Duke of Opole

The following is a list of monarchs who used the title Duke of Opole and controlled the city and the surrounding area either directly or indirectly (see also Duchy of Opole).

Coat of arms of the Opole Piasts c. 1389

Piast dynasty

• 1163-1173 Bolesław I the Tall (Bolesław Wysoki), Duke of Silesia at Wrocław
  • 1173-1201 Jarosław Opolski, son, first Duke of Opole
• 1201 Bolesław I the Tall, again
• 1201-1202 Henry I the Bearded (Henryk I Brodaty), son of Bolesław, ceded Opole to his uncle
• 1202-1211 Mieszko I Tanglefoot (Mieszko I Plątonogi), Duke of Racibórz
• 1211-1230 Casimir I (Kazimierz I), son
• 1230-1246 Mieszko II the Fat (Mieszko II Otyły), son, followed by his brother
  • 1246-1281 Władysław I
• 1281-1313 Bolko I, son of Władysław
• 1313-1356 Bolko II, son, jointly with his brother
  • 1313-1323 Albert
• 1356-1401 Władysław II, son of Bolko II, jointly with his brothers
  • 1356-1370 Bolko III and
  • 1356-1365 Henry
• 1396-1437 Bolko IV, son of Bolko III, jointly with his brother
  • 1396-1400 Bernard
• 1437-1476 Nicholas I (Mikołaj I), son of Bolko IV, jointly with his brother
  • 1437-1439 Jan I
• 1476-1532 Jan II the Good (Jan II Dobry), son of Nicholas I, jointly with his brothers
  • 1476 Louis and,
  • 1476 Nicholas II (Mikołaj II)

Various dynasties

• 1532-1543 possession of Brandenburg
• 1543-1549 Georg Friedrich of Brandenburg Hohenzollern (Jerzy Fryderyk Brandenburski)
• 1549-1551 Ferdinand of Austria (Ferdynand Austriacki)
• 1551-1556 Isabelle and Sigismund Zapolya (Izabela and Zygmunt Zapolya)
• 1556-1558 Georg Friedrich of Brandenburg Hohenzollern (Jerzy Fryderyk Brandenburski)
• from 1558 possession of the Habsburgs of as kings of Bohemia, sometimes governed by dukes from other dynasties

Princes of Transylvania

• 1597-1598 Sigismund Bathory (Zygmunt Batory) - Nephew of Polish king
• 1622-1625 Gabriel Bethlen (Gabriel Bethlen)

House of Vasa

• 1645-1648 Wladislaus IV of Poland (Władysław IV Wasa) - King of Poland
• 1648-1655 Charles Ferdinand Vasa (Karol Ferdynand Waza)
• 1655-1666 John II of Poland (Jan Kazimierz Waza) - King of Poland

House of Habsburg

• 1666-1742 possession of the House of Habsburg as kings of Bohemia

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