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Bolko II of Ziębice ( Polish: Bolko II Ziębicki; 1 February 1300 – 11 June 1341) was a Duke of Jawor - Lwówek - Świdnica - Ziębice in Poland from 1301 to 1312 (with his brothers as co-rulers), of Świdnica-Ziębice from 1312 to 1322 (with his brother as co-ruler), and sole Duke of Ziębice from 1322 until his death.
- 1 February 1300
- Bolko von Jauer
- 1301 – 11 June 1341
If the defensive walls were erected a little later, after the reign of Henry IV Probus, it could have been built during the short reign of Bolko I of Świdnica, to whom tradition also attributes the construction of the castle. A little later, around 1388, the town was surrounded by a second moat. In 1428, the defensive walls were seriously ...
In 1335, the Duchy of Ziębice was attacked by Charles of Luxembourg, Margrave of Moravia and heir of the Bohemian Kingdom, because Bolko II refused to pay homage for his duchy. It was the shortest route between Prague and the most important Silesian city, Wroclaw , at that time under the control of the Bohemian Kingdom.
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Bolko II of Ziębice (Polish: '''Bolko II Ziębicki'''; 1 February 1300 – 11 June 1341) was a Duke of Jawor-Lwówek-Świdnica-Ziębice in Poland from 1301 to 1312 (with his brothers as co-rulers), of Świdnica-Ziębice from 1312 to 1322 (with his brother as co-ruler), and sole Duke of Ziębice from 1322 until his death.
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Silesian Piasts. Spouse (s) Agnes of Austria. Father. Bernard of Świdnica. Mother. Kunigunde of Poland. Bolko II the Small (c. 1312 – 28 July 1368), was the last independent Duke of the Piast dynasty in Silesia. He was Duke of Świdnica from 1326, Duke of Jawor and Lwówek from 1346, Duke of Lusatia from 1364, Duke over half of Brzeg and ...
WROCLAW, POLAND— Science & Scholarship in Poland reports that remnants of a fourteenth-century castle belonging to Bolko II the Small have been discovered on an island in the Czerna Wielka...
