Elisabeth of Cieszyn

Elisabeth of Cieszyn (Polish: Elżbieta cieszyńska; after 1340? – after 20 January 1364), was a Polish princess, member of the Piast dynasty in the Cieszyn branch.

Not to be confused with Viola Elisabeth of Cieszyn, wife of Wenceslaus III of Bohemia.

She was the fourth daughter and youngest child of Casimir I, Duke of Cieszyn, by his wife Euphemia, daughter of Duke Trojden I of Czersk-Warsaw.

Life

From childhood, Elisabeth was destined for the Church by her father, like her older brothers Bolesław, Jan and Siemowit and her older sister Jolanta Helena.

Elisabeth entered as a nun in the Cistercian monastery of Trzebnica. Presumably in 1363, she fled from the Trzebnica monastery and began a relationship with John Henry, Margrave of Moravia, brother of Emperor Charles IV. The scandalous news soon reached Rome. By a letter dated on 20 January 1364, Pope Urban V demanded of the Bishop of Wrocław, Przecław of Pogarell, that he convince Elisabeth to break her concubinage with the Margrave of Moravia and return to the Trzebnica monastery. Soon afterwards, the liaison between Elisabeth and John Henry ended, and by 26 February 1364 the Margrave of Moravia was married for the third time, to Margareta, daughter of Albert II, Duke of Austria.

Elisabeth's later fate is unknown, as are the date of her death and the place of her burial.

Ancestry

References
  • This article was translated from his original in Polish Wikipedia.
  • Cawley, Charles, SILESIA, Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,
  • Genealogical database by Herbert Stoyan
  • Marek, Miroslav. "Complete Genealogy of the House of Piast". Genealogy.EU.
  • Genealogy of the Dukes of Cieszyn

Further reading
  • Rajman J., Elżbieta, in: Piastowie. Leksykon biograficzny, Wydawnictwo Literackie, Kraków 1999, p. 794.
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