Władysław of Zator

Władysław of Zator (Polish: Władysław Zatorski; 1455 – 28 May/21 September 1494), was a Duke of Zator during 1468–1474 (with his brothers as co-rulers), ruler over half of Zator during 1474–1482 (with his brother as co-ruler) and Duke of Wadowice since 1482 until his death.

He was the fourth and youngest son of Duke Wenceslaus I of Zator by his wife Maria, daughter of Urban Kopczowski, a noblemen from the Duchy of Siewierz.

Life

After his father's death in 1468, Władysław and his brother Jan V were likely minors, so their older brothers Casimir II and Wenceslaus II assumed the government over the Duchy. Władysław's first appearance in the official documents dated from around 1470. Four years later, in 1477, was made the formal division of the Duchy in two parts: Władysław and Jan V took the western part of the Skawa River.

Władysław and Jan V ruled jointly until 1482, when was made the division of their domains. Władysław received a monetary compensation and the town of Wadowice.

Władysław died in 1494, and according to the treaty of mutual inheritance of 1477, his only surviving brother Jan V inherited his lands and with this reunited the whole Duchy of Zator.

Marriage and issue

Before 1488, Władysław married with certain Anna (d. aft. 28 May 1494), whose origins are unknown. They had one daughter:

1. Agnes (bef. 1490 – aft. 1505), married before 1504 to Jan Kobierzycki, Count of Tworkow and Kobierzyn.

After Władysław's death, his daughter Agnes inherited Wadowice. She became then the Duchess of Zator. Also known as Agnes of Zator. Her uncles were jealous of her legacy. There are some that say that she and her husband were murdered in order to acquire her legacy.

References

• Marek, Miroslav. "Complete Genealogy of the House of Piast". Genealogy.EU. External link in |publisher= (help)
• Genealogical database by Herbert Stoyan
• Cawley, Charles, SILESIA, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012,
• Genealogy of Dukes of Cieszyn