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Piast rule. Wettin and Habsburg. Prussia. Dukes. See also. Duchy of Żagań. Coordinates: 51°37′00″N 15°19′00″E. 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.
- Żagań
- Silesian duchy
- Middle Ages, Early modern period
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 .
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.
- c. 1415
- Agnes, Barbara of Cieszyn
- 15 July 1472
- Silesian Piasts of Głogów
In 1312 Henry IV made the first division of the duchy: the eastern part, consisting of the towns of Oleśnica, Kluczbork, Kalisz and Gniezno was given to his younger brothers Konrad and Bolesław. Henry IV and his youngest brothers Jan and Przemko II retained Ścinawa, Żagań and Greater Poland.
- c. 1292
- Henry III, Duke of Głogów
- 22 January 1342
- Matilda of Brunswick-Lüneburg
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 the duchy with his brothers: Balthasar, Rudolf, and ...
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 .
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