families. The current dukedom of Richmond was created in 1675 [a] for Charles Lennox, the illegitimate son of King Charles II of England and one of his mistresses, the Breton noblewoman Louise de Penancoët de Kérouaille; Charles Lennox was also made Duke of Lennox a month later.
The castle at Żagań became the residence of his youngest son Przemko, the first Duke of Żagań from 1278, who established a monastery of Augustinian Canons there. In 1284 he swapped his estates for the Duchy of Ścinawa and was succeeded by his elder brother Konrad II the Hunchback .
Wenceslaus of Żagań: a pious prince Of all historical figures of princes and bishops commemorated by monumental brasses featured at this exhibition, Duke Wenceslaus of Żagań seems to best impersonate the medieval ideal of piety. Born between 1420 and 1434 as the third son of Duke Jan I of Żagań, he was designated to co-rule … Continue reading "Silesian Ars Moriendi. Medieval Monumental ...
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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.
