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Duchy of Głogów
Origins
Konrad I, a son of Henry II the Pious, received Głogów and the lands around it in a division of the Silesian inheritance around 1251. Głogów, a fortified town on the Oder, became the capital of a duchy covering much of northern Silesia.
Rule and society
Konrad's son Henry III of Głogów was one of the most powerful Silesian princes, holding Greater Poland for a time and claiming the Polish crown. After him the duchy was divided among branches, including Żagań and Oleśnica. Half of Głogów passed directly to the Bohemian crown in 1331, and the remaining dukes became vassals of the Kingdom of Bohemia. German settlement and town law transformed the region.
Decline and legacy
After the Piast lines died out and disputes followed, Głogów was granted to the Jagiellonian Sigismund, who ruled it from 1499 until 1506 before becoming King of Poland. It then returned to the Bohemian crown, passed to Prussia in 1742, and to Poland in 1945.
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- Duchy of Żagań split from Duchy of Głogów1274 CE
- Duchy of Ścinawa split from Duchy of Głogów1274 CE
- Duchy of Oleśnica split from Duchy of Głogów1320 CE
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