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Nicholas II of Opava (also: Nicholas II of Troppau, Nicholas II of Ratibór; Czech: Mikuláš II. Opavský; 1288 – 8 December 1365) was Duke of Opava (German: Troppau) from 1318 to 1365 and Duke of Ratibór from 1337 to 1365 and Burgrave of Kladsko (German: Glatz) from 1350 to 1365 and also chamberlain of the Kingdom of Bohemia. (en)
Life. His parents were Duke Przemko I of Opava (d. 1433) and his first wife Anna of Lutz (d. 1405). His father died in 1433 and left five sons. Nicholas IV, the second son, styled himself as Lord of Zlaté Hory. His elder brother Wenceslaus II acted as guardian for his younger half-brothers William, Ernest and Przemko II.
Father. Nicholas II, Duke of Opava. Mother. Jutta of Opole-Falkenberg. Přemek I, Duke of Opava' (or Przemko I) ( Czech: Přemysl I. Opavský; German: Přemysl I. von Troppau; c. 1365 – 28 September 1433) was a member of the Opava branch of the Bohemian Přemyslid dynasty. He was Duke of Opava from 1367 until his death and Głubczyce from ...
Nicholas I, Duke of Troppau. Nicholas I ( Czech: Mikuláš I. Opavský) (c. 1255 – 25 July 1318) was the natural son of Bohemian king Ottokar II Přemysl and his mistress Agnes of Kuenring. In 1269 he became Duke of Opava (at modern day Opava, Czech Republic) and thereby the progenitor of the Silesian cadet branch of the Přemyslid dynasty ...
Margareta. Father. Nicholas II, Duke of Opava. Mother. Anna of Ratiboř. John I of Opava-Ratibor ( Czech: Jan I. Ratibořský; German: Johann I. von Troppau-Ratibor; c. 1322 – c. 1380-1382) was the founder the Opava branch of the Bohemian Přemyslid dynasty, which lasted until 1521. In 1365, he became the sole heir of the Duchy of Racibórz.
The Principality of Opava or Duchy of Troppau was a historic territory split off from the Margraviate of Moravia before 1269 by King Ottokar II of Bohemia to provide for his natural son, Nicholas I. The Opava territory thus had not been part of the original Polish Duchy of Silesia in 1138, and was first ruled by an illegitimate offshoot of the Bohemian Přemyslid dynasty, not by the Silesian ...
Nicholas II of Opava was a member of the Opava branch of the Přemyslid dynasty. His parents were Duke Nicholas II of Opava and his second wife, Hedwig (died 1359), a daughter of Duke Konrad I of Oleśnica . After their father's death in 1365, Nicholas III and his three brothers initially ruled their inheritance jointly.
