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Nicholas II of Opava | |
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| Duke of Opava | |
 Seal of the Duke Nicholas II | |
| Born | 1288 |
| Died | 8 December 1365 |
| Noble family | Přemyslid-Opava |
| Spouse(s) | Anna of Racibórz Hedwig of Oleśnica Jutta of Opole-Falkenberg |
| Issue | John I Euphemia Elisabeth Agnes Anna Margaret Nicholas III Anna Wenceslaus I Przemko I |
| Father | Nicholas I, Duke of Opava |
| Mother | Adelheid of Habsburg |
Nicholas II of Opava (also:Nicholas II of Troppau,Nicholas II of Ratibór;Czech:Mikuláš II. Opavský; 1288 – 8 December 1365) wasDuke ofOpava (German:Troppau) from 1318 to 1365 andDuke of Ratibór from 1337 to 1365 and Burgrave ofKladsko (German:Glatz) from 1350 to 1365 and also chamberlain of theKingdom of Bohemia.
Nicholas II of Opava was a member of the Opava branch of the Bohemian noblePřemyslovci family. His parents were DukeNicholas I of Opava, who had held Opava since 1269, and Adelheid ofHabsburg, a niece of KingRudolf I. He was a supporter of KingJohn of Luxembourg of Bohemia, who gave him Opava as afief in 1318 and at the same time raised it to an independent duchy. He moved the ducal residence fromHradec nad Moravicí (German:Grätz) toOpava (German:Troppau). Also in 1318, he married with Anna, the only sister of DukeLeszek of Ratibór. Since Leszek left no offspring, the Duchy of Ratibór reverted to theBohemian Crown after Leszek death in 1336. King John gave it to his loyalvassal Nicholas II in 1337. With his dual power base in Opava and Ratibór, Nicholas became one of the most powerful princes in the upperOder area. With the acquisition by Nicholas, Ratibór came under a foreign ruler and due to the personal union, Opava became more oriented towardsSilesia. In 1337, the princes ofOpole also claimed Ratibór; King John sold them the Moravian town ofPrudnik (German:Neustadt) instead. In a document dated 1350, Nicholas II is mentioned as Burgrave ofKłodzko. In 1355 he had to give upKoźle andGliwice, which had been transferred to Duke Leszek.
Nicholas was married three times.Around 1318 he marriedAnna of Racibórz (died around 1340), a daughter of DukePrzemysław of Racibórz. Several children resulted from this marriage:
After Anna's death, Nicholas married in May 1342 to Hedwig (died 1359), a daughter of DukeKonrad I ofOleśnica (died 1366). From this marriage, he had a son
In 1360, Nicholas married his third wife, Jutta (died after 1378), a daughter of the DukeBoleslaw II ofOpole-Falkenberg. This marriage produced three more children:
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