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Wenceslaus III Adam, Duke of Cieszyn

1524–1579 · 16th century

Wenceslaus III Adam was a Piast Duke of Cieszyn who succeeded as a child in 1528 and ruled in person from 1545. He introduced the Lutheran Reformation into the duchy and issued a church ordinance for it, and Protestantism remained strong in Cieszyn Silesia despite the later Counter-Reformation, which the Habsburgs pressed after the Piast line ended in 1653.

Wenceslaus III Adam, Duke of Cieszyn
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Duchy of Cieszyn

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