Cieszyn
Cieszyn was a Silesian duchy centred on the town of Cieszyn. In 1337 the Piast duke Casimir I ruled it as a Bohemian fief, having sworn homage to King John in 1327.
The Cieszyn Piasts survived the Hussite Wars and the Reformation, but their line ended when Duchess Elizabeth Lucretia died in 1653 and the duchy reverted to the Habsburg Crown. Charles VI granted it to the Dukes of Lorraine in 1722; the Peace of Breslau in 1742 left Cieszyn under Habsburg rule while most of Silesia passed elsewhere.
Characters
- Bolesław of Cieszyn
- Euphemia of Masovia
- Casimir I, Duke of Cieszyn
- Mieszko I of Cieszyn
- Przemyslaus I Noszak, Duke of Cieszyn
- Władysław of Cieszyn