John Sobieslaw of Moravia

John Sobieslaw
Junior Margrave of Moravia
Born	c. 1357
Died	c. 30 October 1382
House	Luxembourg
Father	John Henry, Margrave of Moravia
Mother	Margaret of Opava

John Sobieslaw of Moravia (c. 1357 – c. 30 October 1380) was a feudal lord in Bohemia. He was a Junior Margrave of Moravia.

In historiography, he was often mistaken for his illegitimate half-brother John of Moravia, who went into an ecclesiastical career and rose to the Patriarchate of Aquileia.

Biography

John was the second son of John Henry, Margrave of Moravia and Margaret of Opava, born between 1355 and 1357. He was raised in Prague in the court of his uncle, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor. He was briefly engaged to Charles' daughter Elisabeth of Bohemia, but the marriage never materialized.

Upon the death of his father, John Sobieslaw and his elder brother Jobst of Moravia quarreled over their inheritance. John attacked and illegally occupied estates belonging to Jobst. Their issues were settled in 1377 after mediation by Charles IV.

He and his brothers Jobst and Prokop jointly ruled as Margraves of Moravia. John Sobieslaw likely died around 30 October 1382. His inheritance was the impetus behind a dispute between Jobst and Prokop, which grew into the Moravian Margrave Wars.

Ancestors

Ancestors of John Sobieslaw of Moravia

16. Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg 8. Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor 17. Beatrice d'Avesnes 4. John of Bohemia 18. John I, Duke of Brabant 9. Margaret of Brabant 19. Margaret of Flanders 2. John Henry, Margrave of Moravia 20. Ottokar II of Bohemia 10. Wenceslaus II of Bohemia 21. Kunigunda of Slavonia 5. Elizabeth of Bohemia 22. Rudolf I of Germany 11. Judith of Habsburg 23. Gertrude of Hohenberg 1. John Sobieslaw of Moravia 24. Ottokar II of Bohemia 12. Nicholas I, Duke of Opava 25. Agnes of Kuenring 6. Nicholas II, Duke of Opava 26. ??? 13. Adelaide of Habsburg 27. ??? 3. Margaret of Opava 28. Władysław Opolski 14. Przemysław of Racibórz 29. Euphemia of Greater Poland 7. Anna of Racibórz 30. Konrad III of Masovia 15. Anna of Masovia 31. Anna Radziwil