In 1449 the Duchy was divided into two districts: Żagań and Przewóz.
Duke Jan II the Mad had his older brother Balthasar imprisoned and starved to death at the castle's tower in 1472, shortly before he sold his duchy to Duke Albert III of Saxony.
Żagań | Hans Urs von Balthasar | Balthasar | Duchy of Żagań | Balthasar of Żagań | Jan I of Żagań | Balthasar van der Pol | Balthasar de Beaujoyeulx | Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen | Balthasar Permoser | Balthasar, Landgrave of Thuringia | Balthasar H. Meyer | Balthasar Gérard | Balthasar Ferdinand Moll | Balthasar Bickel |