Bolko II the Small

Bolko II the Small (c. 1312–1368) ruled Świdnica from 1326, the last independent Silesian duke of the Piast dynasty. When King John of Bohemia forced the other Silesian Piasts to pay homage in 1329–1331, Bolko refused and preserved his sovereignty through Poland, Hungary and the Habsburgs.

He married Agnes of Austria in 1338 and helped form the anti-Bohemian league of 1345. He gained Jawor in 1346 and Lusatia in 1364. Bolko died in 1368; his widow held the lands until 1392, when they passed to Bohemia.