Opole
Opole was a Piast duchy centred on Opole in Upper Silesia. In 1337 Duke Bolko II held it as a Bohemian fief, following homage to King John in 1327.
Repeated partitions shrank the duchy until Jan II the Good reunited Opole with Racibórz in 1521. When Jan died heirless in 1532, the duchy reverted to the Bohemian Crown and was granted to George of Brandenburg-Ansbach. The Polish Vasas held it from 1645 to 1666; the 1742 Treaty of Berlin then gave it to Prussia.
Characters
- Bolko I of Opole
- Bolko II of Opole
- Bolko III of Strzelce
- Przemysław of Racibórz
- Vladislaus II of Opole
- Vladislaus I of Opole