Rodzina von Zedlitz w księstwach świdnicko‑jaworskim oraz legnickim w XIV wieku
The von Zedlitz Family in the Duchy of Jawor and Świdnica and the Duchy of Legnica in the 14th century

Summary/Abstract: The immigration of foreign, and especially German knights to Silesia, whose height was reached at the turn of the 13th century, was one of the foremost reasons which contributed to the change of the region’s character in the crucial period of separation from the newly reunited Kingdom of Poland. The research devoted to the changes among the Silesian elites of those times, especially with regard to foreign knights, is notoriously scarce among the Polish academia. The aim of the article, therefore, is to familiarize the readers with the biographies and historical relevance of the von Zedlitz family, one of the numerous German families who settled in Silesia in the Middle Ages. The paper is devoted to the von Zedlitzs who lived in the Duchy of Jawor and Świdnica and the Duchy of Legnica in the 14th century. According to the author, there had been many members of the family who rose to prominence at the courts of the local dukes, thanks to which the von Zedlitz family became one of the most influential and affluent families in the region.

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