Bolesław of Oleśnica


Bolesław of Oleśnica, was a Duke of Żagań, Ścinawa, etc., during 1309-1312, Duke of Oleśnica, Namysłów, Gniezno and Kalisz during 1312-1313, Duke of Gniezno during 1313-1314 and Duke of Oleśnica since 1313 until his death.
He was the third son of Henry III, Duke of Głogów, by his wife Matilda, daughter of Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

Life

At the time of his father's death in 1309, Bolesław succeeded him as ruler of all his lands together with his brothers as co-rulers; however, because he was a minor, was placed under the care of his mother until his majority in 1312. Despite he was legally a minor, he was present with his older brothers Henry IV the Faithful and Konrad I in their negotiations in Berlin, where on 3 March 1310, they solemnly renounced to their rights over Gdańsk Pomerania to Brandenburg in exchange to a monetary compensation. The result of the consequent war was that Bolesław, together with his brothers, had been forced to given the towns of Uraz, Wołów and Lubiąż to Bolesław III and Henry VI and almost all the Greater Poland lands to Władysław I. These losses originated further rebellions of the Greater Poland inhabitants, who were complete dissatisfied with the multiple government of the brothers.
Bolesław died unexpectedly by April 1321 year and was buried in the Piast Mausoleum in the Cistercian monastery of Trzebnica. Unmarried and childless, on his death his domains were inherited by his brother Konrad I.